Life in Key West is a day at the beach: April 9-11, 2019.
As one of our UULWR activities, we are planning on a trip to Key West in April.
Information including maps and telephone number contacts for reservations are included on the Key West Page of UU LWR Activities. You will need to make your own reservations for the catamaran ferry and for the accommodations you select. Please contact me if you want to be included in the get-together dinners when we are in Key West.
The Key West Express (the catamaran high speed ferry boat) has special lower cost vouchers available before 25Dec2018. This voucher costs $99 for a round trip ticket as compared with a regular round trip ticket that costs $155.
This will be a fun get-away with two get-together group dinners to give us the opportunity to socialize together and reminisce about what we have experienced in Key West, and yet have most of our time unscheduled so that we can each move at our own pace and do the many things that might be of interest to ourselves.
Hoping you each will find this to be a fun and relaxing and low-key experience, the Activities Committee looks forward to your joining with us. Any questions please contact Alan Cate - alan.cate@gmail.com
As one of our UULWR activities, we are planning on a trip to Key West in April.
Information including maps and telephone number contacts for reservations are included on the Key West Page of UU LWR Activities. You will need to make your own reservations for the catamaran ferry and for the accommodations you select. Please contact me if you want to be included in the get-together dinners when we are in Key West.
The Key West Express (the catamaran high speed ferry boat) has special lower cost vouchers available before 25Dec2018. This voucher costs $99 for a round trip ticket as compared with a regular round trip ticket that costs $155.
This will be a fun get-away with two get-together group dinners to give us the opportunity to socialize together and reminisce about what we have experienced in Key West, and yet have most of our time unscheduled so that we can each move at our own pace and do the many things that might be of interest to ourselves.
Hoping you each will find this to be a fun and relaxing and low-key experience, the Activities Committee looks forward to your joining with us. Any questions please contact Alan Cate - alan.cate@gmail.com
Beginning in February 2019, the Marie Selby Gardens of Sarasota will highlight Paul Gauguin’s use of botanicals in achieving his vision of the savage, primitive and exotic. Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise will feature woodcuts and rarely seen works in other mediums by the artist along with botanical displays of lush tropical plants in the conservatory and gardens. These plants illustrate the deep impact of botanical imagery in Gauguin’s work.
UU of Lakewood Ranch has arranged a guided tour of the Gauguin exhibit. Interested participants will car pool to the Gardens to begin the tour at 9:30 AM on Friday, March 15, 2019. The cost will be $30 each for the guided tour and additional time to view the lush foliage in the gardens. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to hear Dr. Elizabeth Child’s lecture on the relevance of Gauguin’s work to post-impressionist art during the latter part of the 19thCentury.
Interested persons should contact Martha Conklin at martha.conklin1@gmail.com prior to February 1st to reserve a place. In February, more details will be forthcoming.
Additional information about the Marie Selby Gardens and the Gauguin exhibit can be obtained at www.selby.org.
Additional information about the Marie Selby Gardens and the Gauguin exhibit can be obtained at www.selby.org.
To borrow a quote from Ray's Canoe Hideaway (nope, not mine) -Everyone deserves a good paddle now and then!
For any of you LWR UU's that have expressed interest in a "beginner's paddle", wondering what those Fruitville DUUK's have been enjoying, here is your opportunity. I Ray Halperin am willing to lead, and provide some basic instruction, to those interested.
This would be on the Palma Sola Bay Trail. See the link below. Download the guide and scroll down to page 34 or so. We will launch on the north side of the Palma Sola Causeway #5 (Manatee Ave. West) at 10:30 AM I’m pushing our launch back an hour because the cut over to Perico Bayou will be more navigable on a higher incoming tide. We will paddle up the Robinson Preserve trail, cut over to Perico Bayou on Flamingo Loop trail and then south around to our end point at the Palma Sola Boat Ramp parking lot, across the street from our launch point.
I’m planning to bag lunch afterward, at the county Palma Sola Beach Pavillion (covered tables and restrooms) just east of our launch site.
To rent a kayak for the trip you may contact Julia at Surferbus, Shawn is usually out with clients. Single kayaks rent for $30 for 4 hrs. See the link below for phone numbers.
Please let me know via email: southwindsray@gmail.com that you will be going (with your cell phone number) so that in case of inclement weather I can contact you the night before. Also, please call me if you emailed a positive response, but need to back out at the last minute.
Let's plan to do this on February 21. 2019 Thursday.
https://www.mymanatee.org/departments/parks___natural_resources/parks__preserves___beaches/paddle_manatee
https://surferbus.webconnex.com/reserve
This would be on the Palma Sola Bay Trail. See the link below. Download the guide and scroll down to page 34 or so. We will launch on the north side of the Palma Sola Causeway #5 (Manatee Ave. West) at 10:30 AM I’m pushing our launch back an hour because the cut over to Perico Bayou will be more navigable on a higher incoming tide. We will paddle up the Robinson Preserve trail, cut over to Perico Bayou on Flamingo Loop trail and then south around to our end point at the Palma Sola Boat Ramp parking lot, across the street from our launch point.
I’m planning to bag lunch afterward, at the county Palma Sola Beach Pavillion (covered tables and restrooms) just east of our launch site.
To rent a kayak for the trip you may contact Julia at Surferbus, Shawn is usually out with clients. Single kayaks rent for $30 for 4 hrs. See the link below for phone numbers.
Please let me know via email: southwindsray@gmail.com that you will be going (with your cell phone number) so that in case of inclement weather I can contact you the night before. Also, please call me if you emailed a positive response, but need to back out at the last minute.
Let's plan to do this on February 21. 2019 Thursday.
https://www.mymanatee.org/departments/parks___natural_resources/parks__preserves___beaches/paddle_manatee
https://surferbus.webconnex.com/reserve
