Family Fun

Hillbilly golf, Gatlinburg TN- one of the best mini-golf courses we’ve ever played! Fun incline tram to take players up the hill then two courses to choose from at the top helps give groups adequate separation. Very cool how the moderately challenging course has incorporates the damage nature has thrown its way over past 50 years, adds nicely to the atmosphere. Highly recommended by our group!

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Spring Walk… or Autumn? (online Jigsaw Puzzle)

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As winter recedes and the weather improves, I thought I was done with puzzles until cold and snowy comes again. Then one of my regular readers broke a leg, is immobilized for a few weeks, and in need of entertainment. So here’s another jigsaw (complete with people she knows well!) for her entertainment and yours, […]

Winter Lights Puzzle

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A wonderful evening at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Wild Winter Lights, another puzzle for a bit of winter evening entertainment. Enjoy! 160WildWinterLights 2020 Keep Riding Local, Dreaming Global, helping your neighbors (at a proper distance, of course), and rolling safe- and wear a mask!  Hope to see you on the road on the other side!-mike

Fairport Harbor Lighthouse Puzzle

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Throughout this pandemic I’ve been transforming some of my more interesting photos into jigsaw puzzles on JigsawPlanet.com. I starting doing this to provide a bit of easy escape for myself, my mom, and anyone else who happens to enjoy digital puzzles. For whatever reason though, it never occurred to me to share them here! Making […]

A Gift of Time

Published on: by Mike Mekinda Comment

When one’s parents have reached the point of having all they really need or want, gift-giving becomes… challenging. But one thing money can’t buy, shopping can’t provide, and no search can find, is time. Not time of the “extra days of life” variety, but the “time enjoyed together” type. So PrettyWife and I decided our gift-giving is going to be unique days spent with the ‘rents and any of our kids who can join us. So far, We’ve been blown away by how great the experiences have been!

Cruise the Zoo 2020!

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, forcing everyone to adapt to new normals. As we slowly emerge from our “shelter in place” orders, folks are still shying away from public gathering. Places dependent on public support must find new ways to fund their missions. In one example, zoos still need to house, feed, and […]