Ribfest Concerts 2015

Saturday we rode the motorcycle over to St Petersburg to Vinoy Park for the annual Ribfest concert weekend. It was a long day thanks to the...

Free Fishing Days in Florida this Weekend June 13 & 14, 2015

Get out those fishing rods and hit the water this weekend, it Free Fishing Days this weekend in Florida. No license needed. While you...

Workout Wednesday

We've continued on our plan to go canoeing a couple times a week and we've been blessed with beautiful weather on Wednesdays, so ...

Maiden Voyage on the old Sawyer Canoe

  Since we signed up to go on a canoeing camping trip at the end of the summer in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in Minnesota an...

Auto Racing Video of Scotty Speed Demon at East Bay Raceway

There was a great Groupon deal for Competition 101 Auto Racing School at East Bay Raceway Park again, so Scott had to do it. Sunday, it w...

#SpringTraining

I'm a little behind this week, still trying to get used to that darn daylight savings time. I wish they would get rid of it, it feels li...

It's Strawberry Season!

It's strawberry season in Florida, so there is an abundance of the yummy sweet fruit. We picked up a flat of strawberries ($8) on our...

#CharlieDaniels Closes out Florida State Fair

The last day of the Florida State Fair brought a close to the annual food fest. I don't usually like to go the last day because who k...

Racing Victory at #EastbayRacewayPark

 Today was another successful day at the racetrack. DH spent the day at Eastbay Raceway with a very accomplished racecar driver Buzzie R...

Those Who Leave, and Those Who Stay

It was December in the early ninety's and I was on a vacation in South Florida getting ready to depart for home in Minnesota. It was a...

#ThunderByTheBay Sarasota

Today we traveled on a one tank trip down to beautiful Sarasota on the Gulf of Mexico on the ST1300. Thunder by the Bay is an annual mo...

#Baseball 2015 Spring Training Schedule

This what you've been waiting for Florida! Spring training is around the corner, tickets go on sale starting next Friday 1/16 at 10a...

I Made Freedom Count

Today was the first day of early voting in Hillsborough county down here in the land of hanging chads. We decided to both drive vehicles t...

Born To Rock #BuschGardens Show

Performer balancing, spinning and juggling knives We went for a nice afternoon walk around Busch Gardens and stopped in for our cup of f...

Rocking at #Ribfest, More Concerts

Gin Blossoms, from Tempe, AZ The Chamber of Commerce ordered a beautiful Fall day here in Tampa for my last Saturday in Florida for a w...

#Born To Ride Jam

Despite a rainy start to the weekend, we aborted plans to ride the motorcycle across town to the Born To Ride Jam in Pinellas Park, ...

Kid Rock, ZZ Top Concert a Frugal Event

Concerts are usually a pretty great way to spend some free time, and the Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker concert at the Amphitheatre in Tamp...