Sunday Dec 19th

We fell asleep watching TV around 9pm last night with me forgetting to do the blog. We woke up this morning
ate some toast and I quickly got to updating my blog. We then were going to run to the grocery store to get some butter and what not. This is walking to the car....whooo whoooo

We got there, got our stuff, put it in the trunk and decided to go explore a bit before retuning home. The weather was nice, right at 70. We drove up to raccoon park and decided to walk the trail. The trail is a boardwalk deck all through the park.

Bonnie on the boardwalk.

We started walking when I heard a noise looked over the rail and saw a raccoon walking down the creek bed foraging for food.

This park is right on the intercoastal, and is a very picturesque park. These pictures can confirm that I think.

Lots of these mango trees..native to saltwater tropical areas

Intercoastal from the boardwalk

Intercoastal from the ground

Sailboat heading down the intercoastal

Couple of birds looking for lunch

This guy thinks he sees something

We walked for a couple of hours, then went back to the car and headed back down the road. We stopped at another park called Gumbo Limbo Park. It is a conservation park and a sea turtle rescue center. By the time we arrived there it was 15 min to closing so I did not get any pictures. When we go back I will get some pictures, we have been there last year and it is a really neat experience. We then headed towards home and saw this big tree by the side of the road and took these 2 pictures.

That's a big twisting tree

Little waterfall behind the tree

We then continued toward home when it suddenly dawned on us we were starved. We decided on one of our favorite places which is only 2 blocks from our condo....Crabby Jacks

Crabby Jacks

The patio of Crabby Jacks

We sat at our regular spot on the patio, placed our order, I ordered the fish and chips (they are excellent) and Bonnie ordered the Key West shrimp. All of a sudden there arose such a clatter...wait... it was a fire truck we heard. A fire truck across the street. I quickly pulled out the camera and made this video..

I shut the camera off and got back to waiting for my food when they pulled the truck into our parking lot and drove right by our booth. Here is the close up video..

We ate and it was gooood. It was about 6 so we decided to go to the condo and get ready for the season finally of Survivor! Its almost time so I got to go......