FLORIDA MAN LACKS
GOLF CLUBS.
HOME DESIGN
My work is my play, and I tend to get bored trying to do leisure. But I'm an official Florida Man now and have to take advantage of the sun, surf, and balmy nights.
I love boating. Bimini for breakfast!
I used to take my cars on the racetrack in Palm Beach when I had better reflexes. Same for aerobatics, noted below.
We built our dream home on the beach, which requires constant maintenance. Sort of a boat that doesn't move.
Sometimes I'll spend months on a home project that literally blows away if a storm hits our shore. Like furnishing a corner of our beach with a conversation pit and seeing a waterspout come onto shore and whisk it away.
But I always replace it, expecting a different outcome.
The dolphins, from the Fountainbleu Hotel c 1959, spit water at each other across the pool.
DANCING WITH THE PROS
My wife Carolyn always danced gracefully while I dragged both left feet to the floor. I signed us up for ballroom dancing lessons with awe-inspiring professionals from Eastern Europe and now we can hustle the night away with the best of them.
RETRO-AEROBATICS
Exploring my passion for World War Two warbirds, I learned basic aerobatic maneuvers in the North American T6 Texan.
A Florida company offers simulated "dogfights" using two T6 trainers armed with laser cannon.
My aspirational warbird was the P51 Mustang "pursuit plane" (fighter,) probably the most satisfying piston engine aircraft ever built and almost as fast as a jet in a dive.
THE P51D MUSTANG: The distinctive whine comes from air rushing through openings for the radiator and six gun ports.
