RE: Nice day/Florida vacation

Sounds like Jim is going to have lotsa company this summer... better get
that plantation in order fast <lol>

Donna


> 
> That sounds like a plan. It opens at 10 AM every day of the week.
> 
> On May 24, 2005, at 4:58 AM, Melody wrote:
> 
> > Jim: Sorry so late in replying...am way behind in the emails (almost
> > 600
> > now!). Am still in the planning stage for the August vacation but those
> > Marie Selby gardens you are always talking about look like a great
> > place
> > to visit and are in the right area. Maybe we could hook up there if I
> > can nail down a specific date we could be there?
> >
> >
> >
> > Melody
> > Hills, IA  zone 5
> >
> >
> >
> >  --- On Thu 05/12, james singer < islandjim1@verizon.net > wrote:
> > From: james singer [mailto: islandjim1@verizon.net]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:04:50 -0400
> > Subject: Fwd: [CHAT] Nice day/Florida vacation
> >
> > Melody, this was returned twice. Dunno why. Sorry
> > troops.<br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br>> From: james singer
> > <islandjim1@verizon.net><br>> Date: May 12, 2005 7:58:44 AM EDT<br>>
> > To:
> > Melody@excite.com<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nice day/Florida
> > vacation<br>><br>> Let's do. I should be here. Can't tell about Ms.
> > Fatma. It will be the <br>> end of her vacation and she may choose to
> > spend it with her kids in <br>> New England.<br>><br>> Also, if you
> > decide to hunt for sharks' teeth, I can loan you a couple <br>> of
> > "Venice snowshovels" that will make finding them a whole lot <br>>
> > easier.<br>><br>> On May 10, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Melody
> > wrote:<br>><br>>><br>>> Jim: You are the best! And we've already
> > decided
> > we don't care <br>>> enough about Disney to spend that crazy kind of
> > money on an amusement <br>>> park...we'd rather spend our money
> > elsewhere and see things just like <br>>> what you've described. Thanks
> > so much. Are you and Ms. Fatma going <br>>> to be
> >
> > around the third week in August? Would love to hook up with <br>>> you
> > if possible...if not, we understand that,
> > too.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Melody<br>>><br>>> Hills, IA
> > zone 5<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --- On Fri
> > 05/06,
> > james singer < islandjim1@verizon.net > wrote:<br>>><br>>> From: james
> > singer [mailto: islandjim1@verizon.net]<br>>><br>>> To:
> > mhobertm@excite.com<br>>><br>>> Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 14:57:48
> > -0400<br>>><br>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nice day/Florida
> > vacation<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> I think there is a
> > swim-with-the-manatees place in Crystal River. I <br>>> <br>haven't
> > heard anything about them, good or bad; Ms. Fatma's <br>>> daughter
> > <br>has a friend who came down from Boston just to do <br>>> that--and
> > they're <br>pretty Green sorts, so I figure it must be <br>>> benign.
> > Woman I used to work <br>with was boating in the Myakka river <br>>>
> > one
> > day about a year ago and a <br>manatee came up right beside her <br>>>
> > boat.
> >
> > She said she reached over and <br>patted it in the snout and it <br>>>
> > just swam away.<br><br>If you can resist all the Disney hype, I'd
> > <br>>>
> > skip it. It's very <br>expensive--something like $55 per person per
> > <br>>> day--today just to get in. <br>Of course they've got a zillion
> > <br>>> "packages" to confuse the issue even <br>more. If you can't
> > resist <br>>> the hype, I would suggest talking with AAA <br>about it
> > before <br>>> deciding how much Disney you want. They got special
> > <br>rates on some <br>>> stuff, I think.<br><br>Mote Marine Lab in
> > Sarasota had a pair of <br>>> manatees last time I was <br>there. They
> > probably still do.<br>>> Can't swim with them, but it only costs <br>a
> > couple of bucks to get <br>>> in. Mote has a nice little aquarium with
> > <br>guided <br>>> tours.<br><br>I've got visitor passes to Selby
> > Botanical Garden I can <br>>> send you, but <br>if you're an AHS
> > member,
> > your card will get you in <br>>> there, too [I <br>think]. If you're
> > not
> > a
> >
> > member and want to go, let <br>>> me know.<br><br>The beaches from
> > Nokomis [Casey Key] south to <br>>> Manasota Key, which <br>includes
> > Venice and Casperson Beach, are good <br>>> for hunting for
> > <br>fossilized shark's teeth. Venice has a Shark's <br>>> Tooth
> > Festival
> > every <br>year. It used to be in August, but I think <br>>> they hold
> > it
> > in October <br>now--after the snow birds start <br>>>
> > arriving.<br><br>If you're going to Captive, consider going to the
> > <br>>> Corkscrew Swamp <br>Preserve, which is between Fort Myers and
> > Naples, <br>>> east of I-75. Your <br>kids might get lucky and spot a
> > panther. And <br>>> did you see Edison House <br>in Fort Myers when you
> > lived here? <br>>> Interesting--house, laboratory, <br>gardens--and
> > not<br>>> expensive.<br><br>There's Myakka State Park, which is east of
> > <br>>> Sarasota on the road to <br>Arcadia. I understand that Selby has
> > <br>>> installed a canopy "walk" there. I <br>get the idea the walk is
> > open <br>>> to the
> >
> > public, but I don't know for sure. <br>Anyway, there are <br>>> airboat
