Field trips
April 23, 2015 – Dick, who is one of our neighbors on Pine Avenue (a neighbor to the land we own that we had planned to build upon), had graciously offered to take us out in his boat so we could see the house we are buying from the back – that is, from the water. On Tuesday, Tom and I took him up on his generous offer. Our soon-to-be-home, from the rear. We’d just had lunch with my mom at Cip’s. Back at our house, we donned hats and sunglasses; then the three of us went to Dick’s place on Dinken Bayou. The bayou is a super-slow, no wake zone for boats because manatees like to be there – and so do dolphins. We didn’t see those creatures on Tuesday, but we saw plenty of interesting houses from the water. We pulled out into the bayou from the end of the canal that parallels Pine Avenue, then proceeded north, passing the houses of Harbour Lane and Coconut Drive on the bayou side. The second to the last...