Friday, November 25, 2016

Friday Evening
November 25th, 2016

We're going out onto the Gulf 6 miles as we head south Saturday morning to try our hand as fishing...

This lure is made by Rapala but it's supersized compared to the ones we use in Wisconsin
This baby is a good 6" long...

Other lures that were recommended...  See the one with 3 hooks in a row?

A diver lure that takes it down to 40'


We picked up a couple of Penn Rod/Reel combos with 30' test installed...

Friday
November 25th, 2016

A little bit of Florida below...









Sunset with David after Thanksgiving Dinner on Lido Key

Just before sunset...everyone waiting...

The Red Tide and props are the worst threat towards Manatee's here in Florida...
Here, one is floating and presumed dead...


A little bird keeping an eye on Elwood


Having Drinks with LeBron James!

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving

Thursday
November 24th, 2016


Joell and I will be spending Thanksgiving with her brother David in Sarasota, Fl.
We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving 2016

P.S. the sliding door is repaired and moves with one finger now....yippeee...


Monday, November 21, 2016

Monday
November 21st, 2016 
Evening with Marge and Tom Jeffers

The four of us went to the Moose Club for cocktails and enjoyed the sunset...

Out on the second floor of the Moose Club...

Getting a bit dark...

Tom and Marge then took us to the Swordfish Grill...Super place...

Right next door are the boats that go out and catch the great seafood we enjoyed...

Another fishing boat...

A great time with Marge and Tom.... Thanks for picking us up Marge and Tom, and showing us a wonderful evening...  Mike and Joell

Monday
November 21st, 2016

Joell, Mike and Elwood are happy we came in a day early to Sara Bay Marina.... That evening it blew like crazy (19-20mph all night) and we sure didn't want to be anchored out in a bay somewhere...

Right at Sara Bay Marina is a popular local establishment called The Bearded Clam...

Nice selection of different foods and good service...

The menu goes on and on...

Having a beer at the Bearded Clam...

Sunday evening Joell's brother David drove over and picked us up for dinner by his condo... here's the view from his 7th floor condo...nice!

Sunset at David's home!

David, Joell and Mike took a short walk to a restaurant called Owen's Fish Camp...
This is one of the very best places to enjoy the best seafood, service and ambiance.

Here's David and Joell...

Hey, there's Mike

Looking straight up from the bar at Owen's Fish Camp...

The Bar

Here, Joell's hitting on this old guy...

What a fantastic evening we had with David... Thank You David!!!

Fixed or Repaired Daily...
All of a sudden when sliding the heavy glass/pexi door it made all sorts of bad noise...

After going onto Silverton's Ower's Group and searching for this problem we found how to disassemble the sliding door and found the problem...

There are the Tracks, the Train and the Trucks that all either support the door or help it glide easily.... These are the trucks (only two that support that large door) and are both shot, wheels off and ball bearing missing...  Soooo, at $30.00 a Truck I have two on it's way to Joell's brothers home.

Take Care and Thanks for watching our blog!

Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday
November 18th, 2016

This morning Mike was on the ham radio talking to some fellow hams in the Milwaukee area when a ham operator from less then 2 miles away here in Florida gave him a call...  After we talked a bit he asked if we needed anything and we said yes.  We were low on gas for our dinghy.  We talked later on the phone and he asked if we needed anything else like water or beer... about 3 hours later he showed up with his girlfriend on his boat and tied up...handed over a big pile of bottled water and a gas tank full of gas, which I then proceeded to poor into our dinghy gas tank...all for five bucks...What a nice couple....
Below is a picture of Duane and his girlfriend... Elwood was visiting them...


Later this evening Joell and I took the dinghy ashore to the Mar Vista Restaurant and had a nice meal...
Tomorrow we move to a different anchorage due to the high winds coming in... till then :-)

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thursday
November 17th, 2016

View from the flybridge.... we took the dinghy over to the sand bar...

Some beautiful cruisers down here...



More Derelick boats....

Opps, another just past the sail boat...

Our anchorage for this evening.... Lots of locals coming to the sandbar before high tide...

Elwood enjoyed running around on the sand...


Elwood chased this bird away....

Life's rough....