Greetings from sunny and breezy Key West. It's time to get the blog updated!
I checked out of my darling little place in Sarasota almost a week ago, drove to Ft. Myers airport and picked up friend Marge from Annapolis. We stayed at Koreshan State Park in Estero for a few days before heading toward Key West, where we are now, just a mere 90 miles from Cuba (if only we could cruise over!).
Along the way, we've made stops at Sanibel Island, Big Cypress Preserve, Fakahatchee Preserve, Clyde Butcher's wonderful photography gallery and the Miccosukee Casino near Homestead (not a penny lost by either of us - nor a penny played!), and the Banfield Pet Hospital!!
After a stroll along a trail on Sanibel, one of Elli's paw pads suddenly swelled magnificently and turned bright red (you should have seen the frightened look on her little face as she asked to be picked up; you should have seen the look on my face!). We rushed her to Banfield Pet Hospital in Estero, where they quickly triaged her, and then we waited...for hours...to learn the diagnosis. Turned out she may have stepped on and been bitten by a fire ant. She was better by the next morning, and it took me approximately another day to recover!
Here are a few pics of some of the things we have enjoyed along the way.
 |
| Marge enjoying the warmth of Florida, after enduring a record cold winter in Annapolis |
 |
| In Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery; he may be the Ansel Adams of our time |
 |
| Shuttle Discovery final launch February 24th, 2011 - I think I saw it in the Sarasota sky |
 |
| Sunset at Mallory Square in Key West |
 |
| Marge and Elli at Fakahatchee Preserve in the Everglades |
 |
| A Great Blue knee-deep in a moss covered pond at Fakahatchee |
 |
| A White Ibis looking for lunch |
 |
| Alligator at Big Cypress |
No comments:
Post a Comment