We had a great Thanksgiving, although different! We rented a really nice 2 bedroom suite call the Tree House Suite in Layton on Long Key. This is our main deck where we spent most of our time. There is a little side deck also and that's where the boys loved to play.
The view from the deck was really cool and since it faced northwest, the sunsets were pretty cool too! The day I took this shot we were told the waves were too high for Kayaks (please note -- no waves!) We were good kids and waited until Friday to Kayak.
This picture of Rick & Koby and Di & Dean was taken from the deck. Then we went down so we could watch the boys play in the rocks and sand along the bank. There are only about a handful of beaches in the Keys, because they aren't islands, they're keys!
Even Tessa got to go kayaking with Mom and Dad. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun.
On Black Friday we had to go shopping so we went to the Keys version of a Bass Outlet. It's called the World Wide Sportsman and only has merchandise for fishing. Lots of fishing stuff. The boys favorite was a replica of Ernest Hemingway's boat. It's actually the boat built one year before Hemingway's in 1933. He liked it so much he had one built for himself.
We also had to get Florida Key T-shirts while we were in the Keys. The boys have pirate Ts, Di has a yellow T (of course!). The boys got their pirate sunglasses at the same time and wouldn't even take them off when the sun set!
Tessa got a sweatshirt from the Keys. She's sitting in her favorite place on the deck for this shot -- the porch swing!
Not much leftovers with a ribeye barbecue dinner so we "had" to go out to dinner on Marathon on Friday. A very nice lady offered to take a picture of all of us at our table so I got to finally be in a picture too! We had fresh catch of the day and it was great!!
Coming out of the Keys this morning was really pretty with the clouds on the eastern horizon. They help show where the ocean ends and the sky begins. This was taken while crossing a small bridge and shows the clouds, the Atlantic, a small key (where the road is) and the Gulf of Mexico. Thought it was a pretty shot. The Gulf water is not as rough as the Atlantic, but neither is bad because of all the reefs that surround the Keys.
Had to get a picture of this! Double click to make it bigger. It reads "Crocodile crossing." And yes, there are crocodiles in Florida and they are protected. They are only found where the salt water meets the fresh water in the Everglades. I didn't know that until I got here. We really had a wonderful trip and a very special spot of our trip was being able to Skype our family in Idaho! That was really cool to see you all.
We had a great Thanksgiving, although different! We rented a really nice 2 bedroom suite call the Tree House Suite in Layton on Long Key. This is our main deck where we spent most of our time. There is a little side deck also and that's where the boys loved to play.
The view from the deck was really cool and since it faced northwest, the sunsets were pretty cool too! The day I took this shot we were told the waves were too high for Kayaks (please note -- no waves!) We were good kids and waited until Friday to Kayak.
This picture of Rick & Koby and Di & Dean was taken from the deck. Then we went down so we could watch the boys play in the rocks and sand along the bank. There are only about a handful of beaches in the Keys, because they aren't islands, they're keys!
Even Tessa got to go kayaking with Mom and Dad. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun.
On Black Friday we had to go shopping so we went to the Keys version of a Bass Outlet. It's called the World Wide Sportsman and only has merchandise for fishing. Lots of fishing stuff. The boys favorite was a replica of Ernest Hemingway's boat. It's actually the boat built one year before Hemingway's in 1933. He liked it so much he had one built for himself.
We also had to get Florida Key T-shirts while we were in the Keys. The boys have pirate Ts, Di has a yellow T (of course!). The boys got their pirate sunglasses at the same time and wouldn't even take them off when the sun set! 
Tessa got a sweatshirt from the Keys. She's sitting in her favorite place on the deck for this shot -- the porch swing!
Not much leftovers with a ribeye barbecue dinner so we "had" to go out to dinner on Marathon on Friday. A very nice lady offered to take a picture of all of us at our table so I got to finally be in a picture too! We had fresh catch of the day and it was great!! 
Coming out of the Keys this morning was really pretty with the clouds on the eastern horizon. They help show where the ocean ends and the sky begins. This was taken while crossing a small bridge and shows the clouds, the Atlantic, a small key (where the road is) and the Gulf of Mexico. Thought it was a pretty shot. The Gulf water is not as rough as the Atlantic, but neither is bad because of all the reefs that surround the Keys.
Had to get a picture of this! Double click to make it bigger. It reads "Crocodile crossing." And yes, there are crocodiles in Florida and they are protected. They are only found where the salt water meets the fresh water in the Everglades. I didn't know that until I got here. We really had a wonderful trip and a very special spot of our trip was being able to Skype our family in Idaho! That was really cool to see you all.
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Love all the pictures and I can enjoy them now than I'm over being completely and totally jealous that I was not there!!! I'm glad you guys had a wonderful time!
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