Possums on the half shell
When people discover that my home is in southwest Florida, they assume it is sunshine, palm trees and beach living. The first two are correct; there is abundant sunshine and palm trees, but the closest beach is in Ft. Myers, which is about an hour to the west. While having spent the majority of my life in Indiana, and the last three years in China, my home in Turkey Creek is another one of many life's transitions. For starters, I have BIG alligators in my backyard! Turkey Creek is a small community of mostly retirees and snowbirds; a community of boaters as well. It is situated next to the Ortona Lock on the Calloosahatchee River. I have ocean access to the Gulf of Mexico to my west, or the Atlantic Ocean to my east, so it is the perfect location for Kantiya, my Irwin 38' MKII, to call 'home'. If I could just get the home renovations completed, the boat projects completed, and no longer have to work for a living, life would be GRAND :) But, that i...