Daytona Speedweek

Daytona Speedweek

by | Feb 21, 2014 | Florida

Drivers, start your engines!!!  Its February and that means the Nascar season is about to kick off at Daytona.  Nascar racing starts in the third week of the month.  Its a week long event called Speedweek.  I love stock car racing and going to...
St. Augustine Beach

St. Augustine Beach

by | Jan 29, 2014 | Florida

We’re just about to wrap up our stay at Fort Myers Beach.  We had a nice stay.  The people in the park and all the people I met were super friendly.  Our weather was pretty good with several days getting up into the 70’s.  I got a...
Fort Myers Beach

Fort Myers Beach

by | Jan 26, 2014 | Florida

What a difference a year makes.  Last year, in an effort to position ourselves far away from winter in New England, we came further south to experience the gulf side tropic zone weather.  It was our first visit to southwest Florida.  It was wonderful...
Roosting with the Snowbirds

Roosting with the Snowbirds

by | Jan 18, 2014 | Florida

I just wrapped up my week of winter detox and have successfully completed my winter ehab.  I feel great!  Winter is completely out of my system and it seems like a distant memory. I’ve settled into my new winter roost – San Carlos RV Park in Fort Myers Beach. ...
Studying the Sunsets

Studying the Sunsets

by | Jan 16, 2014 | Florida

A key activity in my 2014 winter rehab has been studying the sunsets.  Its a worthwhile activity that forces you to slow down and observe one of natures daily rhythms.  Here at Siesta Key, on the gulf coast of Florida, the sunsets can be pretty spectacular.  At our...
Siesta Key & Winter Rehab

Siesta Key & Winter Rehab

by | Jan 13, 2014 | Florida

Ah!!!  Sunshine, warm breezes, palm trees, beach sand, ocean front, the sounds of the waves.  This snowbird has landed!  The migration phase of Operation Snowbird is over and now we’re parked and plugged into our home for the next 7 days.  We’re at Turtle...