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Last Day in Town

Last Day in Town

We awakened to a beautiful view of downtown St Petersburg, got haircuts from Gina, and spent the day at the silver studio at The Arts Center where they threw a good bye party for us. We dined at Midtown with Annie and Scott then went to Wednesday night Swing Dance at...

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Almost Keyless

Almost Keyless

If you can tell a person's troubles by the number of keys he carries then we are nearly trouble free. After the inspection of our very very clean apartment we turned in our keys. We are now down to a car key and a storage unit key each. We left the car in the garage...

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Monday at Nova 535

Monday at Nova 535

After a day spend scrubbing, cleaning, vacuuming, and so on in an attempt to leave our apartment as pristine as it was when we got it, we treated ourselves to an evening of dance and friends at Nova 535 the newest of Jamie & Arleene's swing dance venues. It's a...

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Monday Lunch

Monday Lunch

Since sometime in January or February we have had Monday lunch with Vivian. We've missed a few when we or she was out of town but we've been quite faithful. The remarkable thing is that the restaurant was always within easy walking distance of her office and we never...

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Mass at St Paul’s

Mass at St Paul’s

We started today with a delightful breakfast with Pam and John and girls. Then with Ken we drove to Clearwater for an eggs benedict brunch with Martha. Then after 6PM Mass at St Paul's we had a wonderful visit with Patty. We have a long history at St Paul's. The two...

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Family at Midtown

Family at Midtown

Our last Saturday in St Petersburg we gathered the local members of the family, Mike, Cathy, Matt, Emily, Ed, and "Uncle" Gary for a dinner at Midtown Sundries. It was that evening that all our favorite Midtown servers realized that we will be leaving within days....

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Goodbyes in Clay Studio

Goodbyes in Clay Studio

Today's activities revolved around The Arts Center. Karen had her last pottery class and open studio. She gifted clay mentor, friend, and fellow irreverent Viking, Russ, with some special label label Viking Red wine, and gifted her remaining clay to her fellow open...

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Yet Another Rainy Day

Yet Another Rainy Day

The day dawned dark and stormy and stayed that way all day. Mostly the rains were light and intermittent but they continued on all day just as they have all week. We're so grateful to be only on the fringes of this storm. This morning was one of those times when...

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Back to Tampa

Back to Tampa

After a busy morning of errands which included two trips to Publix, CJ packed up the rest of her belongings still in our apartment and headed back to her own little apartment in Tampa. Classes start Monday for her final semester at USF. We dropped her off at the PSTA...

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No School Day

No School Day

Today was the day that school was to begin in Pinellas County but with the possibility of a hurricane coming, school was cancelled. And the storm didn't exactly come. We had lots of clouds and occasional light sprinkles. We ran errands at places that were open and...

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Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.

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At Home in Canton

At Home in Canton

A week ago we backed Sc@rlett into our son’s driveway and commenced a delightful visit that has involved so many great activities. We helped plant seeds for this year’s herb and vegetable garden, roasted S’Mores with granddaughters in the backyard over our new Solo...

Visiting Nimisila

Visiting Nimisila

Although the two of us visit the Canton/Sugarcreek area often and have stayed at several campgrounds in the area, the Nimisila Reservoir Metro Park Campground between Akron and Canton, Ohio had not been on our radar until Jenn (check out her Blog for videos on caring...

Sc@rlett & Redford Head Out

Sc@rlett & Redford Head Out

Redford, our Ford F-150 has been itching for adventure ever since joining the family in October 2019. Yes, he and Sc@rlett have partnered with us for a few shorter excursions but today we are getting an early start on our Summer Ramble. First stop, Easter with family...