Cazella National Tour '05

Days 20-25 Florida Part 2

Day 20 (6/16/05)
We finally arrived at Dad’s place. Dad and Tess live in a corner penthouse right on the beach. Unfortunately, they have to move come August because their apartment went condo and sold for a whole lotta moula. Chelle had to make the best of her time at one of her favorite places in the world. There was a huge storm and she got to sit out on the porch and watch it. Tons of lightning, thunder, rain, warm wind…it was wonderful!

And they are rebuilding the beach, so the night crew was hard at work.



Day 21 (6/17/05)
Jacob was in a pretty good mood this morning.


We watched the beach crew hard at work. It’s amazing how they do that.


Then we went out to Panera for lunch. Oooooh, they have the yummiest bread. Good thing there isn’t one in Oregon! That would throw a low-carb diet right out the window! Right after we parked the RV, a rainstorm hit with a vengeance. We were in the middle of the parking lot when the clouds started throwing buckets of water on us. We got stuck under an awning until it could let up enough for us to get to Panera. It would have been no problem if we had this guy’s umbrella!


Jacob slept with his Grandpop on the la-z-boy that Phil was rocked in by his dad when he was a baby.


Momma T (Tess) spent the day in rehearsals for tomorrows dance recital. She is a teacher and choreographer. We can’t wait to see her work!

Day 22 (6/18/05)
We went to the dance recital today. Unfortunately, we couldn’t take pictures because the flash could blind the dancers. But there were some amazing dances done. One of the dances choreographed by Tess was called Freedom. It was incredible!
Grandpop stayed out in the RV with Jacob. Chelle came out during intermission to feed him. Both times we came out to the RV, Jacob was sound asleep! It looks like they got to bond pretty well though.


We had a good day! Tomorrow we go to the Keys. Yes, Chelle and Jacob are still sick. It’s been at least 11 days for Jacob…

Day 23 (6/19/05)
Happy Father’s Day!
We got down to the Keys, but by the time we got there, it was getting late. The RV parks are expensive there! Since it’s late, we’ll go look at the water tomorrow. Chelle’s always wanted to see the clear blue water at the Keys.
Beware of mosquitoes! They are huge and hungry little monsters!
Chelle didn’t take any pictures today. The weather wasn’t cooperating, and there wasn’t a whole lot to see. But we got these done a yesterday:


And Jacob’s 4 month picture…


He’s growing up so fast! And he’s a big cutie patootie…(Mommy just had to throw that in there)

Day 24 (6/20/05)
This morning, we walked over to the beach so Chelle could see the water. She was disappointed. The clouds made the water green. The seaweed washed up and was rotting on the beach (peeeew). And the mosquitoes were out to get Chelle. We decided it was time to move on (but not before we got a picture of Phil in the water).


We went to the southernmost point of the United States.


And we had lunch at Crabby Dicks. Yes…that’s right…


Oh and it was…


This was kinda crazy…but to each his own.


And we’re sorry, but we wouldn’t take one of these…


On our drive, Chelle got a picture when the sun came out for a peek.


And granny finally got to spend some time with Jacob.


We spent the night at another RV park. A huge storm rumbled passed late in the night. Phil kept telling Chelle that it’s not usually like this at the Keys, the water had to potential to be really blue. Chelle remained unconvinced and decided that the Keys weren’t a priority on her “must come back to visit” list.

Day 25 (6/21/05)
Granny spent some more time with Jacob before we headed back to Dad’s place.


Tonight is a full moon…which would explain some things… Chelle went out on the balcony and took a bunch of pictures of the full moon rising over the ocean. With all the different settings, it was difficult to get a picture she was happy with. After some manipulation, she liked this one (most of them came out looking like a sunset instead).


We also took pictures of our eyes to see whose eyes Jacob has. It’s most definitely daddy! They look brown, but are actually only brown in the middle and green on the outside, just like Gramom Kathy. They also change colors depending on mood and what they are wearing. Chelle wishes she had mood eyes!
Tomorrow, we are going back to Mom’s to pick up stuff we forgot and we will spend the night there. Unfortunately, that means we won’t be able to stop at the Salvador Dali museum on our way to Louisiana. We will have to make that trip when we come back to Florida (in a plane next time) for Christmas this year.

posted by Chelle @ 10:03 AM