day 4 in Ft. Myers – saturday, january 3rd

we had booked a hotel on captiva island for sunday and monday nights, so on saturday morning we decided to get ready for that little trip. well, for some reason kevin decided that the best use of his time would be to thoroughly, and i mean THOROUGHLY, clean the...

the calabash conondrum

i posted a picture of a calabash tree when i wrote a few days ago about going to the edison & ford estates.  i thought i’d take a moment to look up the calabash, because i knew nothing about it. well, wikipedia had lots and lots and LOTS of information about...

friday, january 2nd

and on our 3rd day in florida, we hit the beach! but first, we sat around in the morning, outside, enjoying the weather. kevin took a picture of this tree, the big one in the background, because it was so huge and had a nice shape and i’d like to have a big tree...

new year’s day, the edison & ford estates

it was a sunny, beautiful new year’s day, a perfect day to tour Thomas Edison and Henry Ford’s estates. but first, we hung out a little bit at our campsite. we took a drive down the long road to the heart of Ft. Myers – it was funny, because as we...

first day in florida

and we took it easy.  well, first we spent a good three hours driving around, trying to find some kind of connector for the camping fridge.  the connector had broken and kevin thought it would be “easy” to find a replacement.  i believe his words were...

FLORIDA!

i realize as i type that many of my posts now have a !!! at the end.  it’s funny, because when amy and i text each other, we almost always end our sentences with !!!, but have talked about how we do this with many or most texts, but don’t usually feel the...

wednesday!

and things are good.  here are the final, final photos from 2014.  let’s be done with it already! just a few xmas photos – i’ve noticed that many, many people still have their xmas decorations up still.  get over it, people! here’s a happy xmas...

good morning good morning good morning!

whew.  HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR’S DAY! yeah, i know, waaaaay late, not an auspicious beginning to this shiny new year. the thing is, i spent new year’s eve in our popup camper, in fort myers, florida… a deliciously warm way to usher in the new year,...