Living and traveling in an RV fulltime, or just going about your daily routine, you just never know how many interesting places you’ll discover, and how many more you drive right on past without even knowing they are there. It’s amazing what you can find with just a couple of quick Internet searches. A good […]
Estero, Florida, located just 17 miles from Fort Myers, is considered by many to be one of the best places to live in the state. Home to many retirees, Estero has a lot to offer, including shops, restaurants, parks, and a low crime rate. But modern-day retirees are not the first to discover the area […]
The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia has many fine exhibits on the men and women who have served our country as Marines, but one monument honors a little-known Marine hero known as Sergeant Reckless. Who was this brave Marine sergeant and what great deeds did he do to earn such recognition? […]
There is an old saying that life imitates art. It implies that events in the real world are inspired by a creative work, be it a painting, a book, or a movie. I’m not sure about that, though I have been surprised a few times when something I wrote about in one of my books […]
Yesterday we finished most of the last-minute preparations in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian making its way up the coast. The latest weather predictions are telling us that our worst days will be Tuesday and Wednesday. As of the 6 o’clock update yesterday, the hurricane was still wobbling a bit further west than it was. The […]
We woke up to good news yesterday morning. The National Weather Service said its latest models indicated that Hurricane Dorian would make a right turn before it got to the Florida coast and then go north toward the Carolinas before turning out to sea. But since the hurricane is massive, we would still be impacted […]
When I was in the Army a lifetime ago we had a term for somebody who always found a way to escape work, or who did just enough to get by but not a bit more. We called them sandbaggers. Yesterday Miss Terry and I spent some time hanging out with some sandbaggers and did […]
My neighbor Chris Fisher says that waiting for a hurricane is like being stalked by a turtle. I guess he is right. You know something’s going to happen, but you could fall asleep waiting for it to do its thing. Terry had a doctor’s appointment yesterday afternoon, and on the way home we stopped at […]
Thank you to everybody who has sent emails, texts, and Facebook messages expressing their concern for our safety with Hurricane Dorian approaching Florida, and with our various medical issues. We appreciate you. As far as the storm, we are watching it closely and are well-stocked with provisions if we get hit. If worse comes to […]