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Our shepherd has found the following resources for you.
All sports information can be found at ESPN.
Nascar information will race to you from this link.
Major league baseball is found here

WORLD'S LARGEST BOAT SHOW
This huge annual boat show will be in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 26-30.and will feature the new 78 foot Wave Piercer.
Learn more by going to the Boat Show Site.

Model Railroader Magazine has a wonderful site which includes videos.
The Model RailRoad Assoc. is full of technical information
For an outstanding model layout visit Northlandz

HOBBIES

When it comes to hobby time it is truly whatever sparks your interest, floats your boat or gets your juices flowing.

For men or women, there is collecting, building, fixing, playing sports, watching sports, reading, acting, speechmaking and so on.

A new influence for many collectors has been the impact of eBay where you can buy and sell collectibles. We have sold many items for ourselves and others and found that eBay is interesting when it comes to values. Here are some tips for you. After you become established with eBay you can use their past sales searches. In the upper right hand corner select advanced search. On the screen provided enter your item and select “completed items only”. This will tell you what sold in the last few months and for how much. Many of your old treasures you will find did not sell. Look at the difference in listings of those that did sell and those that did not for tips about presentation.

In sports I have tried golf; I played some softball, football, boxing, and wrestling, and tennis, hockey, cross country skiing and later fishing, lake, stream and ocean. I have also hunted but was not happy with the concept. Now, I am building a nice model railroad with the new computerized sound and digital command control, we have a show car (1986 Nissan Z 300 SX) with low miles and looks like it is sitting in a showroom and I watch some college football and basketball (Iowa State Cyclones because of family connections) and I am a big fan of NASCAR racing. I got interested because a family member was a pal of Davey Allison so I watched him for years until he died in a helicopter crash. Now, I watch the young guns. And as you can tell, I am also a blogger.
We live near the PGA and LPGA headquarters, near some of the best fishing in the world in Florida and near the Daytona International Speedway. I have trouble deciding what to do each day. I have a lifetime Florida hunting and fishing license and several poles begging me to take them to the fishing pier or the inlet hot spot.

You see how important you are to me? I am here writing to you.

Not too long ago my Wife and I took an airboat ride to see wild life in the side waters of the St. John’s River. Sneaking up on many alligators and wild birds was exciting and we really enjoyed that trip. Some years ago I took a canoe trip off Sanibel Island (SW Florida) in the Ding Darling State Park and the guide sneaked in on some large alligators. They would dive to the bottom when they spotted us and it was exciting. As I think back on it I believe it was very dangerous and I have no desire to do that again. Now and then we have some wild life come through our yard, a wild cat, skunk, opossum, raccoons and other items because we have a wild reserve behind the house. There have been bear in the area so I keep my nose in tune for any gamey smells and so far OK.
Tomorrow will be one of the car races, (from Dover, Delaware) and in two weeks we have a car show in Jacksonville.

I have given you some great sites to keep you up to date with various sports. If you have any great sites to share please pass them on and we will add them to the list.