Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas Everyone.  We send our love to our children and grandchildren back in Canada  We hope everyone is spending this special day with those that they love.

We were up early this morning and into the salt water pool.  The water was lovely warm and refreshing.  We discovered that Santa had found us even though we had left Canada.  Tom looks pretty cool with his Corvette calendar that Santa had left for him.

After we powered down the great breakfast that John made we headed out on bicycles for over an hour.  We peddled around the subdivision and checked out lots of turtles along the way.  This big fellow was about a foot long,  He didn't appear to be afraid of us at all.  We walked right up to him and he just looked at us like we were interrupting his lunch.

We got back from the bike ride and then piled into the Jeep to head to the beach.  We needed to spend some time on the beach Christmas Day.  We were really surprised that there would be so many on the beach on Christmas Day.  I guess this is what you do in Florida instead of heading to Grandma's house for turkey.  Judy figured Grandma is likely at home cooking the turkey while the kids were out having a good time.  There were lots of Grandma's on the beach also...including us.

There was a red tide warning on the Gulf today.  There were lots of dead fish washed up on shore.  The spores in the air were so bad that many people on the beach were coughing, including us.  We walked for a way down the beach.  There were alot of people shelling and searching for sharks teeth.    We watched a pod of dolphins traveling along the coast.  Seeing the dolphins really made the day extra special.   When the coughing got too bad we turned around and headed back.

This evening we are spending time by the pool.  The weather here is much warmer in the evening than it was in DHS.  We can sit outside in the evening in comfort   We are smelling the turkey cooking and getting hungry.  I hope everyone has had a day that was as much fun as ours has been.

We see on the internet that there is a bad storm heading towards Toronto.  So glad we are not there.  The sand is much more enjoyable than snow in my books.

Until next time - safe travels.