The cabin has two bedrooms, a loft in the great room, a guest porch(far left), and a large main porch(foreground). |
View of Celo Knob from our porch in April 2008
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Some Recent
Pictures
My daughter Laura made
a visit to Jacksonville the weekend of Friday, October 16th through Sunday,
October 18th. We had dinner (Chicken Austin) with Lindsay and Diana on
Friday night, visited Jerry (Possum), Sarah, and Terry Terrell at Goldhead
State Park on Saturday morning and survived the Gator Arkansas game on
Saturday. Here are two pictures from the Goldhead visit.
Laura with Terry, Possum, and Sarah |
Bo with Possum and Sarah |
Selling minerals at the Jacksonville Gem and Mineral Society's Annual Fall Picnic at Lake Fretwell at Cecil Field October 10, 2009 |
We met Wink and Wilma Thornton at the picnic and hope to visit them aboard their Great Harbor 47 Trawler at Marsh Harbor in Abaco, the Bahamas sometime and have them visit the cabin. |
Diana and I had dinner with Diana's daughter Ginny and her friend John Dietzen at Clarke's Fish Camp September 25, 2009 |
Diana and I had dinner with our good friends Joe and Diane Conlon at Clarke's Fish Camp Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
We went to Diana's 50th High School Reunion in Gulfport, Miss on Friday, September 4th, 2009 |
The next day, we visited the Diana's grandfather's Hatten's Building in Gulfport. It is receiving post Katrina repairs. |
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Diana Hatten Groover was gracious enough to marry me on August 16th, 2008 at the Casa Marina Hotel in Jacksonville Beach, Florida |
On August 16th, 2008 my family significantly increased in size. |
(left to right) Eldest Daughter, Ginny Bemus; oldest son, Hampton Groover; Diana and Bo; youngest son, Wade Groover, youngest daughter, Alice Hickox |
Diana has four children; Ginny Bemus, Hampton Groover and his wife Susan, Wade Groover and his wife Shannon, and Alice Hickox and her husband Alec and 20 grandchildren |
From left to right: daughter Laura (husband Steve and daughter Eliza were unable to attend the wedding); daughter Jessica and boyfriend Tom Scangarello; daugher Heather and husband David; next back row daughter Stacy Smith Gant and husband Jed (their unborn son Oliver was absent); grandsons next to Bo are Austin and Hadden (sons of Heather and David); and on the right back row are daughter Lindsay and boyfriend Dustin McKillip |
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This picture was taken about 2004 from left to right; Stacy, Laura, Lindsay, Heather, Jessica |
This pcture was taken at Stacy's wedding May 17th, 2008 From left to Right; Heather, Laura, Stacy, Jessica, Lindsay |
Diana's sister, Linda Chambers is second from the left. Bo's sister, Barbara is on the far right. Barbara's daughter, Melissa is between Barbara and Bo. Diana's cousin, Anita is on the left. |
Our Doggies
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We currently
have three doggies:
Top: Bella (AKA Bellissima,
Bella Babe), born March 17th, 2009
Middle: Panzy- 9 year old spayed female part Shih Tzu/part Pekingese Front: Panda (AKA Pandamonium, Panda Man)- a 7 yr old AKC/CKC male Shih Tzu- a proven "stud" with three litters (14 puppies) on his resume We intend to breed Panda
with Bella in the Spring 2010
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Nardo on the cabin porch a few months before he passed away |
Nardo is burried at the cabin. I will add a picture of his gravesite after we return from the cabin later this fall. |
Our initial fishing was conducted in May 2007 from the surf near the jetties at NAS Mayport. I caught this 'black drum' on my second cast. |
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Lehman and I went fishing February 26th, 2008 at the Jacksonville Beach pier and Lehman caught this nice 12" Whiting. |
This is a beautiful Bluefish I caught off the JAX pier on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 |
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My wife, Diana Groover loves to join us when she can. This was her first fish! :-) |
Lehman's wife, Marianne, came along for her first attempt at fishing putting us all to shame catching many small 'croakers' including two at one time! |
This is a younger me, a 25 year old A4 pilot onboard the USS Intrepid CV-11 off the coast of Vietnam) |
Click HERE for a information about my navy career |