Blogs from Florida, United States, North America - page 533

“ You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them” Ray Bradbury First thing we did this AM was to return to Siesta Beach for a walk. It was a cool, breezy, sunny morning. I think we would like to return her one-day. After our shower we were off to meet Bob friends in Ellenton, a reunion from his workplace. We made one stop at Mixon’s orchards, what a super place, I had my first kumquat. There is a method for eating these goodies. Wash well, roll back and forth in your hands, pop the entire thing in your mouth and chew. The inside is sour and the skin is sweet so it is a contest for one’s taste buds to figure out what to do. We had fun tasting oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, ... read more

All those that wander are not lost We left the Oscar Sherer State Park and headed back to the 24/7 to finish up our computer work, then drove north to Sarasota to meet Bob and Sara Zavos. We met at the Ringling Museum, besides their regular collection, there was a great Ansel Adams display of his black and white photographs of the natural beauties of our country. We found our campground in Siesta Key and went for a bike ride to Crescent/Siesta Beach, again voted one of the best beaches in our country. The sand is white and fine, like confectionery sugar, and the beach is quite wide and very lovely. The four of us has a nice meal at Sweet Tomatoes, wonderful salads and pasta, plus. We drove back to the sailing club for ... read more

“ I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive “ Joseph Campbell Well we are leaving the Keys this morning, but promise to return. We stopped at the World Wide Sport Shop, great place to shop for sport/fishing stuff. We picked up the Tamiami Trail and went back into the Everglades, to Everglade City. We took the boat ride in the Florida Bay among the ten thousand islands. Our trip included a dolphin sighting, it seems the dolphins like to swim behind the waves made by motorboats. They are such graceful creatures and seem so happy. Our evening was in Naples, where he had a super Brazilian meal and decided to go to the movies. “Meet the Fockers” was a light ... read more

" The purpose of life is not to be happy ~ but to matter, to be productive, to be Useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all." ~ Leo Rosten” Web sites You can move your mouse over the name and click on the name and it will send you to a web site that will tell you about that place. Dry Tortugas Since it was necessary to be at the dock with our gear to be stored by 6:30AM, so we were up and moving by 5AM. The ferryboat is the Yankee Freedom II, it is a catamaran and it travels from Key West 70 miles to the island of the Dry Tortugas once a day. It is a two and a half hour trip. We settled ourselves at ... read more

Arrived New York in snow storm. Absolutely freezing but beautiful. Dumped everything in hostel, then found pizza and wandered around the city near Central Park for a few hours. Remember Famiglia pizza... it was great. Locals friendly, Metro easy, roomies old! Left for Miami via Chicago next dy at 1pm, spent morning walking Central Pk and taking "snow" piccies, back in 3 months. Planes were delayed and arrived Miami 2am. Trashy, cheap, colourful and American. People are complete tarts and everyone wants a tip. Did the Everglades airboat, played with Larry the baby alligator. Got lost in Teds Hideaway and drank too many coronas and cowboys. Clocked up dinners with Greg, Mario nd Kiki before leaving. Didn´t pay for anything but learnt how to salsa, samba and do the naive departure before groping began. They were ... read more