Florida welcomed us with continued sunshine and heat. We jumped on Highway A1A, the Federal Highway, which runs along the beautiful coast line...beautiful because of the ocean, but also because of the gorgeous homes that are built along the shoreline.
We spent a quick evening and morning in St. Augustine, America's first Spanish settlement. We could have spent more time wandering, but did get a chance to walk through the town and see the historical buildings.
We arrived at Julie (my cousin) and Mike's place ready for some R and R. We had a great few days with them and their 3 year old daughter, Abbey, just hanging around the house, enjoying the pool, doing a little shopping and generally taking it easy. We were very lucky to be able to join the Carters for a night of their vacation down in the Florida Keys. Cameron and I left the house early with the intent of spending a couple hours in the Everglades--missing the turn off sign forced us to give it a "next time" label. Instead, we decided to go for a nice lunch at a marina with the highlight being a piece of key lime pie! We met down in Bahia Honda State Parkand had a gorgeous swim, followed by good BBQ (thanks Mike) and a good evening of visiting.
For some reason we didn't take any pictures in Florida except for this one and the one below. We did make it out for a walk at a local marsh/park in Boyton Beach and saw lots turtle and birds.
We left Julie, Mike and Abbey the next morning and headed back up the state to Satellite Beach, near Cape Canaveral. Here, Tamara and Adrian (friends from Vancouver who have since relocated to Florida, Cameron went through engineering with Adrian) live right on the beach in a pristine apartment--not only was it awesome to see them after so long, it felt like we spent a night at a 5 star hotel! After eating too much, we finished the evening with a sunset walk along the water....hmmmm, maybe we'll also move to Florida?
Thanks all you guys for having us!
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