Break out the grog! Click to enlarge. Left to right: Tom, Pat Wiesner, Dave Wilhelm, me, Shirley Birr, Dee Wilhelm, Dean Rosinsky, Mom (wheelchair), Anna Krowiorz, Rhonda, Shirley Hein, Jerry Hein, Bob Krowiorz and Jerry Wiesner! Not necessarily a surprise visit, old friends going way back to the Manitowoc Yacht Club and sailing days (daze) [...]
they just get a little dinghy!” (A sign hanging on our wall). There’s a great bond/camaraderie joined between sailors around the world. Go to any yacht club or marina and you’re one-in-the-same. A visit to these venues, and the mention of your passion opens waves of stories purporting passages across favorite waters and to ports-of-call. [...]
If you can’t be here, it’s good to hear from friends and not-so-far-away Kelly Lake neighbors, Dave and Vicki Parmentier! Dave writes that he and Vicki are looking to come to Sarasota in mid-April; a hop, skip and a jump from us here in Bradenton! Shirley and I hope they include us on their itinerary; [...]
… when you’re visited by neighbors and friends here in Bradenton, FL! Joining in on the visit with our hometown friends from Two Rivers, WI, Don and Sharon Stangel (who spent about a week-and-a-half with us: see previous posting), were Kelly Lake friends, Bud and Elaine Zeamer who have a cottage a couple doors away [...]
Driving his semi down the road at the end of his day, the driver spots a fellow trucker disabled along the roadway. Carefully he pulls up and off the road behind the the forlorn driver. “What’s up… anything I can help with”, he said with best intentions. “Doggone, wouldn’t you just know it’s my luck. [...]
