Wow – I’ve been working a lot lately on my “day job” projects and have fallen behind. PyratSail was forced to take a backseet to a little bill-paying, but I’m catching up. Brace yourself for a few rapid-fire posts. Beginning with – The Holiday Inn SunSpree.
The SunSpree is an amazing tropical oasis at North end of The Sunshine Skyway. It has two beautiful pools and a small beach right on Tampa Bay. Sailmonster had a bingo party/get together there the weekend of the 21st and everyone had a lot of fun along with a bit of rum punch. Me and Cannonball brought Mariola around from Gulfport and stayed at the SunSpree docks – cost was $1.50/foot for the night. Not too bad for the use of the pool, towels, ice, facilities, etc. Best part of bringing the boat over (only about a two hour ride) was that we were flagged down by a broke-down powerboater while leaving the marina. We gave him a glorious tow back to the Gulfport Marina boat ramp. That’s one for the sailors!
Once we got to the SunSpree and started enjoying the pool and Bingo, it didn’t take long for the rum to really start flowing. We all had a bunch of fun. Most of the crew retired around midnight or one, but a few of us stayed up until 6:00 a.m. This included me, CannonBall and WildTurkey.
It’s A HOT Tub
You see some strange things around the pool after midnight. From local security guards ”chasing” ganja scented teen-agers across the hotel grounds to a horny couple trying to get it on in the hot-tub. Unwilling to take-on (or possibly join) the ganja kids, we elected ourselves spa-police and put a smack down on the spa lovin’. I just felt mischeivous – could have been my approaching landmark birthday, the rum, or flashbacks of aggravating my younger brother, but I was determined to mess with the hot tub lovers. Hey, I was in that spa earlier in the day - so were a lot of people. It’s gross enough already without adding more genetic material to it. Yuk.
After going over to strike up conversation, taking a picture with Sailmonster in the background (we said he’d never seen a hot-tub before and wanted his pic with one), all three of us decide a full-out assault was needed. We stripped down to our underwear/swimwear and got in – the lovers immediately got the hell outta there. Victory was ours, and that’s pretty much where we stayed for the rest of the night, talking politics.
Click image to see SunSpree Gallery.
Thanks to everyone that put on a great party. The SunSpree is a new favorite getaway and it’s very close to home. Hope to be back again. See some videos of the ‘ol blue jug, a Sailmonster party intro and a skillful grapeshot by Cannonball.
