After the Deluge
Now that I’ve been back in Sarasota for a couple weeks, I can report that Sarasota proper received very little damage compared to the...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Back at the Blog Again.
I know you’re hot for the Africa story. It’s coming. Robin is currently ranking and sorting the 7500+ photos we took over the three...
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laurieyoung9
- Sep 18, 2022
- 11 min
Bucking the Bucket List
Four days left until the long-long-long flight to Darkest Africa. I can't tell you how this trip will play out since we're still in...
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laurieyoung9
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
One picture is worth a thousand years...
When I look at the photo of the documents seized from somewhere in the Palm Beaches, the first thing I notice is the carpet. I grew up...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Just when you think the Real Estate Boom has ended...
Today faithful reader, we will return to the Metaverse so that you can be up to date with the latest in modern life and able to hold an...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Epic Western Adventure Movie is here!
For the past several weeks, Robin and I have been working on the movie version of our Epic Western Adventure story. Mostly Robin, but I...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Summertime and there's always some damn thing...
It’s hair day. The day I get up and look in the mirror at my graying roots and wonder what would happen if I just let it go. Then I...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
As the Stomach Turns...
Every once in a while, when I’m wondering what the hell is going on in this God-forsaken planet after watching bad things being heaped on...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Hot time in the city!
Normally in mid-July I’d be writing this blog while watching part of the Osprey family that lives on the telephone pole behind my house...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
Robert Girard Kesten, 1933-2022
My father Bob finally lost his long battle with Parkinson's and Lewy body dementia last week. Below is his obituary. Robert Girard...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
Only in Florida (?)
Our topic today is “Only in Florida”. Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that all that weird stuff that happens in...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
Nothing succeeds like excess...
Friday’s Wall Street Journal (where else) brought news that a Palm Beach (excuse me, Manalapan) estate was soon to close for $175 million...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
Tourist Season Redux
Carl Hiassen’s first solo novel was “Tourist Season” written in 1986. Things have changed since then so I’ll try to update you. We have...
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laurieyoung9
- Jun 11, 2022
- 3 min
Your flight is scheduled for departure at...
· Be incredibly flexible and patient. If this requires drugs, be sure to have your prescription up to date. · If you expect...
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laurieyoung9
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
A few observations from our expedition
· The 2500 miles out was a lot more interesting than the 2500 miles back. · National Parks are called National Parks for a...
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laurieyoung9
- May 15, 2022
- 4 min
Robin & Laurie's Wild Ride
It’s been a wild ride over the past three weeks, both metaphorically and figuratively. Since leaving Moab and some fantastic sushi, we...
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laurieyoung9
- May 7, 2022
- 4 min
Nothing like this in Florida!
We’ve made it to Moab to start the Utah swing of our Epic Adventure. Five parks here: Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce and Zion....
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laurieyoung9
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
And now for something completely different...
Santa Fe is about 250 miles and three centuries north of Carlsbad. It gets about 2 million visitors a year, which is almost exactly the...
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laurieyoung9
- Apr 30, 2022
- 4 min
Westward Ho!
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Thursday, April 28, 9:30 am: At 200 feet below the surface of the earth, I realize I’ve made an error. ...
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laurieyoung9
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
Countdown to our epic Western Adventure
Robin and I leave Sunday for thirty days of driving and eight National Parks in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. An epic...
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