Cece Gets Married

A December wedding in Germany for Cece and Nate Brown.  Nate barely made it because of an unexpected schedule of continuous flying missions. But it all came together with Kevin and Georgie getting to Germany to see it happen and deliver the rings.  Nate's suit was still stored with his personal items that arrived months ago to Germany. But since Nate was assigned to fly in the middle east, his boxes remained in storage.  No tailors were available with such short notice.  Cece's maid of honor was a pilot friend.

Napoli - Florida Style

Sunset

The Turk and I got to spend a week in Naples at a condo resort. We loved the beaches, the food and the resort.  And we got to catch up with some friends who winter there.  On the way, we stopped at Ft Myers to the Edison Museum where we explored his winter home and laboratory. We really enjoyed the gardens along the Caloosahatchee River.

Mark meets Edison

Old dock on the river - access to the property

Edison house

The fishing was fun!

Picnicking on the beach

Wildlife!

Lovely beaches

Hangin' in Key West

What?  Come down to Key West for a week?  Sure Karen!  And I was greeted with two new friends who made the week a fun and relaxing mini-vacation.... along with a touch of work for balance.

Karen, me, Ann, Bev

My Favorite activities?  Meeting locals like Matthew who made each of us a custom piece of jewelry, including a pair of earrings that he just came up with for me.

Mathew working away with silver and swaroski crystals

Sunset at Mallory Square is always a fave.

fire dancer

the girls, including karen with her cast

SUNSET

Eating anywhere can be an adventure. We headed over to Tank Island, now owned by Marriott as a resort island with the perfect restaurant to watch sunset from.

Tank Island

Ready for dinner

appetizers

Desserts!

Of course we had to go to Better Than Sex for dessert!

Chocolate Grilled Cheese

Fork-You fondue

 

Twist and Stout

And then there was just going around Key West to enjoy all that it offers up!

Roaring around in a key west bike

Hobbling around in a cast bike

Gator greeter

naked body parts outside of church

love the art deco

Chickens EVERYWHERE

Slow Old Children at Play!

chuckle

On purpose?

  I had to visit the cemetery and was not disappointed!

hammer head scuba diver shark greeted us for lunch on the way home

and then the Disney ship arrived

One of the Turks'/my fave shows - The Profit

The original Key West Key Lime Pie restaurant in The Profit