Naples and life is a'changing

We've made it to Naples after a three long day car trip. We wouldn't have done it that way, air travel preferred, but we had so much stuff to bring, a lot of which is going to stay.

The wide sweeping vistas of Texxxxxaaaaas

The trip was all on target, no crazy delays or incidents. We met our Star Mt. neighbor and friend Glenn at the restaurant of choice, McBride's Steakhouse, in Wichita Falls, TX (he has a house near there), and proceeded on to second day destination Spanish Ft., AL for our Oyster House fix. Yup, on the road that long and it becomes all about the food...

Mojito and Paella

Naples is still in the throes of season madness. It's close to the end, but still crowds everywhere. We couldn't get into one of our all time favorites Sushi Thai our arrival night,or even find a parking space in the vicinity, so a close second had to suffice - Fernandez the Bull. Mark pronounced his paella very good, but we know it wasn't as good as his - for those of you who've had it!

And so onto the grand announcement: Mark has taken a job that's Miami based. He says he has time and energy to take on another big job. COO for The Retail Outsource, part of TROC parent company. It's owned by a good friend of ours and this working together conversation has been going on for years.Okay then, I say go for it!

He will commute from Naples to Miami via Alligator alley Hwy, a straight shot from west coast to east. Out Monday back Thursdays. And Star Mt. is not going away, never fear. I will go back for the summer and Mark will come and go as his schedule permits. We have of course company scheduled to visit. Life should be interesting...

So here we are until mid June and the weather is fine. Nests of fish eggs are in the lake, turtles swimming around, actually traffic stopped dead this morning to let a snapper turtle saunter across the road. In a land of giant contrasts to Star Mt. I do see some similarity - turtle stopping here and deer stopping there. It may be mud encrusted trucks there and pristine Bentleys here, but hey it still counts.