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Whirlwind

It’s been a crazy past 11 days. In brief. Took my Dad to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mn. for a check up. (all OK). While there visited my cousin Kim and her husband Jeff who was recovering from a several hour surgery. (also OK) Back home we moved Ma…

Dolphins of Everglades City

Last May while we were on our way into Everglades City Pam shot this video of the dolphins playing in our wake. Being the computer geek that I am it took me this long to figure out how to get it on the blog. You can tell we are technologically challeng…

Pam the Stalker

So I’m just getting settled on the sofa late Saturday afternoon when Pam says to me. “Let’s go over and see Sig Hansen”. Now this wasn’t the first time she had mentioned this outing, just the first time today. She’s been bugging me all week about going…

One More Haircut

That’s right. I have one more haircut before Pam & I head south. Back when we wintered Tourist here in the cold, snowy north country I used to count down the number of haircuts I had remaining before we could start boating again in the spring….

Winter Wonderland

They’d been predicting it for a week. But then how often is the weatherman accurate? Well, maybe this time! We woke up Saturday to 8″ of fresh, fluffy, beautiful* snow. First view from our deck. I’ll bet our friends in Florida wish they were …

HELLO OSCAR!!!

Franklin Matthew Diercks (a.k.a. Oscar)Born 5:52 pm Wednesday 12/1/20108lbs. 11oz. and 22″ long

STILL…. waiting on Oscar

Yep, that’s right. Still no baby. Just like the women in our family, Oscar has his/her own schedule. Speaking of babies. We received an e-mail from Donnie & Marilyn (M/V Kasey’s Choice) the other day along with a few attached photos of Tourist (our…

Waiting on Oscar

Well, the boating season around northwest Illinois has come to an end. The marinas have been popping boats out like popcorn with almost every slip now empty. Seems strange to be sitting here thinking about putting Tourist back in the water in about two…

Is It Time To Leave Yet?

Life has slowed way down since we arrived back home from our Nova Scotia adventure. So much so that I have taken up trapping as a hobby. Well, it started out as a hobby. It quickly became a mission. I’m talking about all out war on the moles that have …

Last Day in Lunenburg

For the past several days we’ve been going to go to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic but always turned away because of the crowds. Always busloads of tourists pulling up and unloading right at the main entrance. Now I know how the other folks felt …