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Florida Scallops with a hitchiker... fresh from the bay.

Florida Bay Scallops, 2010

Scalloping season has once again arrived in Florida. It opened early this year, June 19th if you were watching closely. The season normally begins on July 1, but was opened early due to the tragedy in the Gulf with the oil. Notice I did not say “spill” which is something that occasionally happens with my [...]

Far Reaches, the modern power yacht!

Time to finish the solar panel…

I’ve managed to dawdle on this project as long as possible now. Avoidance is a time tested method of problem prevention. Whenever I’m involved in an extensive project such as this, I mentally prepare for total disaster somewhere along the way. This is an old boat with lots of hidden quirks just daring to be [...]

Been nowhere in particular

Much about nothing

Sitting at the marina last week we decided it was time to stop sitting at the marina. Sure, plugged into shore power with the A/C running on high makes for a comfortable afternoon. The satellite dish is connected and faithfully gathering every show imaginable from the sky. Most of which I don’t care to watch [...]

The mighty scallop

Florida Bay Scallops: The how to guide

You’ve ordered them in restaurants, you seen them on the Discovery Channel, and you may have even seen their shells on the beach. Well, now you’re going to find out how to hunt the little fella’s down, gather them up, and finally enjoy some of Florida Bay’s tastiest little morsels we affectingly adorn our seafood [...]

Sheree and dinner!

Yum-Yum from Key Largo

15 gallons of gas: $43.12 Fishing lures: $14.73 Sunscreen: $7.95 A woman who can catch fish, clean them, and cook ‘em up: Absolutely PRICELESS! (No… sorry… she is not for sale or trade) It would seem that while I’m overseas on a business trip my lovely wife Sheree has found herself in Key Largo hanging [...]