Vacation Summer 2009

What a great vacation!!!


As we did last year we went to Port Charlotte, FL and spent a couple of days with our good friends Daniel and Erin Schafers. A couple of days before we were fly out on our trip we received a phone call from Erin saying that Daniel had been in an awful biking accident while competing in a triathlon. He was such a trooper. He had injuries all on his back and stomach and had also messed up his wrists and arms, but that didn't stop him from flying down for our vacation. What a guy! We love them!

While we were there in Florida it rained most of the time but we could have cared less. All we wanted to do was relax and relax is what we did. We spent our first night there at Erin's parents house in Port Charlotte where they treated us to a boat ride around the canal and dinner. We had a wonderful time getting to know them and Emma Claire had a blast riding on the front of the boat. She said she was looking for Alligators!

The next morning we were to catch the ferry to ride over and stay on the island where we would finish out our vacation. However, that night we had a rough time with Emma Claire coughing and running a fever so we headed to the doctors office first thing the next morning. Sad to say it was the CROUP!!!! Bless her heart the doctor said he was going to over treat her so that she could still enjoy our vacation and get better quickly. She did have an awful cough but it didn't take long for her to get back to herself. She just wanted to go find some fish and sea shells.

The island where we stayed for the remainder of our vacation was called Little Gasperilla Island and the only excess on and off was by boat. It was great!!! Once on the island you would use golf carts as your only transportation. We had such a great time hanging out with Daniel and Erin and swimming on the beach. Our days would consist of sleeping late, eating breakfast/lunch, going to the beach, coming back for a nap, taking a golf cart ride, cooking dinner, going back to the beach for sunset, and then staying up till 2 or 3 in the morning talking, eating cheesecake, and drinking coffee. Could you ask for anything any better?!?! I posted some pictures of the condos and just some random shots of the island so check them out!!