Author Archives: Gunther
Transit to Parris Island SC
Well, we went ahead and headed out to Culhane’s Irish Pub for dinner on Sunday evening and had a great time. Connie and Neil had a pint of Murphy’s Stout then he noticed that they had Kilkenny on tap as … Continue reading
Slow Week and Hike at Guana River Wildlife Management Area
Well, the post title pretty much says it all. The highlight of the week excitement-wise was the move from site 29 over to the waterfront site 1 that I posted a photo of last time. Tuesday Connie worked in the … Continue reading
On The Road Again…
Or as we would have called it back on the USS Guitarro…Back in the Saddle Again…the old Gene Autry song was our theme song whenever we got underway. We got up Monday morning and after coffee and breakfast started getting … Continue reading
And Our Work Here Is Finished
Today (Easter) marks our last day in sunny and hot southwest Florida for this year…we head out from Seminole Campground tomorrow morning. Yesterday he figured out the problem with our solar (it hasn’t been working the past couple of weeks) … Continue reading
We Finally Figured Out Our Problem
Well, it’s the start of our final week here at the “Winter Home of Neil and Connie Laubenthal”. After 2 weeks of really brutally hot weather…almost like mid summer…it’s cooled off a bit with nights in the 50s and days … Continue reading
E6 Continues to Mature
After his first flight the other day…note, I’m going to start calling it as a he rather than an it even though at this point we have no idea whether it’s really a he or she. Based on size, Neil … Continue reading
E6 Fledges The Nest
Good news today!! Although Ozzie is still recovering from his broken clavicle we are happy to report that E6, the remaining eaglet from this year’s hatching…fledged the nest (i.e., took his first flight) yesterday at 9:17AM at 86 days old which … Continue reading
Eagles and Disturbing News
Well, as promised Neil went down on Wednesday AM and got some pictures of the eagles (well, one of the adults and the eaglet E6 at least) but there’s good news and bad news about that. The good news is … Continue reading
Happy Pi Day
Yup…we’re actually still alive…haven’t posted in 11 days but that’s just because we haven’t been doing anything. Connie has been working her full 40 hours per two week period the last 6 weeks or so trying to get all of … Continue reading
Nuttin’ Much Goin’ On
The title says it all but I figured ya’ll might be wondering if we were surviving down here. Seems like everywhere north of say Jacksonville is pretty much frozen…got some pics from Neil’s sister MJ up i Knoxville and they … Continue reading