Thursday, December 9, 2010

Thanksgiving in Florida!

Chris' mom & her husband, Tony, live in Florida, so Thanksgiving is a perfect time to visit!

Thanksgiving morning - relaxing & catching up on the lanai.
They live on 5 acres, so they have plenty of privacy & a great view!

Their pool is very nice!Love palm trees!
And their backyard neighbor has horses we can visit:
They live on a nice quiet road, so we went for a walk before & after Thanksgiving dinner. We were on a 2 week hiatus from swim; bike; run - so walking it was!

This little frog was hanging out in the pool - we had to save him, else he was going to drown.

Tony helping with Thanksgiving dinner


And the table is set - yum!

Tony & Liz' friends, Sal & Henrietta, also joined us. So we spent the rest of the afternoon chatting & watching football.

That evening, we visited a neighbor who goes crazy with Christmas decorations. He even had a lighted helicopter on his roof. Everything was lit up. He had trains & sleighs & bubble machines...
The next day, Chris & I drove to Daytona to attend the annual Turkey Run car show. It's held in the infield of the Daytona 500 Nascar track.
and there are a lot of participants!


The Daytona race track is pretty cool. The corners are so steep!!! Those cars have to be going fast, else they would slide right down


And they are just finishing repaving the track. Should make for an interesting race come February!

After the show, we headed to Daytona Beach!

Took a short drive down the beach. My first time on a beach that had traffic lanes!

On Saturday, Tony & Liz took us for a drive - near Disney. We stopped at a little town called Celebration - very quaint.
The town was all decorated for Christmas, so we took some pictures.





That evening, we headed over to Old Town. They have a car show every Saturday night.


Old Town also has amusement park rides & games. And it's right across the street from Disney!




On Sunday, our last day, we woke up & found a visitor. Actually, Tony had known he had some kind of night critter, so he had set a trap to catch him. Tony & Liz have a nicely manicured lawn & it attracts a lot of unwelcome visitors. Poor little guy - he was all tuckered out & sleeping when we found him.
After the morning's excitement, we went to breakfast, & then headed to the beaches. We wanted to spend a little time in the sunshine & by the water.



Then it was off to the airport & MA!

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