046:365 Florida Coast

We spent the day traveling along the gulf coast of Florida between Panama City and Pensacola. What beautiful beaches there are. We have decided that we will definitely spend some time along the panhandle of Florida next year.

045:365 Sunrise on Fort Myers Beach

We are leaving Fort Myers Beach today. =( I'm really not ready to leave yet, but we were heading out early and will be "on the road again". This is the last sunrise that I will see here. I love the colors.

I-75 traffic

We left Fort Myers Beach this morning and were planning on staying somewhere on the Florida panhandle this evening. Somewhere just a little south of Gainesville, traffic came to a complete stop on the interstate. Bumper to bumper stop and go. We never went more than three mph. It was very frustrating, but I turned on the radio and heard that there had been an accident and we would need to exit at exit 174. We went quite a while before I saw that we were only at 170.2, and we had already been on there for a little over an hour. I was trying to be patient, since there was nothing that I could do except thank the good lord that it wasn't us and we were OK. While on the interstate we passed a truck that was hauling an oversize pontoon boat. It was very recognizable. Well, needless to say, Jeff has the patience of a flea and it was very trying just to keep my patience with him. He finally "convinced" me to turn around at one of turn around in the middle of the highway. (Very illegal I might add.) I was not happy about this, but was getting more tired of his griping so I turned around. Well after a few heated words we were backtracking and on our way, at least not stuck in traffic any more. Jeff chided me about him being right and we laughed it off. About an hour later we caught up with the oversize pontoon boat. He actually made it through the traffic in less time than it took us to backtrack. Jeff's Valentine's gift today is me not telling him "I told you so". Sidenote: We talked to an officer before getting back on the highway and he said that traffic was backed up for 10 miles. Whew!! This photo was taken in my rearview mirror while we were stopped.

044:365 Egret

I had so many nice photos to choose from today. We spent the day on Sanibel and Captiva Islands. I chose the Egret because we are leaving Florida tomorrow and I will probably not be seeing any of them again for quite a while. I love this one with the feathers blowing in the wind.

043:365 Cross

We drove out to Del Webb today to check out their community. While we were there, Jeff and I went inside of this church and I snapped a few photos. I love how the shadows play on the wall.

042:365 Camera

There is nothing special about this photo at all. We had been busy all day and I hadn't taken a single photo. It was raining and foggy most of the day, then we went to an RV show and shopping at the outlet mall. I had to hurry up and find something for my photo of the day, and came up with this. My camera is very special to me. I am loving it. It has traveled to a lot of places and seen a lot of things with me. Too bad that this photo is not even in focus.

Fort Myers Beach

Warning: This is a really looongggg post. Well, there are a LOT of photos, but not a lot of story. I decided that one of the things that attracted me to Fort Myers Beach when we first arrived was the color of all the buildings and surroundings. It was just so beachy. I went for a walk this morning, (in the fog) and snapped quite a few photos. These are definitely not high quality photos, just something for me to remember my time here.