Luck or Skill? Fort De Soto is located in the southwest corner of Mullet Key at the entrance to Tampa Bay. It consists of 1,136 acres made up of five interconnected islands (keys). During WWII the waterways around the islands were used for bombing practice by the pilot, Paul Tibbits, who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.It […]
Florida 2023 Here We Come
Florida 2023 Here We Come! January 19, 2023. Leaving Crownsville. 41 degrees. Winds blowing! Heading to the “Sunshine State” ‘Where woke goes to die!’” We decided to trade the canoe for a real fishing boat this year (yay!). We’re so super excited about having a boat. We can head out fishing first thing every morning […]
Lesson Learned…NEVER Fill a Diesel Tank With Regular Gasoline!
Lesson Learned…NEVER Fill a Diesel Tank With Regular Gasoline! Oops! OK bad move! But to be fair, EVERY gas station across the U.S. has a GREEN handle on the diesel fuel nozzle….EXCEPT BP gas stations…all of their regular gas nozzles are green. Thank God Cary realized (after filling 17 gallons) what he. had done and […]
Is that a boat?
IS THAT BOAT HITCHED TO THE RV? We’ve been canoeing and it’s so much fun on a calm, warm day. It’s great exercise, especially on a windy day (which there seems to be many). And it’s a great way to get around offshore islands. We’ve caught some great fish from our canoe! But oh boy, […]
Heading Back to the Forgotten Coast 2022
Heading Back to the Forgotten Coast It’s January 23, 2022 and tomorrow we hop in our RV and head back to Florida to our FAVORITE area, the Forgotten Coast. We’ll make a few stops on the way to see Brad & Rosie in S. Carolina, Jon Hartman in Bradenton, and our family in West Palm […]