Russell Carlisle

Today we moved a bit further in our journey. The weather smiled on us and we were able to run out into the Gulf and make our way down to Marco Island. It was smooth as glass out there.     As we left Sanibel Marina I was able to take a shot of the […]

All pictures now uploaded. Take another look. Departed the seclusion of Cabbage Key at 0915 and headed south with the idea of pushing to Naples if weather on the outside permitted or stopping short at Sanibel to walk on the beach and relax. Sanibel won and we are here. It was like going from 1950

Pictures have been uploaded and text corrected. Dr. Bell phoned this morning from Hawaii where he is staying in a cottage at Mama’s Fish House. He said I could check it out at mamasfishhouse.com . I did and he must be holding back on how much he is worth. Pretty swanky place. But we are

It was a bit frustrating to say the least when I lost all that blog material last night but I will attempt to reconstruct. We saw many new sights today as we moved further south. There was a car ferry that crossed the ICW to some barrier islands. This was the first double ferry I

We departed Venice at 1030 waving goodbye to Goree and Barbara. By the way if you are looking for a great little house in Venice on the intracoastal with a boat dock capable of tying up a 40+ foot boat then check out homesbyowner.com/18022 .         It was a beautiful ride down

…and this time I have a picture to prove it.     More on this story later but first let us journey back to where I left you yesterday when I was about to fall asleep. We arrived at the beautiful canal home of our friends Goree and Barbara Waugh. They are one canal over from

                Today we left Sarasota at 1015 and headed to the canals of Venice. No we do not have to go to Italy, only about 20 miles down to the home of my old fraternity brother Colonel Goree Waugh. We have only seen each other a few times

Today was another beautiful day on the Loop. Dr. Bell phoned this morning to tell us he was leaving for Hawaii tomorrow. Each year around this time he and Ms. Brenda go there to escape the cold of Moreland, GA. I am not sure the city will survive without their most outspoken councilman. Sometime during the

Jan’s father used to say this and we always thought it was original with him but recently someone told me it came from Bette Davis. Whichever it is, it is so true. Today after routine chores we took out our folding bikes and began the trek to visit Jan’s Aunt Anne who is in a nursing

    Yes we are now officially in over our heads. Jan says we are just going to have to use the kids inheritance and keep going. More detail on this later but first a look at our day.     The bright young man above is David. No he is not a street person