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Month: October 2023

Florida Keys Trip:  Part 3 – Marathon

Florida Keys Trip:  Part 3 – Marathon

AUTHOR’S NOTE:  For those of you just catching up, I’m documenting my recent trip to the Florida Keys from three weeks ago, so if you’ve missed the first two installments, make sure to read “Part 1 – Islamorada” and “Part 2 – Key West” from the last two weeks! Not being the young, party bucks we used to be, it was slow going as we arose in the morning to leave Key West.  I made one more run for Cuban…

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Florida Keys Trip:  Part 2 – Key West

Florida Keys Trip:  Part 2 – Key West

AUTHOR’S NOTE:  For those of you just catching up, I’m documenting my recent trip to the Florida Keys from two weeks ago, so if you’ve missed the first installment, make sure to read “Part 1 – Islamorada” from last week! Picking up where we left off last week, we finished up our Tarpon-feeding antics at Robbie’s in Islamorada and continued our travels southward over the Seven Mile Bridge, passing by “Fred” the tree (a rogue tree growing up out of…

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Florida Keys Trip:  Part 1 – Islamorada

Florida Keys Trip:  Part 1 – Islamorada

I was out last week on a long awaited trip down to our country’s southeastern tip to spend some time in America’s tropical oasis, the Florida Keys.  Going along with another couple, we left the turning autumn leaves and plummeting temps of Western Maryland for the sunny skies, warm temperatures (make that extremely hot and humid temperatures), and the warm waters of both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. We started last Saturday out of BWI on a Southwest plane…

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Getting Older:  Another Sign of the Times

Getting Older:  Another Sign of the Times

I’m celebrating another birthday this week.  I’ve been blessed to live for quite a few revolutions around that big ‘ol yellow-orange ball that travels across the sky every day, but I am starting to see some reminders that I’m not as young as I used to be.  My minds still thinks it’s a strapping lad in the prime of his mid-twenties; however, the real boss – my actual body – has to throw up a few roadblocks every now and…

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