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Christmas at the island

Waited all day for a break in the rain. The dogs didn't even want to go outside!


A much better evening--Chloe even went for a swim! Hard to believe how rough this can get!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. We're off to Olympia next weekend!

Christmas Shopping 2009

Randy and I went to Bellevue and stayed the night in order to finish up our Christmas shopping. Think we are all done! Here are a couple of cool things we found though:


Juice pack to extend my Iphone battery and a golf cart heater for those chilly Hat Island golf games and....



The coolest infrared heater for the island - safe to use indoors, in the garage, shop, cabin, or just about anywhere that you want effective, comfortable heat. The heat is not whisked away on a breeze because the light rays are unaffected by the wind.

Anyway--we had a great time Went to Earl's and Ruth Chris for Happy Hour and Joey's for dinner. And the $100 certificate from the Westin was a nice bonus for shopping!

Everglades and Key West

What a great vacation we just returned from. Nothing like leaving 80+ degrees and returning to 1 degree. Oh well, that's why we travel in the winter.

It's really hard to see, but there are two manatees in the picture above. The larger white blob in the Mom and there is a smaller blob to the left of her that is her baby. They were really fun to watch. I think we saw a total of about 8 manatees.

Randy is sneaking up on two Wood Storks in this picture. We saw all kinds of wading birds--Great Egrets, Snowy Egret, Tri-colored Herons, Great Blue Herons, and Roseate Spoonbills. Most just from the window of the car! Its was amazing.

In this picture there are two alligators, a couple of Herons, an Anahinga, and an egret. We noticed a cottonmouth snake in the bushes in front of us as we took the picture.

Our favorite beach (Fort Zachary Taylor State Park), our favorite pastime, and a final sunset. Wish I was still there!