Cyclists in the Tampa Bay area have a chance to hit the road with former Tour De France racer Bob Roll on Thursday morning. Anyone able to maintain an 18-mph pace is welcome to join the popular cycling commentator as he departs from Just Ride Bicycles, 13431 Boyette Road, at 10 a.m. ...more

June 3, 2009

All good things come to an end, and for me, the best time of my life has been the past 24 years as the outdoors editor of The Tampa Tribune. Economic conditions and a proffered buyout combined with the fact that I'm only a few months from Medicare make this prime time for me to take a bow and start easing toward the exit. Though I hope it won't be curtains for me, so to speak. As Bobby Bowden has famously pointed out, there's not but one big event left after you retire. So I am "semi-retiring." ...more

July 20, 2008

Longing For Florida Another gloomy, miserable day on the southern shore of New England influences my desire to be home in the warmth and blue skies of Florida. ...more

June 11, 2008

If you own a trolling motor, you own a propeller originally designed by Doug Hannon of Odessa. Some two decades ago, Hannon shaped the first weedless prop out of scrap metal in his garage and tested it in the weeds of Lake Keystone, behind his home. A short time later, he sold it to Motor Guide. Millions of the props have been sold. ...more

December 14, 2007