Thanksgiving time at the beach

EDFs Garth and Claudia come to Florida. Stay with them at Marco Island Lakeside Inn - sooo relaxing!- St. Patrick's Day in November, at our place.

Wonderful Irish Repast!

Garth searches for buried treasure, while he recovers from knee surgery.

Kresha and Phoebe visit in August 2007 while Mark is in Orlando at Nat'l Youth Gathering

Come out and play, kitty

Meeting Thomas Edison

You're not supposed to go in there, Phoebe . . .

Now Grandpa's in trouble too!

Three generations of pretty ladies

Kresha Bug

Planning the project

Showing Grandpa how to do it

Phoebe loves the water . . .

Oo, sand in my toes

Mm, tastes good too

Tea party on the beach

Thanks to Lee and Julie for a wonderful time in the pool!

David and Nancy come at Eastertime 2007 - much too busy to take many pictures!

Enjoyed some birdwatching - a Great Egret

Robert and Steve & Cathy visit John, Colin, and Brenda - Same weekend in February, 2007- Go Figure!

At Matanzas Inn on the water - we're inside because it's downright COLD!

Steve and Cathy

Robbity Bob

The Payne children play in the Gulf


Ahab searches . . .

CHRISTMAS IN UTAH

We celebrated a little Christmas and a lot of Birthdays
while we were in Salt Lake.

We Love You All.

Dave and Susan and Angela

Miriam Craner

Cousins-David, Christopher and Daniel with Colin.

Cathy-what a great smile

Jenne hard at work and Aaron looking on.

Robert, Sally, Nancy and Christopher

IDAHO CHRISTMAS

We were able to go to Idaho for Christmas.

Phoebe has grown since last we were with her.

Colin spending some time with Pheobe.

Phoebe and Grandpa hanging out.

Grandma getting reaquainted with Phoebe.

"Grandpa has great shoulders to play on."

More Pictures from Pine Mountain Georgia

Is that snow!? It is November after all . . . NOW I remember . . .
"O I wish I was in the land o' cotton . . .

FDR's mountain estate is near the towns of Pine Mountain and Warm Springs.
Nearby overlooks.

Ah! Camping!! Campfire and all! Even chilly!!

Where are we?

BB gun with CO2 - what fun!! Playing Daniel Boone with cans and pine cones for targets, off the Pine Mountain trail.

Mother and son, sporting fall colors to blend in with the Georgian beauty!

Roosevelt's wheel chair - only for family and friends to see. He drove himself and had cars retrofitted with hand controls. Always presented an illusion to the public that he could walk.

Colin, guarding the passageway of States, between FDR's Little White House and the old museum. Each state sent a piece of indigenous stone. Pretty cool!

CAMPING TRIP TO GEORGIA

When you live in Southwest Florida you have to drive great distances to see fall colored leaves.
Our trek took us to west-central Georgia to the Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain Georgia. Which is just north of Columbus, GA near Alabama. A distance of about 550 miles.
We had a great time.

Pine Mountain Valley

John standing in front of FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs, where he went to bathe in the warm waters of the springs. The house is quite modest in size, not anything like vacation homes built in this era.

The trees outside the back porch of the house

Lake Delano where the camp ground is.

Flora and Fauna in our yard

Squirrels love the bird feeder

On top of feeder

Plumaria AKA FrangiPani-we have 2

One of many lizards around the house

We also have frogs, snakes, cardinals, raccoons and possums

The Cat who loves us

Eragon and Colin catching up on some zzzzz's.

John's tummy is sooo comfy.

Eragon the Great keeping an eye on the prize

Get Off the Road! Colin Has Arrived!

Why is he smiling so hard? "Hallelujah! Jesus didn't come back before I could get my license!"

This is SERIOUS business!