> > rides on a very large bulge in the river at <br>the <br>>>
> > park--guaranteed to let you see alligators in their natural habitat
> > <br>>> <br>up close and personal :)<br><br><br><br>On May 6, 2005, at
> > 4:11 <br>>> AM, Melody wrote:<br><br>> Jim: I am a AAA member and never
> > go <br>>> anywhere without their help...I'll<br>> give them a call
> > today
> > when I <br>>> get home so I can the stuff I want and <br>> get<br>>
> > some
> > planning <br>>> done. Thanks for the reminder. Sounds like we might
> > be<br>> better <br>>> off selecting a central location to camp at that
> > is easily<br>> <br>>> accessible to the places we really want to go to.
> > Sanibel and <br>>> Captiva<br>> Islands are definitely a priority as
> > we've always <br>>> regreted not visiting<br>> there when we lived in
> > Daytona that one <br>>> year.<br>>> Also, I hear there are<br>> places
> > where you can swim with the <br>>> manatees (Crystal River was one
> >
> > such<br>> place, I believe) and IMO, <br>>> if this isn't harmful to
> > the
> > ecology or the<br>> species, this is a <br>>> much better use of our $
> > than some of the more<br>> commercial <br>>> tourist places like
> > Disney,
> > but we're still checking into<br>> that. <br>>> What do you think of
> > this idea? I'm seriously interested in what<br>> <br>>> local persons
> > think of this...is it bad for the manatees to be <br>>> so<br>> exposed
> > to humans? How does it impact their environment? <br>>>
> > TIA.<br>><br>><br>> Melody<br>> Hills, IA zone 5<br>><br>><br>><br>>
> > <br>>> --- On Thu 05/05, james singer < islandjim1@verizon.net > <br>>>
> > wrote:<br>> From: james singer [mailto: islandjim1@verizon.net]<br>>
> > <br>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 08:01:11
> > <br>>> -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nice day/August in
> > Florida<br>><br>> <br>>> Well, you won't be cold. For August, the
> > average high temperature is <br>>> 90<br>> <br>[record is 97]; average
> > low temperature is
> >
> > 76<br>>> [record is 68]; and<br>> there <br>is an average of 10 rainy
> > days [6 <br>>> inches of rain]. These<br>> averages and <br>records are
> > for Venice, <br>>> but the rest of the state will<br>> be similar. So
> > <br>don't forget <br>>> the sunscreen and the<br>>
> > sunglasses.<br><br>The Gulf beaches are <br>>> delightful at that time
> > of<br>> year--the water is <br>about 80 <br>>> degrees, quite like a
> > spa. And there <br>> are<br>> lots of <br>>> interesting <br>things to
> > see and do. But the Florida Gulf <br>> <br>>> coast<br>> is not like
> > the
> > <br>Pacific coast or the Atlantic coast. <br>>> Much of the<br>> Gulf
> > coast--especially <br>the stretch from Panacea <br>>> to Crystal <br>>
> > River--is<br>> salt march and not <br>accessible by <br>>> auto except
> > for a few isolated<br>> fishing camps.<br><br>You might <br>>> want to
> > spend some time with a map and<br>> AAA's Florida Tour <br>>> <br>Book.
> > If you're not a AAA member, let me know <br>> and<br>> I'll <br>>> send
> > you
> >
> > a copy. <br>The book is very good at describing points <br>>>
> > of<br>><br>> interest--parks, natural <br>phenomena, and<br>>> the
> > like--as well as <br>> letting<br>> you know, by omission, that <br>>>
> > <br>there can be long stretches of some of<br>> these roads where
> > <br>>>
> > even a gas <br>station is rare.<br><br><br>On May 5,<br>> 2005, at
> > <br>>> 5:04 AM, Melody wrote:<br><br>> So, Jim...what is the
> > weather<br>> <br>>> usually like down there in Gulf Paradise<br>> say
> > around middle <br>>> of<br>> August? Now that we have a reliable means
> > of<br>> transport, <br>>> our trip<br>> south is definitely on. Now I
> > know this might <br>>> sound<br>> silly, but<br>> since none of us have
> > ever seen much of <br>>> the Gulf Coast, we<br>> are<br>> planning on a
> > driving trip down the <br>>> coast, stopping whenever and<br>><br>>
> > wherever that takes our fancy. <br>>> We did this a couple of years ago
> > when<br>> <br>> we<br>> went to <br>>> visit Tony in Washington...drove
> > up the
> >
> > coast as<br>> far as we <br>> <br>>> could<br>> in several hours,
> > turned
> > around and came <br>> back<br>> <br>>> down the ocean highway,<br>>
> > stopping whenever one of us would <br>>> go<br>> "Ooh...look at that,
> > let's stop!"<br>> We ended<br>>> up somewhere in Oregon <br>> a<br>>
> > day<br>><br>> or so later. You <br>>> get to see the<br>> best darned
> > places in this country<br>> that <br>>> way...just driving
> > wherever...<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody<br>><br>> <br>>> Hills, IA zone
> > 5<br>><br>><br>><br>> --- On Wed 05/04, james singer <br>>> <<br>>
> > islandjim1@verizon.net > wrote:<br>> From: james singer <br>>>
> > [mailto:<br>> islandjim1@verizon.net]<br>> To: <br>>>
> > gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Wed, 04<br>> May 2005 15:14:53 <br>>>
> > -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nice day/or<br>> not<br>><br>> 1-3/4
> > <br>>> inches so far.<br><br><br>On May 4, 2005, at 2:13<br>> PM, Pam
> > <br>>> Evans<br>> wrote:<br><br>> No foolin' Jim - that doesn't look
> > <br>> <br>>> so<br>> hot!!<br>>
> >
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> Island Jim
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> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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