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A Salty Piece of Land

A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. I was ignorant of the fact that Jimmy Buffett had written this book and several others, so I didn't know what to expect. The story was interesting and the adventures of the main character and all his many friends held my attention. I have another book that he wrote that contains short stories with characters from "A Salty Piece of Land", so that one is next on my reading list.




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Beatles Forever

This makes me want to get the band back together.

Mom's Ramp

Here are pictures of the really great ramp that Mom's neighbor, Donny LeBeau, built for her. It makes it much easier for her to get from her kitchen to the garage. The old steps were hard to negotiate. I had to be careful myself when we visited. Wickett got used to the ramp very quickly. I think he would like to have one that goes from our deck down to the backyard. (Note: Check out those uniform, straight mortar joints in the glazed tile walls that my Dad built)

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Crops From The Garden

When we got home, I saw that there were a few carrot tops (not the comedian) poking above the ground in the garden. They were leftovers from last summer's garden and they spent the winter in Ohio. They were an odd shaped bunch, but I cleaned them up and put them in the fridge. I ate some as I was working and they really had a good taste.

Homeward Bound-2011

Last night, we stayed at High Springs Campground in northern Florida. It was a journey of about 300 miles from Bonita Springs. The trip went well, with the normal stop for lunch and another for gasoline. We did have a traffic jam after we passed Sarasota that probably cost us an hour. We still arrived at the campground at 4:45pm. Our site is shown below.


A pretty good thunderstorm arrived around 4:30 am. We lost our electricity for a while and got a lot of rain. Further north, in Georgia, the storm was more severe and six people were killed in the state.

We started out today (Tuesday) with gray skies and cooler temperatures. As we moved into Georgia, the sun came out and made for a really nice day on the road. We got to the KOA campground near Forsyth, GA about 4:15. Wickett has been sleeping even more than usual today. He was awake a lot last night because of the storm. We have stayed at this KOA before. One of their traditions is that they deliver a box of three very large chocolate chip cookies to your site after you have had time to get settled. They are very, very good cookies. Below is a picture of our site here in Georgia.


Tomorrow, we go to Jellystone Park Campground in Nashville for a three night stay and a visit with Howard and all the Moomys and Meadors. The forecast here tonight is for temps in the upper 30's, so it will be time to turn on the furnace. I guess that is good preparation for Ohio weather.