Category: Travel
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Cruise Virgins
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUp until now Randy and I have never had any desire or given much thought to taking a cruise. People. That always the problem for us. So many people, so little space. But it seems like EVERYONE we know who lives in Florida are cruise veterans. And most people love them… Read more
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Living Like Millionaires
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe just got back from spending a week at a marvelous beach house on St George Island. It was everything I’d expected a week at the beach would be. But it was more than that. We’d never heard of St George Island when some dear friends invited us to spend some time… Read more
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Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls
Reading Time: 2 minutesI laugh ever time I think about Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls. You KNOW where my mind goes! That’s why (from someone who holds a degree in Marketing) the name of this business is so brilliant. Unforgettable. Last year, Kristine and Gary gifted us with two glowing balls like those in the photo,… Read more
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Life’s Great Joy
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow that we’re free to travel whenever and wherever and however we want (barring financial considerations, of course) I find myself not caring to leave the home we’ve created in the paradise of Florida. With one exception: to visit friends and family that mean a lot of me and Randy. We’ve been… Read more
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North, Not Quite to Alaska
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the Thanksgiving holiday Randy and I decided to head north to visit family and friends. To be fair, it’s pretty much the only direction you can go by car for more than a couple hours from where we now live. Our first stop, Myrtle Beach, SC was a sweet little condo… Read more
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Real, Live Mermaids
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy sister, Lisa, called a few weeks ago and wanted to plan a girl’s day trip to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. She’d been there before and thought the mermaids were one of the coolest things she’d ever seen. So cool, apparently, that driving 219 miles and picking me up on the… Read more
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Go Ahead, Touch Me
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve never liked to fly. But I do like the convenience, as I said in my post last week, of waking up in my own bed in Florida and having dinner in my all time favorite Mexican restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri. I’m careful about using the word hate, so I won’t say… Read more
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Branson and Oozing Talent
Reading Time: 5 minutesRandy and I first visited Branson, Missouri about 25 years ago after we moved to Missouri. It’s a place we enjoy a lot, full of like-minded and age-related peeps. There’s an Ozarkland store there so I can say I actually worked in Branson for a tiny bit. Over the years, we’ve seen… Read more
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The Best Chips in All the Land
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI flew back up to Missouri to help Ozarkland’s parent company with a special project this week. I thought the best part of the trip would be that I got to eat the best chips and salsa in all the land at our favorite Mexican restaurant (El Caporal, Camdenton, MO) on… Read more
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Peace River Lives Up to Its Name
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe took an airboat ride on the Peace River yesterday. It’s interesting to see Florida about 15 miles inland, away from the coastal communities and hub bub of the beaches and tourist traps that are stereotypical of the Florida in northerners minds. It’s unexpectedly beautiful and more peaceful than I’d imagined.… Read more