Sanibel Island

(view in Google Earth) I was in Fort Myers for the weekend, so brought my kayak with me to get in some paddling time around Sanibel.  I left home early Friday morning and arrived at the Sanibel Causeway around 12:00.  From the causeway, I could see Fort...

A quick trip to Tampa

5/6/2013-5/7/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed     233 47.8 43   Driving listening: This was a business trip just for one night, but it adds to the stats, so here it is.On the way to the hotel I stopped at the Seminole Hard Rock to make a donation to the...

Prius & Priceline: A Year in Review

So it’s been a year since I got the Prius (April 2012), and I thought I’d review some statistics … because I like numbers and have geeky friends. First off the numbers for the last twelve months for Priceline (source in Excel or CSV).  This data includes what I...

Thai & Titus

No travel this weekend, for which the Big Bad Wolf is either grateful (that I’m home) or pissed (that she doesn’t get to play with Gary from Fetch!). On Saturday, I had lunch at Thai Cuisine with family.  We arrived a little before noon (when they opened), but...

“I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It’s one of those places I’d always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts.”–Tony Parsons

No driving, no Priceline, just a three-day cruise to The Bahamas on the Carnival Sensation. I’d been promising the girl-child a cruise for quite a while, but she didn’t have a passport and I could swear that I’d heard you need a passport or passport-card now. ...