This story gets underway at the turn of the century. Jean Baptiste, a market hunter and North Carolina native lives with his wife, Jarilyn, and his son Jase on the shores of Albemarle Sound following a way of life not regulated by any clock, but rather by the seasons, plus time and tides.

Following my return home to San Antonio in April of 2014 after an extended trip to Puerto Vallarta in the Mexican state of Jalisco where my companion and I had rented a car to explore the coastline northwards to San Blas, I had formed a firm resolve that my next vacation to Mexico would be to a destination closer to home and far less expensive, perhaps using the very efficient Mexican bus system.

For all of my adult life, when choosing a vacation destination, I have been drawn to places that are 'off the radar' of most travelers. Fifteen years ago, if anyone had said to me "In 2013 you will have been living in San Antonio Texas for a decade, and developed a fascination with Mexico, it's people, history, and it's culture.", I would have questioned their sanity.

When Jimmy Lassiter accepted a casual dinner invitation from his pal Karla, he never dreamt that a simple dinner in a Gloucester restaurant would lead to his abandoning his business, and his wife of fourteen years to set off on a cross country journey with a captivating blonde surfer girl from Los Angeles.

My pal, Carla, has traveled to Cozumel many times in the past via flights from San Antonio. I’ve made the same trip with her on a half-dozen occasions over the years since moving to San Antonio from New England in 2000, always to enjoy the spectacular scuba diving for which this destination is famous. For me, the journey has always been about the enjoyment of getting there.

Have you ever dreamt of cashing in your chips and escaping to a tropical paradise? Faced with an imminent divorce, this non-fiction novel chronicles how Jimmy Lassiter does just that, taking the reader through liquidating the marital assets, purchasing a yacht, and sailing ‘Down to the Tropical Sun’. Along the way he will experience two hurricanes, fall in love again, and embark on a new career de

I have taken the time to document my exposure to dementia in the elderly solely in the hope that anyone who reads this might avoid the mistakes and missteps which I, and my family, might possibly have been able to be better informed about beforehand. My mother had both excellent legal advice, and she lived in a state which offered a program affording care to qualified residents.

Captain Danny Coben and his mate, Birgit, are tempted by the lure of easy money, deciding to use their yacht to smuggle drugs into South Florida. Their adventure will take them from Miami to New York, Canada, and Holland before ending with a surprising twist on an island off the coast of Spain.