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On the road again.

A dear friend of mine Jim Kastrup called me the other day and asked if I would take a quick trip to Atlanta Georgia with him. It had to be a quick trip, there an back. He couldn't drive it alone, and besides we were going to get some special equipment for our band BlueStone Ivory.

           

Jim drove first...the whole trip (8 hours) to Atlanta and I slept part of the way. We timed our departure from Cincinnati (2:30 am) to get us into downtown Atlanta just after rush hour traffic. It worked.

I needed a little break. Real Estate business has really picked up for me the last two weeks. The phone is ringing and email is arriving with buyers ready to buy and sellers fulfilling their dreams and accepting contracts on their homes and then becoming buyers. I really like working two deals from one client.

Atlanta seems to be a very busy city, but what I saw was quite beautiful. Of course I had my Nikon loaded and ready. What an opportunity.

            

On our way home I was driving and had my Tom Tom dialed in to navigate us home. However our conversation distracted me just a bit and we missed our exit to get onto I-75 north. We made a short diversion that took us through a beautiful small town called Georgetown. It was very clean and had very rustic style old buildings through all 6 - 7 blocks of this small town.

I wish we could have stopped to check it out further. We had a deadline. Get home by 9:00 pm. That is exactly when I arrived home to get ready for another busy day.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

We are off on our Cruise

  Well we are off on our Cruise to Key West and then on to Cozumel Mexico.   

 

 

 

 

 

This is the whole crew that went on our four day cruise. We had a blast. The second photo is Mary Jo with Mark and Doug. Our two lighting guys in BlueStone Ivory. The other members that went were Rusty (sax), Ted (guitar & vocals), Dave (sound engineer) and several other friends and family.     

 Here you can see the Miami Florida skyline and beach like in the TV show "CSI Miami". And the next photo shows the Lido deck of the ship with the swimming pool, music stage, hot tubs and lounge chairs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I got a piece of authentic Key West Key Lime pie and Mary Jo got a real Margarita near Margaretaville. After 2 hours of walking around touring Key West we went back to the ship to set sail for Mexico. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Cozumel Mexico we docked and went shopping. Mary Jo got caught by some native Indians. A few others shopped for valuable jewels at a very reasonable price. At least they think they got a lot of value for a cheap price...we will never know for sure!

 

We all went to Mr Sancho's beach to swim with the colorful fish and just hang out for a while. After we ate and drank (well some of the folks indulged in the local brew) then we all headed back to the main streets and back on the ship to set sail to head back to Miami. 

And so ended our Cruise to Key West and Cozumel Mexico.

One bit of advice. If you ever attempt to take a cruise like this...we highly recommend taking the insurance they offer before you leave. It is very little but will be invaluable if either person traveling were to get sick along the way.

Ted our guitar player ended up having to leave the ship in Key West because he had appendicitis and needed to go to the hospital. Had he waited another hour or two he would have been at sea and they would have needed to air care him to shore. That would have been very expensive. Or he would have had to settle on getting hospital care in Mexico...I don't think so. He ended up having surgery in Key West and they drove to Miami and relaxed there for a few days. That was not great but better than having surgery in Mexico.

God Bless You and pray for our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Daily Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes daily.

Sometimes you need to stop and ponder awhile.

Sometimes life comes at you from all angles and I need to stop and let go. That is why I usually take a spiritual weekend away from work and everyday life in the fast lane.

This is a photo of a special camp called Ceder Lakes in West Virginia. I usually go on a weekend retreat with some other men from a church group I belong to.

This year I will miss going. Two dear friends of mine are getting married the weekend of the retreat. Oh Well, I do have many photos to remind me of the how beautiful and peaceful it is.

That is why I love my camera and photography. I love to capture special moments to look back and reflect on.

God bless you and pray for our troops.