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Ringling Miniature Circus Museum

As you will read an explaination of my bloging the Ringling Estate in the next two blogs, I will only say that this is Blog 3 of 4 covering the Ringling Estate. Because of the size of the estate, I will show pictures and write a short discussion of th…

John and Mable Ringling Mansion Ca d’ Zan

This is the second blog of four that I will do covering our vist to the John and Mable Ringling Estate. It was just too much to cover in a single blog. The first which is actually in the following blog. The third will preceed this when published and…

John and Mable Ringling Estate Sarasota #1

This is the first of four blogs covering the John and Mable Ringling Estate in Sarasota Florida. This is John Ringling of the Ringling Bros Circus Fame. John Ringling left the entire estate to the Florida State University, who now maintains for the a…

Year End at Bradenton

December 31, 2010, year end at Bradenton, Florida. Well, the 2010 year has come to an end and this will be the final blog of 2010. I will show you some of the hidden treasures in the smaller communities, that many of the people pass by. We got a re…

Bradenton Florida

December 26, 2010 Crossing Our Wake Celebration and Christmas in Bradenton, Florida. It is December 26 and time to catch up on the blog. We crossed our wake at Maximo Point, Florida and Ruth aboard High Spirits took the picture as we crossed the Lat …

Clearwater to Bradenton Loop Complete

December 11, 2010 Clearwater to Bradenton, Florida: Loop Completion. Well this is the big day, and we wake up to fog so heavy that even the birds are grounded. We can’t move, because we can’t see the other boat traffic or the channel markers. We can on…

Clearwater December 6, 2010

December 6, 2010 Clearwater. Today was kind of a knock around day, just staying out of the wind. We had breakfest out and then walked through a few shops, seeing all the things we did not need. When living on a boat, for something else to come aboard, …

Tarpon Springs

December 5, 2010 Tarpon Springs, Florida. There are several Looper boats now at Clearwater and we have rested and decided to take the Jolly Trolly to Tarpon Springs where the Greeks have made this a thriving Sponge business center. The Jolly Trolly tak…

Gulf of Mexico Crossing

December 3-4, 2010 Crossing the Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle Florida to Clearwater Florida. The weather window to cross the gulf was now, once we start, we were committed to go. The wind was down, the water had laid down and the weather window was …

Port St. Joe to Carrabelle

December 2, 2010 Port St. Joe to Carrabelle, Florida. The sun is coming up on a very cold morning after a very windy night. The front has passed, the cold is here and it is time to move further East to Carrabelle to make our big Gulf Crossing. We ar…