More family fun

We were excited about our grandson, Jordan coming to stay with us on the boat.  The plan was for him to stay with us or as I like to call it "we take possession" for a few days.  He arrived in the middle of the night because his flight was delayed due to some thunderstorms.

We gave him a little time to sleep in then we took him to see the beach at Ft. Meyers.  Since he is from the northwest, he loved the sun and warm temperatures.  The beach was full as their are many schools and colleges on spring break.  Here is the typical tourist picture along the sidewalk.  Isn't he cute?

We also had won a free paddle board lesson at one of the local gatherings.  Well neither of us wanted to have that kind of adventure so we saved it for Jordan.

This is at the beginning of the lesson.

This was two hours later with no falls whatsoever as he is crossing the bay back over to the canal he started out in.














We also took in a local event called the sand bash which featured international sand sculptors from as far away as Italy and Latvia.  It was a great afternoon adventure.

Amazing detail.  Here is a picture of the mouse on the side of the castle.

We were at the beach a day before the official judging so some of the artists were still working on their creations, it was very fun to watch.

Gramma and the boy.

After a few days Jordan's parents Mike and Lynette joined us on the boat.  We had a great visit and got caught up on each other's lives.  Here is one of the beach days where we went looking for shells and sea creatures.

Grampa and Jordan

Mike and Lynette

Jordan and his mom checking out the sea treasures.


We also took a side trip to Cayo Costa State Park and one of our favorite anchorages in Englewood.  It was great to show our children and grandchildren our winter retreat area.

So we stopped to get some fuel and this fishing boat was parked at the dock but was unattended.  The bait bucket was full and these two thieves thought it was lunch time.  The bird on the right was bigger and of course he kept the smaller bird at a distance until his tummy was full.

Too Funny!

We also took a trip into Fort Meyers and toured the Edison and Ford winter estates.  These were the homes in the winter for Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.  There is a museum and many acres of unique plants and flowers.  This tree behind the Beemer/Brower group is a banyan tree which covers a large area.

Well to all of our faithful followers, we will not be posting for a while as we are pulling the boat and putting it into storage (away hopefully from the hurricanes) and then we will begin our adventures again the beginning of 2012 as we continue our loop.  Thanks for sharing our trip with us.