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I've got some big news to liven up the monotony of my blogs. Darcy and I are engaged! I proposed to her at around 11 am on Sunday, May 30. We had just finished doing some Iyengar yoga outside. I suggested we walk over to a bench that overlooked Florida Bay. I wasn't too nervous and I haven't felt the entire impact yet. Same thing for Darcy too I suppose. But we're both excited about our future together. The little resort of Flamingo, Florida will be dear to our hearts. I think we share many similarities in what we want for our wedding. Not sure when and where it will take place. There are many variables tied to where we will settle down based upon Darcy's job hunt. But it will work out over time. I don't want our wedding plans to suffer recurring problems that many weddings face. We stayed three nights there and was our longest trip in the state.

I folded the Max's rear seats and the car was still full with our belongings and groceries. The drove well but has developed two new problems. One is the sunroof or sunroof visor. It rattles horrendously loud at about 55 mph and am not sure what is causing it. Retracting the sunroof just slightly fixes the problem. But that won't help if it's raining outside! The other thing was that one of the a/c vents began emitting what looked like steam or fog. The vapor didn't smell but we turned the a/c it off and on and it didn;t occur again. I'm getting tired of these stupid little problems!

Anyway Flamingo was more crowded than I thought but it was still negligible compared to Broward County or the rat race of Orlando. Many resort patrons were fisherman. Our cottage was wonderful and quite spacious. We enjoyed the enclosed motel pool and patio. The screen mesh cut down on the sun's rays and kept out the pesky bugs. We learned that the Flamingo motel part (including the pool) close June 1. The resort's restaurant also closes for the summer. The cotages remain open but we can't imagine visiting there and having no pool! We canoed into the backcountry as they call it. But one would have to canoe for hours to canoe up into the 'glades. The bay's waters looked too choppy for us to attempt paddling.

The mosquitoes and flies were horrendous and poor Darcy got bit several time on her back and legs. We had to cover ourselves in insect repellant and 48 spf sunscreen. The deer flies were the worst as they bite quicker than mosquitos. The large inch and a half horse flies buzzed around us like B-29 bombers! We saw plenty of alligators at the Royal Palm yesterday. They submerge and rise like submarines. We also stopped on the way and coming back at a neat store outside the park called Robert is Here. We bought Key Lime honey and had their delecious strawberry and key lime milkshake. We also talked to a spry, elderly man who was showing off a 1913 Detroiter auto and a 1955 Ford F-100. He had many one liners and joke business cards about being South Florida's snowblower mechanic and CEO of Do Nothing, Inc. The motto was if you want professional service to get nothing done then he is the person to call! I'll take Craig and Malini there in July enroute to Key West.

Enterprise's third season came to a close last week and ended with a time travel cliff hanger. It seems that the writers, producers are trying to see how many times they can spin off stories using time travel and changing earth's history. I guess that's enough excitement for now. I need to drop off the film to get developed. Until next time...


posted by Michael at 6:41 PM