Special Weekend

Valentines day our son Ben joined us for a long weekend in what we think is a bit of paradise. The first picture below is a view from the bridge looking to the beach our little island where we have spent the last seven weeks or so. The picture was taken the day that he came down so you can see we had beautiful weather and althought windy but ok seas.We did do a little exploring to see some of the sights with Ben. Its been some time since he was down here and last time it was more of a diving adventure and not too much fishing. Of course we have the boat now and that allows to do a lot more exploring and fishing. Below we visited whats called the "Blue Hole" which is a carved out piece of Big Pine Key that is part of the National Key Deer Refuge. We did see an alligator and a very colorful Iguana but no deer. Usually the deer come out of the bushes to be fed (definitely a no no) but not this day
Thought I would post a few traditional family pictures....father and son....mother and son....and last but not least the airport picture when he left.

We had an excellent time with him here and we were pleased to introduce him to our friends that we have made over the years down here in the Keys. We did keep him quite busy though ....out in the sun all day fishing then partying with appetizers (even got him to try fresh oysters) and of course a good helping of beer. He was in bed before us one of the nights! He, of course, got totally sunburned, but we did have fun catching quite a variety of fish... even a small 3' shark.

We are, needless to say are very proud of him.