Emmy and Michael invited us to accompany them on a spring break trip to the Florida Keys. Jon
Nelson gave us lots of good advice about Marathon Key and vicinity. We had a wonderful week
watching Thalia grow.
2 (of 87) Our condo (marked *) 3 (of 87) Our view, straight west, from the porch 4 (of 87) 5 (of 87) 6 (of 87) 7 (of 87) 8 (of 87) 9 (of 87) 10 (of 87) Each evening we gathered for the sunset 11 (of 87) 12 (of 87) 13 (of 87) 14 (of 87) 15 (of 87) 16 (of 87) 17 (of 87) 18 (of 87) 19 (of 87) Michael had a lifelong dream to swim with the dolphins 20 (of 87) This is at the nearby Dolphin Research Center 21 (of 87) getting acquainted.... 22 (of 87) There they go! 23 (of 87) Michael gets a kiss 24 (of 87) Time for swimming lessons 25 (of 87) 26 (of 87) 27 (of 87) 28 (of 87) 29 (of 87) 30 (of 87) 31 (of 87) 32 (of 87) 33 (of 87) 34 (of 87) 35 (of 87) 36 (of 87) No biting insects at all 37 (of 87) 38 (of 87) A strong storm appeared out of nowhere one afternoon 39 (of 87) Sombrero beach 40 (of 87) 41 (of 87) 42 (of 87) 43 (of 87) 44 (of 87) 45 (of 87) Bahia Honda - the railroad (below) built in 1910, destroyed by hurricane in 1935, with highway built above afterwards 46 (of 87) Portuguese man-of-war 47 (of 87) 48 (of 87) 49 (of 87) 50 (of 87) 51 (of 87) 52 (of 87) 53 (of 87) Crane Point Nature Preserve 54 (of 87) 55 (of 87) 56 (of 87) 57 (of 87) 58 (of 87) 59 (of 87) 60 (of 87) 61 (of 87) 62 (of 87) 63 (of 87) 64 (of 87) Pelican at Crane Point bird rescue center 65 (of 87) 66 (of 87) 67 (of 87) 68 (of 87) 69 (of 87) Six months old today (10 March) 70 (of 87) 71 (of 87) 72 (of 87) The EVERGLADES! 73 (of 87) Anhinga Trail 74 (of 87) 75 (of 87) 76 (of 87) 77 (of 87) 78 (of 87) 79 (of 87) 80 (of 87) 81 (of 87) 82 (of 87) 83 (of 87) 84 (of 87) 85 (of 87) Joan pets cormorant 86 (of 87) 87 (of 87) Gumbo Limbo Trail |