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Frost!
Two nights ago the temperature dropped to 33 in Fort Myers – close to freezing and the coldest night I have ever experienced in 9 years in southwest Florida. Last night was supposed to be just slightly warmer (less cold?). But look at what I found while walking Rusty at 8am. Frost!
Surrounded by tornadoes
A week ago, Sunday January 16, a front blew through southwest Florida and, while passing through, spun up 6 – count ’em – 6 tornadoes. Two were close enough for me to grab Rusty and my laptop and head south, away from the projected tornado path. Five of the six produced only minor damage but … Continue reading
Happy Nude Year
I had to think a very long time about whether I should post this. It might shock some of my friends and relatives. But I was swayed by the current guiding principle of my life: what the heck? On Jan 2 I visited a nudist resort and spent 2 hours basking in the sun, au … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve, 2022
The 2021 New Year’s Eve party at the resort was cancelled due to COVID-19. This year, while the pandemic was rearing its ugly head once again via the Omicron variant, the party went on. It is now January 4, 5 days after the party and I have not heard of any new cases in the … Continue reading
Austin TX for Christmas
I just returned from 3 days in Austin TX. I wanted to spend part of the Christmas holiday with two of Jett’s remaining 3 siblings (who just happen to be two of the people I feel closest to in this world). The plan was to fly to Austin for 3 days, including Christmas Eve, then … Continue reading
Flying to Austin during Omicron
We were all hopeful that we were on the downside of COVID-19. The Delta variant was waning, more people were getting vaccinated, normal life was resuming. I was even able to spend a week on a cruise ship. Then the Omicron variant of COVID-19 erupted. Just in time for Christmas. But I had already made … Continue reading
Wind storm
On Tuesday this week a cold front came through Ft Myers. It didn’t get a lot colder, but the front produced some bodacious winds. The forecast was for “gusts to 40 mph” but I am sure the gusts were much stronger than that – my estimate is 60 mph. Enough to rock the RV. I … Continue reading
PCL2 Day 8: Disembarkation and wrapup
Carl and I joined Bobbi and Patricia for breakfast for a final time together, followed by some goodbye hugs. Then we waited for our color (Gold-5) to be called. And waited. And waited. Seems there was a problem with the new facial recognition software in customs. We had been told by our dinner neighbor that … Continue reading
PCL2 Day 7: At sea
This was my first cruise with back-to-back days at sea since the transatlantic crossing (TC1). I enjoy days at sea, so there is no problem with having two of them in a row. It just means that I am going to eat more than usual (a fine beef bourguignon for lunch and mahi mahi for … Continue reading
PCL2 Day 6: At sea
This day at sea was very relaxing. I spent some time on the balcony, reading, but the main features were the 3 (count ’em – 3) trivia contests, the formal dinner, the Thursday Night Football game on the big screen under the stars and a late night at the casino. I also got some very … Continue reading