Sally's Park

We are very pleased with the way our park property cleaned up.

 

Sally's Park is in memory of Charles Williams who lived there for 32 years.  He was our neighbor and friend.  We are very glad he preserved the Live Oak trees which are over 200 years old and passed them on to us to admire and enjoy.  

These are some of the Live Oak and
Camellia trees after the old house was torn down before the clean up.
 

The same trees after Marilyn's and Carole's Landscape Service took care of them.

More beautiful trees and grass.

Here's how the back of the property looked before Terry's Cleanup Service started work.

Sally enjoying the Pecan grove.  Those trees do produce nuts to pay for the taxes.

There were times when we thought we bit off more than we could chew and we would never get it all looking like a place for a walk in the woods let alone a park.

But we kept at it and when the grass came up we saw our vision materialize.
 

There's our house and barn through the trees just a pleasant walk away.

We enjoyed the new swing all winter long on pretty days.  A few more benches and we'll be ready for a cook out.

Toby loves to run around the trees hunting for squirrels and playing with his neighborhood pack.

Just for the fun of it.  Sally's Toby's Marilyn's Terry's Madison's Cooper's Carole's and Ricks. place to hang out.

Look at them go

Toby and his neighborhood friend Madison

New Swing for our Park

Using a 250 year old Live Oak tree to hang the swing.

Neighbor Rick helping to get the height just right.

Toby and Marilyn get the first turn.

Toby Marilyn Terry try it.



Terry sees how high it will swing.

Here's the view. Pink Camelia trees



Sally and Toby would rather just run.

 



Soon the newest member of our pack, Carole's Maddie, will be running here too

Happy Holidays 2014

As we wrap up a wonderful year, best wishes for another in 2015.
 

This year's project was clearing our property to make a park

Where we enjoy romping and playing with our dogs.

Our good friends and neighbors in the woods , Carole and Rick and Cooper, celebrate with us.

Carole cooked Christmas dinner for us and about 20 of her friends and family. 
She is always a wonderful hostess and the life of the party.
Looking forward to more fun and adventure in 2015.

Pink Camelia

December in FL
Beautiful

Hundreds of blossoms



Happy New Year

New Quad is Working Well

Hello World. Monticello FL calling.

Crane Op is Great!

Quad to the Top

WM2W & N0TW new toy

Coax coiled up - Ready for connection

Quad fed with 1/4 wave Matching Transformers

Awaiting Connections to Feedlines

Ham Radio from the Beautiful Bahamas





We visited Treasure Cay on Abaco Island, one of the northern Bahamas.



We were there where they drive on the left side of the road.  Very small villages and not much traffic though.



Beautiful secluded beaches.



Terry checking out the Caribbean Sea.



Up early to throw an antenna into a palm tree before the neighbors noticed.

We operated our station with an Icom 706 putting out 100 watts using a dipole at about 20 feet.

Marilyn's QSL card



We made about 400 radio contacts mostly on 20 meters.

 

Terry called CQ, CQ 10 meters for the 10-10 contest hundreds of times,
but the propagation was poor so we only got 71 points.

We talked to many hams who had never talked to the Bahamas before
and really wanted Terry's QSL card to confirm the contact.

Marilyn going to the beach for photos.

Beautiful

Quiet

There's a big marina.  Fishing is the thing to do.

Some of the villas are very handy to the boats.

Some very big, expensive yachts.

Going out to sea.

Treasure Cay hotel.  In addition to all the villas there was a small grocery, a liquor store, 1 shop and a bakery.

Across the road was a bar and casual restaurant on the beach.

Outside eating area at the Coco Bar.

What a beach!

Only a few houses and villas along the beach.

Terry taking a break.  The Bahamians are very friendly and talkative.

We both enjoyed the rum concoctions.  A Mango Tango and a Baha Mama.