This is the "Historic" Lakeview Inn at
Mt. Dora, Fl. The hotel was built in 1883.
It's a delightful place to stay. The town
is shopper's delight for antiques. It is
on Lake Dora, on of the chain of lakes
in Lake County, near Orlando. 

June 12, 06 and still working on the
sea wall from last year's hurricanes 

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Scenes like this are part of the reason
we live here. There's always action on
the waterway which stretches from here
South for about 5 miles to Peanut
Island.

 

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This last weekend, June3-4, we spent three days in Jekyll
Island with our daughter. The Island is a designated historical
site, and reflects the life styles of some of our richest, and most famous citizens of a past generation. The heart of the site is around the old club house, now a 5 star luxury hotel. We had a wonderful weekend. The following pictures are from the Island.

This is one of the "cottages" we went through
on the tram tour. The cottages were owned
by the members, and were (are) quite
luxurious. Most had little or no kitchen
facilities, they entertained their guests
by having food prepared at the club, and
brought to a warming kitchen by servants,
and then served at their grand dining rooms.

This is the launching site for the kayak
school. My daughter was green with envy.
My guess is she will be back. She had her
kayak with her, but elected to stay with us.
 

The club is in the background, the trees
are 300 year old "live oaks". It's hard to
do justice, but the Island is covered with
them, and they are the most spectacular
specimans I've ever seen.

Marge and Deb having a cocktail before
dinner in our room at the Jekyll Island
hotel and club 

We, Marge, Deb, and I just spent the weekend
at the Jekyll Island hotel and club, The sign
in the museum says it all, "The richest, most
exclusive, and the most inaccessible, club
in the world. And that says it all. A taste of
one of the most spectacular life styles that
ever existed. 

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Below are several of the 100 or so pictures I took on our
recent Alaska cruise. The cruise came about because of our
Daughter, Deborah ZurSchmiede, who is very active in a folk
singing group, playing the autoharp. This group got together
a party of about 60 to go on an Alaska cruise for 7 days. Deb asked us to join, and we did. The weather left a lot to desire, but it was a great week.

This is one of the many WW II war planes
on display at the Boeing Museum. It is
A British Spitfire. For Most of the war
it was the best fighter plane the allies
had. The late model of the P-51 finally
became the best. My escort planes
in WW II were either P-51s, or P-38s.
The 51s were often the red tail planes
flown by the 99th, the only black group
in WW II 

This is one of the Air force one planes.
It was used by, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
and Ford. It is now on display at the Boeing
Museum 

Our last stop on the trip was Seattle, Wa.
This is the Boeing museum. The plane in
this picture is a Gee Bee. Designed and built
in the 30s, it was successful racing, and set
a world speed record. It was though a
difficult plane to fly, and had many accidents  

Greek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska.
A designated historical site. 

Dolly's house. A legitimate whore house
until 1953 . This and the next picture
show Greek street, a historical designated
site. 

At anchor in Sitka, fellow cruise ship. 

Same glacier as the one below. Clearer
than it though.- 

One of the numerous Alaska glaciers.
It was a rainy, cold, day. Picture shot
through a rainy window 

A Redneck bar in Sitka. 

A beautiful mounting fo an eagle in flight.
Again, once a real live eagle 

Same nest as the one below, more to follow. 

Same museum, a true replica of
a nest, or as the crossword have it,
an aerie.  

One of the several pictures I took
at Juneau museum. These eagles
in this and the other pictures are
real birds that were retrieved
after suffering accidents. Very
realistic. Eagles, of course. 

Same trip, museum at Juneau 

Marge, Debby, and I on recent trip toAlaska 

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Last week end, April14-17, 2006 we traveled to Tallahassee, Fl. and spent the weekend at our daughter's house. It was a wonderful time. Deb was a most perfect hostess. She had one of her friends at our dinner out, and another at the dinner at her house the next night. At her house, she and her friend made super music on a dulcimer, and Deb's harpsichord. They are part of a small group who play folk music together, and they are great. The pictures below are at the dinner, and in Deb's living room. Our Grandson, Nathan, was not there. He is
in Pensacola where he is in college.

Our new Toyota Prius performed like a dream, 45 miles to the gallon!

At our Daughter's house the weekend of
our anniversary 

Marge, Debby, and I at our 58th
anniversary dinner