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About The Hermes

We are starting our adventure and dream of the past 35 years. We'll keep you updated as to where we are, what we are doing and the places we have visited. We hope you enjoy the site.

The Kids Are Coming, The Kids Are Coming!

The crew is coming in a few days, here is what the biggest portion of the crew looks like and we have to prepare the condo for the invasion ;). First we make the beds so they have nice clean … Continue reading

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Odd Little Tid Bits of Information

How many remember this boat that was in a slip at our Minnesota marina, Sunnyside in 2012? Well here it is again (we think) This was in Craig’s list in 2017, for sale.  Think it is the same boat?  It’s … Continue reading

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Bike Night 2018

Cape Coral had it’s first Bike Night of the year.  This year we stopped for pizza and beer before we started looking at bikes.  It was a beautiful night, nice temperature, light breeze, wonderful!  Every year there is always something … Continue reading

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The final fit

So the final guy came down to fit the lift to the boat. The first thing he had to do was move those poles out as far as they could go.  Then we were ready to bring the boat in … Continue reading

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Gary Makes Adjustments

So once the boys were done with the installation of the lift and before the other guy comes to help us get the boat fitted for the lift, Gary decided it was a good time to soften up the back … Continue reading

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Gary’s Boat Lift

After looking over our finances and graciously passing on my new bathroom, Gary finally got his lift.  We had several people come out to give us bids.  It is funny how each person has their own idea on what we … Continue reading

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Boat Trip to South Seas

It is time for another boat trip with the Shore Leave group.  We are going to South Seas Resort.  I know, we’ve been to this place before but every trip is just a little different. First of all, this trip … Continue reading

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Fun Condo Projects

We have an annual meeting for the condo association….annually of course.  And we just had it in January, we had a discussion about the insulation that blew out in the hurricane and the cost to blow in new insulation.  One … Continue reading

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Time to Leave

I hope your eyes have returned to normal after that last parting picture in the last blog  post.  Man…it took my eyes a week to recover  After 6 weeks of corrupting the Grandkids, and before mom and dad kick us … Continue reading

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Fun Things to do in Northern Ice Land

So…want to know what kind of fun things we do up North to amuse ourselves while we are freezing out butts off?  I’m sure you will be glad to know what they are and will be anxious to try some … Continue reading

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