We have talked about taking an Airboat ride in the Everglades for years, and we finally did so the other day. There are over 1.5 Million acres in the Everglades National Park, about the same size as the state of Delaware! Approximately 1 million people visit this park every year; more people than live in […]
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Are you ready for “Season in the Florida Keys”? The peak season is January through March when all the Snowbirds and visitors swarm Coastal Highway. However, some repeat visitors arrive this month to escape the colder weather up north. Several Seasons Now that I live in the Florida Keys, I realize there are several seasons.
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I never took any art classes growing up. Wait, I remember one class in high school where the teacher had us copy a painting of Nefertiti. Art was not part of parochial school education in the 50s and 60s, although the Humanities program in my Senior year did include several class trips to museums in
Traveling from Bar Harbor to Portland was a relatively short drive. On our Airstream Adventures, we try to keep travel days to 8 hours or less, even though many RVers find that too much. Portland, Maine When I was a kid, we used to camp for two weeks every summer. Back then, in the Middle
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Internet connectivity was unfortunately terrible at every stop this summer, so I can only now post an update on the good, the bad, and the ugly of this Airstream Summer 2023 adventure. When summer gets too hot in Key Largo, we hitch our Airstream to the Suburban and head north. This year, we had a
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Ladies, how often do we tell ourselves – “Don’t fall” as we age? Or, should I say, how many times does your spouse say it? Two years ago, I took a bad fall playing Pickleball and broke my left wrist. Two plates and screws later, the good news is that I am back on the
Retirement can be a lonely place. In 2022, we sold our business and retired to the Florida Keys. We had been snowbirds for several years, and before that, we visited Key West yearly for a few weeks, then a month. My husband’s dream had always been to retire to the Florida Keys, and here we
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To blog or to paint, that is the question. Most mornings are taken up with Pickleball, as you know. I play 5 or 6 times a week for 2 to 3 hours. Playing in the heat, a shower is a must before doing anything else, but then the choice for the afternoon is between writing
We agree with Delray Beach, Pickleball is Life, and what fun we had playing in our first-ever tournament. As I posted last month in https://myretirementstories.com/practice-pickleball/, we did practice a lot beforehand. The tournament is now behind us, and I am happy to report that we did well. We had a wonderful weekend with our good
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How do you practice Pickleball? Do those 5 minutes of dinking help? This morning, I watched a few of Simone Jardim’s Instagram posts on the proper way to retrieve a lob. First, you turn your body, find the ball, and then run back and set up your feet to hit the ball. Sounds easy, but
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