Gett'en Back to Florida.

What a wonderful trip we have had so far; we loved I40 through North Carolina. Just absolutely beautiful. Today we took the Paula Dean tour in Savanna, Georgia. Now we are in Jacksonville, Florida where tomorrow Holly will go to the Florida Quilt Show and I will go on a bike trip. Her quilt took second place and $200 in prize money!

We are at the Lake

After the Minnesota State Fair 2011, Jeff and the kids came to the lake!!! Needless to say, they caught lots of fish.

Hola Boys and Girls

Just a note to let you know that we are now in Frazee as of September 1, 2011 and we are living at Al and Nora's apartment. The plan is to move to Wymer Lake this week. We will head to Florida Sept 17. We have renters in Oakdale who have signed a one year lease.

dA Red Banana

Fishing in Florida 2011

Holly with a little 'Sheaphead' caught on Gasparillia Pass. It was too small to keep, but we did land 10 different species of fish on this day, two of which were keepers and Holly landed both of those; a 'Pompano' and a 'Spanish Mackerel'.

What a Day of Fishing in Florida's West Side! April 2011

We did some fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeff got the biggest shark; Jen caught two sharks I suppose that makes us the perfert host! And Holly landed a large bulhead that we missed a picture with Holly, as a dolphen (porpus) distracted us during her catch and it skipped of her line just as we were about to take the picture. The gator picture was taken on the Myakka river.

Bugs in Mexico

The Hot Tub is IN!

 We started this process in early January and the project was completed at the end of February. The trifecta is complete. Jody, Jeff and we all have a 'Tub.'

Some Old Pictures!

Jeff and the entire family sent me some old slides and a digital converter that converts slides to digital. The first three pictures are around Lake Michigan on the Michigan side. What do you think? O yes, the hot tub is coming! I think, hope ....

Everglade City and the Everglade National Park

We had a fine day in Everglade City with Dave and Roxanne this past week. Everglade City is the start of the Everglades National Park. It is 99 miles from Everglade City to Flamingo by boat. That may be my next boat trip. The boat pictures were a little ride we took with the Park Service. Nice picture of the porpoise.  O yes, the pictures of us are from The (famous) Rod and Gun Club where John Wayne and others stars and the likes of us were there. And yes, Dave still makes super great steaks on the grill!!

One very hard puzzle that Jody and Todd gave to Holly for her Birthday. Let see is she 29 or is it 39, I just can not remember. This was a very tough puzzle to complete. We always were saying that this piece should be easy to find, but it never was. Thanks to Todd and Jody and Kids for our great time trying to finish this thing. Now we move on to the hot tub installation. More to come!

Christmas 2010

Hola from the snow in California. The girls are in the new PJ's Framma helped them cut and sew. The weather was great, lots of snow and lots of fun! We went skiing in Alpine Village.

Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010

Gasparilla Island

These pictures were taken in Gasparilla Island, near Boca Grand Pass. The tatered building is part of the Whidden Marina, founded in 1926. I landed my water filled boat at this marina last year with a 28 inch gash in the hull. It was a real life-saver for us as we had no intention of swiming with the sharks at Boca Pass. This past week I rode my bike on the West side of the Island for about 3 miles on the beach and about 17 additional miles on the Island.

Chapala, Mexico

A Bit of Mexico!

Florida Friends

Hola, Here is a picture of some of our Frorida Friends at a new home on Florida's West Side! The last picture is of Holly when she caught a mighty killer shark!