February

Ft. Myers Florida

 

Superman

Ft. Myers, FL

Left Colorado on Jan 26 had a non-eventful 2143-mile journey to Florida to get back to Wanda. The highlight was a stop in Metropolis, Il, home of Superman, so we snapped a pic.

Home for February was at Shady Acres RV Park; nice enough place; pretty typical retiree “heaven” with lots of snow birds from the northern states and Canada.  We managed to connect with friends and family while on the Gulf side. John and Sandy Hill, our postmasters, Kathy Fulgenzi, cousin Gloria and Lee Kinzle, Ty’s brother Paul, Anthem Ranch folks Doug and Regina Porter, Scotty’s folks Bob and Linda Nichols and of course, brother Will and bride Pam.

Hiking or biking was a challenge to find someplace where it wasn’t swampy or we wouldn’t get run off the road.  So we tired but I gave it up long before Ty and resorted to my videos for exercise.  There are lots of beautiful beaches to be found along the Gulf and we tried to make it to as many as possible.  Shelling and sunsets were terrific.

Kathy Fulgenzi Doug Regina Porter Kayaking with Hills Bob and Linda Nichols Gulf Sunset

We Be Bad

It’s no wonder we can’t lose any weight, as one of our favorite things to do is grab some fried chicken to go (Colonel is the best), wine and go watch a sunset.  Lovely way to spend an evening.

Paul Fouchey

Bump/Lost/Sprain

Ty only managed to hit his head on the king pin 5 or 6 times during the month – so glad that I have encased it in foam so the damage was only to his pride, plus a little bump and much cursing.

I took a tumble on the first day of set-up, stepped off the pad and twisted my ankle.  Neighbor lady behind us saw me go down and told her hubby to find out if I was ok.  He and Ty showed up together finding me writhing on the ground in pain.  Just a sprain but hurt like the dickens (where does that word/phrase come from?) for the entire month.

The best was Ty’s brother Paul who lost his brand-new glasses.  I feel bad that he lost them, but I laugh every time I recall how he discovered it.  We had been kayaking in the Mangroves, seeing Manatees and having a nice time of it.  When we finished and pull our kayaks up to shore Paul says to me, “Do I have my glasses on?”  Now, I wondered to myself… hmm he wears glasses to see with and he is asking me if he has them on?  Isn’t his vision a little blurry that he would figure that out?  Anyway, somewhere on the route back thru the Mangroves, he got hung up and evidently his glasses came off and he didn’t realize it until he got on-shore.

Paul, maybe you don’t need glasses; but hey you made the blog!  Thanks for providing the humor this month, takes Ty off the hook.

Kit Denise Mcquigan

College Reunion

Don’t you love it when you haven’t seen someone in ages and when you are finally reunited it is like you never missed a beat.  That is how it was with the McGuigan’s.  Denise and I went to college together and sat outside the classroom for each of our final exams with champagne to celebrate.  I saw a posting on Facebook from Kit that they were in Ft. Myers Beach.  Their regular hangout was OhLa’s, so we met up there.  And we met and we met and we met…spent many a day partying at OhLa’s where Jonnie Walker (Iowa Hall of Famer for guitar) played and Kit occasionally joined in. Kit has a great voice and personality to go with his performance. Ty was quite jealous as women bought Kit drinks and kept touching him or dancing in front of him while singing. Ty can’t sing, I am just as glad for that.

Was sad to say good-bye to Denise and Kit however our livers were thankful so they could recuperate.

Final Ft Myers Thoughts

Ft. Myers Beach is a haven for retirees during the day and the much younger groups in the evening, and there is very little overlap so you can always get a spot at the bar and a good table at the restaurants.

A good thing about being retired is you get started at the bars at 2 in the afternoon, eat at 5-6 and home in bed by 9 for a good night’s rest. The bad part is it is too easy to do too often.