More Sanibel Photos

Today I do not feel like ranting. Or raving. Or even thinking. So this can mean only one thing!

MORE SANIBEL PHOTOS!!!

To answer a few questions, I do not live here. I just get to use the place once a year for a week.

When I was 4 or 5, my parents fell for a "free vacation" offer. All they had to do was listen to a sales pitch. Well, it must have been one hell of a pitch because my dad bought it. So, for the past 25 or 26 years I have gone to the same apartment on Sanibel Island during the third week of July.

I once calculated the internal rate of return on the investment, based on the inital payment and 25 years of maintence fees VS the cost of just renting a week every year from the resort office (the current posted rate in the room is $1500 - $2500 per week, depending on the time of year. Winter cost more, our week goes for about $1800). But the calculation left out one thing that is impossible to figure in - the value of the vacation itself. So what did we learn? The IRR function is not the end all it is billed as being.

The timeshare is not really mine per say, my dad does actually own it and pay the maintence fees. But if they are not there, it becomes my private crash pad. And if they are there - it is still a nice pad to hang out at.

Just look at the view from the screen porch! Much beer has been consumed on this porch.


My Porch