Places
Carnival Venezia Day 2: At sea
The day started, as it usually does, with breakfast. Then some trivia where I teamed up with 4 other passengers for General Knowledge, then Big Bang Theory. We did well – 17 and 14 correct, out of 20 – but did not win. Marlene went to Guest Services at the start of the trivia to … Continue reading
Carnival Venezia Day 1: Embarkation in Port Canaveral
We started the auto trek to Port Canaveral just a few minutes later than planned – about 8:45am – and arrived at the parking lot exactly on time at noon. We packed well except that we once again forgot the sign that we use to mark our cabin. It was in the bag with the … Continue reading
Fort Myers Seafood Festival 2025
The Fort Myers Seafood Festival is an annual event. We went last year and went Saturday afternoon this year (it is a 3-day festival). The food is great, but overpriced. The music is terrific and free. We go for the music. Two of our favorite groups – Memphis Lightning and Deb and the Dynamics – … Continue reading
Welcoming 2025
Marlene and I had our third New Year’s Eve and, for the third time, went out dancing. This time, like last year, we went to the Eagles Club. The band was better this year – The Unforgiven – but not many people were dancing. Not a problem for us. We don’t mind showing off on … Continue reading
Quinceañera
As I have been on this planet for over 75 years, it is not often that I get to experience something I have never experienced before. But I had a “first” last Saturday: my first Quinceañera – a coming-out party for a Hispanic girl turning 15. In this case it was the granddaughter of a … Continue reading
Garage sale!
I don’t know if I mentioned this, but Marlene has hoarding tendencies. She has WAY more stuff than she needs. Yes, I am a minimalist – that is one of the reasons that I have been perfectly happy living in a 400 square foot RV for 12 years – but she is the exact opposite. … Continue reading
You call THAT a storm?
We had back-to-back hurricanes this month here in Fort Myers. They both packed a lot of punch and did major damage in other places. Yes, there was some damage locally but for the most part they missed me. The second – Milton – came closest to a direct hit but landed about 50 miles north. … Continue reading
TS_10 Hop 8: Tallahassee FL to Lehigh Acres FL
415 miles via I-10, US 19, US 98, FL 60, US 27, FL 29 and FL 82. Cumulative route miles: 2,482. Auto miles on this hop: 415. Cumulative auto miles: 2,519. This was a LONG trip – over 8 hours on the road – mostly because I chose to avoid I-75. And because Marlene wanted … Continue reading
TS_10 Hop 7: Nashville TN to Tallahassee FL
486 miles via I-40, I-440 (around Nashville), I-65 and US 27. Cumulative route miles: 2,067. Auto miles: 615. Cumulative auto miles: 2,196. We had one snack/bio stop at a Wendy’s in Mongomery AL. The weather was very good, fortunately, because this was a LONG day of driving. About 8 hours behind the wheel. But the … Continue reading
A Florida low
It might be a meteorological low that is responsible, but what I mean is that the weather in Fort Myers this week – or this entire month, for that matter – is the worst I have ever seen since arriving in Florida over 10 years ago. And I have been through 5 hurricanes and 2 … Continue reading »