A Discovery - Part 3

Our third and final installment of the Courtney Campbell Causeway bike and jogging path. It's fairly close by and provides an unobstructed view of the skylines of St. Pete and Tampa as well as the skies. It's a great place to do some walking and taking sunrise-sunset pics.

Unfortunately, people are more apt to despoil a spot than enhance it. Here we have the remnants of a party that becomes an unsightly reminder that people are pigs.

Boat slip and bird perch.

Great spot for either sunrise or sunset. Time it right and you can get some great pictures. Always take advantage of the golden hours.

This is the portion where cars and trucks travel from across the Bay. At one time this was the first and only way to get from Clearwater/St. Pete over to Tampa. Notice the patches on the columns.

People aren't the only ones to make a mess here, although the humans are capable of cleaning up after themselves.

Looking south toward St. Petersburg.

Yeah, this is the golden hour time., and you can see why it is so named. This was a sunrise picture.

Great place to spend time. Walk and get your 10,000 steps, jog, bike, or take your mutt out for an airing. Bring your fishing pole if you want or camera. It isn't a secret, necessarily and there are times it is crowded, but more often than not you might have plenty of elbow room and very little company. Perfect.

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Flashback Friday

Class, Or Lack Thereof The Dwight Vice gravestone in Oquawka, Illinois. I bring this old chestnut out every so often just to remind me that class is classless. Dwight Vice was killed in his home near Oquawka in 2001. It was one of those things that can generate crime: two guys thought Dwight had a lot of money stashed at home because of his pot-selling sideline to supplement his fishing job. Not really one of those big drug deals gone-bad things. Marijuana was, according to the trial, about the only stuff Dwight sold. But these two guys barge into the house and killed Dwight and attempted to kill his 11 year old kid, Darryl, before they took off with what money they could find. His son, now 23, was stabbed in the back and left for dead. He survived and is wheelchair bound and has undergone several surgeries to repair his wounds. He will be paralyzed for life. None of this is pleasant. Reading the facts of the murder and attempted murder are most unpleasant

Summer Swim

It's Monday and the start of another work week. Except for me. I have the week off because the parents of my daycare charges are taking the week off, too. This is one of those wordless posts I love on Mondays so I can put my laziness in full view of loyal readers. These pics need no words. Why muddy the waters? They were taken at the pool at Sinkhole Estates aka Death Valley. The nice thing about this pool is it is heated in winter. If one must find positives in one's situation, I suppose that is one. But, please, no more.

Florida Air Museum - Part 3

Welcome back to a pretty neat tour of the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland Florida. There's a lot to see and a couple of the old Geezer Gold Wing guys are already sitting down instead of walking around looking at the exhibits. That's John who is wore out and making a call to his wife. In all honesty, John was pretty well bushed before the ride. He told me his daughter's family was down from one of the Carolina's with the grand kids and he must have played with them too much. He's about to take off on his own and head for home, but he's going to miss a couple of neat things out on Hangar A. But, before we walk over there, we have lots yet to see here. If you saw The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio playing Howard Hughes, you'll remember that he went up in a plane during the filming of one of his movies to prove a point about flying. He crashed trying to execute a roll and this is a picture of the plane he crashed. Note the propeller

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