Shirley and I thought we’d take a ride Monday on a beautiful partly cloudy low-80s day. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is less than a half-hour away, and I thought a nice scenic ride. We have been over it before and enjoy riding high over Tampa Bay. Many of you might have crossed one of [...]
A Packer home away from home; just like being back in Wisconsin! Talk about enthusiasm and hype, we have it right here at The Bridge Tender Inn on Bradenton Harbor—20 minutes away. Here’s some photos and a video of the excitement, anxiety at times, thrills and celebrations; the game isn’t broadcast on local channels. Again [...]
Yes, it’s almost a month since Shirley and I arrived at our winter home in Bradenton, Florida. We’re finally settled in here at Pescara Lake Community mobile park, and are using our time now away from provisioning, organizing, shopping (seeming endless), getting internet/cable/phone working (had FRUSTRATING prob with new wireless desktop and wireless printer we [...]
Well, Shirley and I have been down here in our winter home at “Pescara Lake Community” mobile park in Florida for three weeks (Pescara Lake is no where near as big as Kelly; they call them lakes, but they’re just large ponds—maybe six acres!). There are reported three alligators in Pescara Lake; we got a [...]
Kelly Lake friend Brad Nernberger gave us a call Monday to see if Shirley and I would like to take an expedition along the upper Wolf River from Shawano Lake with his mother, Sharon, on Wednesday, accompanied by “Shadow”, the pet dog. We have taken our boat from Oskosh to New London (lower Wolf; about [...]
