Casey's Agility Training

Joyce started basic training for Casey

Across the table and back....then 

 Jump over the broom handle and do it again.

Christmas, Florida

Yes......Florida does have it's own Christmas

 The town has an Historical Park that we came upon by surprise.

The Fort contained buildings of different types.

This building contained some really neat appliances.

 Everything was in like new condition.

 From the Lunch Room, we moved on to the School.

 School House

 This is the part that Joyce enjoyed...the school house had a nice display of old typewriters.

Joyce has been wanting one of these for years.

 Do not touch!

 Then there was the classroom in the back.

From the school we ventured out to the rest of the fort.

 Some points of interest.

 Large area.

 Some info on homesteading.

 One of the different styles of houses.

Not bad for it's day.

 Sort of a ranch hand type of house.

 Another home.

 These houses are replicas built 35 years ago.

Christmas got it's own stamp!

 This house was part Post Office, part private home.

Just the right size for a small family.

 Some info on a couple more homes.

 Small but cozy.

 And I loved the chimney.

And the wars were going on during this time.

 The Fort was the place to go during an Indian attack.

 Here comes the troops with their Indian guide.

Some of the artifacts found in the area.

 The Fort

No More State Income Tax...YAHOO!

We are no longer residents of Massachusetts........yea! No more excise tax, state income tax, and auto inspections.

As of April 2nd, we became residents of Florida. We now have a mail forwarding service that gives us a residential address that allows us to do this.

Joyce is heading home for a couple weeks, but when she returns we will get our Florida drivers license.

Bike Week & The Bird!

See the pretty Cardinal

Well.....this bird may be pretty but it doesn't like us and has been pecking at the bedroom window. I covered the window so it wouldn't see it's reflection but it just moved to the roof. Every morning the bird does Morse code on the roof over the bedroom, this is a slow torture. I am trying different things short of getting a gun.

Anyways, this is bike week at Daytona and they are expecting around 500,000 people for this week. Most of them are on Harleys and the highway is rumbling with the sounds of motorcycles. We figured we would take a ride to New Smirna to see how things were.

Things weren't bad in town, there were some bikes but not what I expected.

 For those of you at home......the beach was beautiful.

There was a cool breeze coming off the water.

Walking in town, we came across this 1947 Willys.

 Nice

 There were some nice bikes but most were cruising so I didn't get any pic's.

Now here's a real boulevard cruiser, check out those pipes!

After a closer look at the pipes, I noticed a wire running to the back of the pipes. Inside of those short chrome elbows, there is a spark plug. This bike can shoot flames from the pipes...cool huh! Nice pic on the rear fender too.