Florida Keys Fabulous!

“Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.” --Anonymous

It was my memories of the ocean and growing up beside it that made this year's vacation nostalgic and sweet for me. My family and I travelled back to the same shores I played on as a tiny girl, a girl still full of wonder and the innocence of childhood. Along with me on this trip, my husband and our own little one, our daughter, whose tiny footprints would now mark the same sands mine did 30-something years ago. Ah... the Florida Keys, not quite the same as I remember them but in so many ways still unchanged.

Travel along with us, and I hope you enjoy the pictures.

I grew up in Marathon, on Vaca Key, and that was our destination, but no trip to the Keys is complete without at least one visit to Key West.

Look mom, a shark!

The former home of one of the world's greatest writers - Ernest Hemingway.

And his six-toed cats:


The sightseeing out of the way, now it was time for the real sights - the beaches!

Sombrero Beach:
Georgia with her Aunt Jodi and Tom, the dog.




Bahia Honda State Park beach:


There's a cool, old bridge there.


Coco Plum Beach:


(Did you know you can fly at the beach?)



What family trip would be complete without spending a lot of time with, well, family? Georgia caught up with her cousins...

... while my husband and I caught up with everyone else.


It's always good to go home and walk down lanes (and beaches) full of memories.