Category Archives: Travel

Visiting My Brother In Clearwater

Last Saturday Cindy and I drove from Orlando to Clearwater to spend the day visiting with my younger brother, Mark, and my niece, Diana. I hadn’t seen Mark since our last get together in Manhattan on March 10, 2013 and … Continue reading

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SunRail Tour

Last Thursday Cindy, her parents, and I were in the area of Florida Hospital for some appointments. We had some free time between those appointments, so we took the opportunity the tour the new SunRail Florida Hospital Station and SunRail … Continue reading

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Weeki Wachee With Heather & Abby

Last Wednesday Cindy and I took Abby and Heather over to one of the oldest tourist attractions in Florida, Weeki Wachee Springs (which is a bit of a repetitive name since “Weeki Wachee” means “Little Spring”) located in Hernando County … Continue reading

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Yak & Yeti and Animal Kingdom

What a wonderful time Cindy and I had with our good friends Kirk and Laura yesterday out at the Disney Animal Kingdom! CIndy and I had not been to Animal Kingdom in at least 4 ½ years, so it was … Continue reading

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Walk The Dinosaur!

We spent today at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (photos coming later), and I always love going over to DinoLand and hearing them play songs like R.E.M.’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” and … Continue reading

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The Dali Museum

I visited the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL many years ago. This cartoon reminded me that I want to go back and visit it again.

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Traveling With Autism

Most readers of this blog probably know that my oldest grandson, Mikey, is on the Autism Spectrum. He has made tremendous strides in adapting to a world that is not completely natural to him, and like most of us new … Continue reading

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Washington Mall Drinking Fountain Birds

I’m finally going through my photos of the trip to Washington, D.C. that Cindy and I took last July (the album or albums will be posted this week) when I come across this photo I snapped while we were walking … Continue reading

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Voting “No” On Airline Flight Cell Phone Conversations

Drew Sheneman, editorial cartoonist for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, NJ, hits the nail on the head with his cartoon about allowing cell phone conversations on airline flights. I can see a jump in sales of noise-cancelling headphones or even … Continue reading

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The Maggie Valley Hillbillies

“Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Jeff Poor mountaineer couldn’t tell right from left” Ah, OK that’s all I’ve got. It’s been a long day of packing and getting things ready for us to head to … Continue reading

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