Fort Lauderdale Beach

Of all the beaches we've ever visited I'd have to say this one tops my list. From the cool wave wall that lit up at night, to the picnic tables, grills and playgrounds, this is just a super cool place for families!

 Not too thrilled looking, is he?

 The Wave wall.

 So cool to have basketball courts on the beach.

 This was also on the beach, how cool is that?

 See the lights in the wall, they went through the whole rainbow in rotation.

 After our hot day at the beach we got ourselves a nice set up....of course it was cloudy, oh well.

 I was impressed with this rock because I've always wanted to see a rocky coast with the seaspray, etc.

 The boys fed the seagulls most of their chips.

 Isaiah thought the birds were so funny fighting over the chips.

 Levi was trying to dump sand on the gulls.

 The kids think this is the world's tiniest sea shell.

 Isaiah was NOT impressed with the rock.

Water Taxi

The evening we rode the Water Taxi in Fort Lauderdale was the best! Constant breezes, beautiful sites, and amazing dinner! There were plenty of stops to take in the shopping and dining in the area, but we rode it just for the fun of seeing the sites.

 View from out restaurant. We ate on a dock and the kids were behaving so well. Then when the food came we realized no one had forks and Levi informed us he had dropped them all through the cracks.

St. Bart's Salmon.....I could live on this alone!!!

 Top is a working bell tower, bottom is a gazebo, and the middle is a hot tub!!!

 Baby curls, love that humidity.

 The White Housr of Fort Lauderdale.

 Sonny and Cher's home for a time.

This yacht is all jetski.....with a $50 million price tag.

 Lucy and Desi lived here once upon a time.

 We got off and took a walk downtown before riding back.

 Beach Sonic

No, he didn't get the whole thing, but he loved what he did get.

The Crazy Month!

Hold on to your hats, I've got a lot of blogging to catch up on! I know most of you have seen at least a few pictures from our month of travels, but this is sort of my way of 'scrapbooking' things. I often refer back to the blog when I do actually get around to working on our books, for proper dates and small details that get lost in the back of my mind. So after the weekend of Mid-Atlantic History we spent a week in Ft. Lauderdale, where Aaron had some training for work. We spent a lot of time on the beach, of course, but we also took a trip through the Everglades, visited some state parks, learned about new animals and plants, and did some sightseeing among the mansions of the "Venice of the U.S." A cute nickname for Ft. Lauderdale, but we really did enjoy all the intracoastal waterways.

 Ready for the beach.

 State park on the coast, pretty drive and a cool tunnel to walk under the road out to the shore.

 Walking trails, that would have been cool except for all the very large spiders in the trees.

 So impressed to get to tide up front at 5 mph through the park.

 Sea grapes, apparently when ripe they taste like muscadines?

 Shell collector extraordinaire!

 Playing tag with the waves.

 More lessons in science, a washed up jellyfish.

 Baby footprints are too sweet!

 You can see the sunscreen streaks, but at least I got it on him.

 Levi finally just lay down and let the waves wash over him.

 Can you tell what the boys are headed for?

 Wild Iguana!

A couple seconds after this shot Isaiah lost his lunch, with this expression I should have seen it coming. Maybe a bit too much sun?

 Levi got into that relaxed beach groove.

After the iguana I no longer minded that these guys were running around....ALL over the place.