Wednesday, November 28, 2012

2012 Nov. S Florida to visit the kids

 Lovin' that the kids have moved to S Florida!  Somewhere relatively close to go in winter that still feels like summer.  So whenever I get the chance to go, I'm there.

Here's how they decorate for Xmas in S. Florida.

love Deerfield beach

interesting restaurant that we forgot about when we moved out there.


heading down A1A

our Mexican food truck that we liked to go to.  Although it was about 35 minutes away from the kids' house.


Love how big the folliage gets in S Florida
Flamingo Gardens---a reciprocal garden with our Mo Botanical Gardens membership.
Lots of neat birds and criters here, too.
and botanicals
Thanksgiving 2012! 
The table is set.
a ride to South Beach

love the quirky buildings in S Beach


good restaurants all around their area, too.

more xmas decorations
and a cow

wonder if anyone has bought that swim suit to the left?!

more decorations

Love all the palm trees!!!
more weird decor
never got a cruise out of here yet.  But have done plenty out of Ft. Lauderdale

a xmas tree

 
natural toys for dogs---coconuts

 

 

 

 

on to Naples through Alligator Alley



stopping along the way

walking arund until we saw the signs "beware of panthers"
back to the road
they use to have a problem with alligators on the highway, so they put up a fence all along the way
Love the grackles and their cackling sound
where it actually looks like the Everglades
more beauty from the highway

xmas decorations in Naples

the Naples pier


a typical Naples house

and another




a little marina in Naples

sunset along the Gulf




Back to the East side and a fan boat ride in the Everglades


Swamp hen
a fan boat
and we're off
Back at the kids' house---ken installing the rivets for Hurricane door cover so the kids can get a break on their insurance cost
back to Flamingo Gardens
inside the little house at the gardens
the house
Angie being eaten by an alligator

just a few of the birds here
driving along A1A near Ft. Lauderdale

always shoring up the road from being washed out by the ocean
back to the kids' house
the side of their house.  Not sure why