Mel Dick
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year! After 4 days of traveling from Florida to Idaho on the train, Claudia and I arrived home at 1 am on December 18th, just...
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A Cross-Country Bike Ride to Benefit the Youth Services Programs of the Sandpoint Idaho Rotary Club
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Mel Dick
Dec 18, 20203 min
Big Sky Country, Oil, Wheat and Cattle!
We are on our final day back to Sandpoint. No opulent and ornate Union train stations today. Just big wide-open spaces. We have spent...
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Mel Dick
Dec 17, 20203 min
Snow, Union Station and Fond Memories!!!
Day 3 of our train journey home. After leaving Union Station in D.C. last night and traveling throughout the Eastern U.S. and Midwest...
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Mel Dick
Dec 16, 20202 min
Orange Groves to Snow!!!
Day 2 of our return journey to Sandpoint. We left 80+ degree weather in sunny Miami yesterday only to arrive to cold and snow early this...
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Mel Dick
Dec 14, 20201 min
The Journey Continues!
Today we begin the journey home. It starts with a shuttle ride to Miami, an overnight stay and then catching an early morning train to...
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Mel Dick
Dec 11, 20201 min
5,000 Miles!!!
In my last post I posed the question of what is the significance of the number 20. Many of you had great guesses ranging from the number...
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Mel Dick
Dec 3, 20201 min
The Number 20!!!!
Great blue sky day. Cool but sunny all day. Lots of random walking all over the island as evidenced by the pictures for the day. A...
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Mel Dick
Dec 1, 20202 min
One Too Many!!!
With all our visitors gone, I've resumed my daily walks around the island. After I thought I had seen it all, today I discovered more of...
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Mel Dick
Nov 30, 20202 min
Red Skies, Winter Weather and Conchs!!!
Another great sunrise this morning. Key West is decked out for the holidays. Like everything else about Key West, some decorations are...
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Mel Dick
Nov 29, 20201 min
Friends, Fishing and Blue Skys!!!
It's been two weeks since my last post. The last two weeks have been spent enjoying the company of one of our best life-long friends...
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Mel Dick
Nov 14, 20202 min
The "Look" !!!
Close up view of my new friend who lives about 2 blocks down the street. He loves to come out on sunny days and steal the attention near...
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Mel Dick
Nov 12, 20201 min
Walking the Parrots!!!
As I have said before, I am always amazed at what I see on my walks around the island. A couple out walking parrots was a first. The...
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Mel Dick
Nov 9, 20201 min
The Morning After!!!
We survived our first tropical storm!!! Eta, the 28th named storm of the hurricane season, made landfall in the Keys last night about 45...
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Mel Dick
Nov 8, 20202 min
Manatees and Hurricane Eta!!!
We were sitting at a marina on Stock Island two days ago having beers when Claudia mentioned there was something in the water. From a...
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Mel Dick
Nov 4, 20202 min
Hemingway House and His Bar.
I haven't done a post to my blog for several days. It has been a busy time, my family left a week ago, we had friends from Sandpoint...
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Mel Dick
Nov 1, 20202 min
Look at Those Paws!!!
We've spent the last two weeks with our family from Sandpoint. Had a great time and glad they could join us. Couldn't resist including...
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Mel Dick
Oct 31, 20202 min
Happy Halloween a Dreads!!!
Happy Halloween. Key West loves Halloween....everyone decorates their homes and businesses....seems like it is as popular as Christmas. ...
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Mel Dick
Oct 28, 20201 min
Shipwrecks, Beach Day and a Birthday Party!!!
It's been all about spending time at the beach, Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum, the Truman Water Park and a long overdue birthday party for...
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Mel Dick
Oct 26, 20201 min
All About Fish and Fishing.
Yesterday and today were all about fish and fishing. Went to the aquarium with our grandkids yesterday and today Justin, my son, Jace,...
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Mel Dick
Oct 25, 20201 min
Only in Key West!!!
Our daughter and her family left Friday afternoon and our son and his family arrived Friday evening. After a couple of solo months on...
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