"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." ~Cary Grant

So...

We went out to eat at this really cool restaurant that the caretaker of the house recommended...and PIGGED out.  If you are ever in Cape Coral, FL, I highly recommend Bubba's Roadhouse and Saloon.

Family...

Gotta love 'em...can't throw throw them back.


:)

"And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush..." ~Van Morrison

Well...

We really only spent one evening at the beach to see the sunset.  It was spectacular....

And afterwards...a quick dip in the pool for me.

(The color on this photo needed to be unsaturated a tad...I was a steamed lobster.)

I need a 6 month vacation - twice a year....Anyone else with me on this?

So...

Pappy rented a house in Cape Coral for our vacation which had a screened in pool.  Every night we would sit on the lanai with the floodlights on, which attracted bugs, which in turn provided snacks for the anoles.

The first full day in Florida, we made the short trek to Sanibel Island to visit the supposed "shell filled" beaches.  (Honestly, we had much better luck at Lover's Key State Park in Bonita Springs.)  

We did find some native fauna, though...

I'm not sure what this little dude's deal was...he was soaking wet, airing out his feathers...

And there was an Osprey nest by the Lighthouse.

Sanibel Island Lighthouse...

 And some major sassiness...

Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why, you had to hide away, for so long, where did we go wrong....

Well...

Here is the first batch of Vacation 2016 photos....

Day 1 - (I was riding in the back seat).  It rained most of the way to Valdosta, Georgia, where we stopped for the night.  This is were we fueled up in Walton - and had Denny's for breakfast.

I have a "steeple" thing...

When I was a kid, my cousins would stop (on their way to Mimi's house) at the fireworks places in Tennessee because it was against the law to own anything that exploded in Kentucky.  Michael McAnallen taught me so many naughty things you can do with an M-80...

That escalated quickly...

But, I guess redemption is on the horizon...(this is kinda creepy to me for some reason).

This was always an indication that you had reached Tennessee...

Georgia...I think I heard banjos...

Stuck in the interminable Atlanta traffic jam...you would think with 14 lanes it would move a little faster...

Yeah...no words...

Uh, okay.

Creepy-assed flying rats follow me EVERYWHERE!  Coo-coo, Toodles...

I have a "tree" thing, too...

Let the sun shine in, face it with a grin...

It seemed like it took FOREVER to see blue skies...but it was worth the wait...

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There is nothing more musical than a sunset. ~Claude Debussy

Ok...

So, one requisite photo (until I get my buns in gear) of a Florida sunset...

I miss it already...

Vacation!!!

So...

Guess where we are!!!!  Mara, Pappy and I are on vacation...in Cape Coral, Florida!!

There will be many more photos to come, but here is just a taste.

Yay!!

Where trouble melts like lemon drops.....

Ok...

Not gonna lie...I'm a lazy slob.  I bought a new external hard drive and I've been too "busy" (cough, cough) to even open the package.  So...I opened it tonight and downloaded all 20 photos I had taken these past couple of weeks.

Total slacker....

You never know what king of CRAP you'll find at Goodwill...(utterly useless CRAP. CRAP, CRAP, CRAP)

CRAP.

A clown extermination?

They must have enjoyed the pancakes at IHoP...

A used diaper and a pack of smokes...out the window Thanksgiving night at Bob Evans...

Soooooommmmewheeeeerrrre...over the rainbow.....