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He hurt his right shoulder, so he rested awhile with his arm in a sling. The next day he felt better. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22447.jpeg Richard with the kids in the deep end of the condo pool. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22446.jpeg Sadie with a friend she met at the pool -- they are walking from the pool to the stairway that went up to the tubular water slide. (She probably went down the slide at least 100 times!) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22445.jpeg Aidan and Marion in the surf in front of our condo. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22444.jpeg Sadie playing in the surf in front of our condo. The waves were big that day. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22443.jpeg Sadie with Aidan, waiting for a wave to break so he could skimboard. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22442.jpeg Sadie with Aidan. I think he was looking for small clams that burrown into the sand when the water goes out. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22441.jpeg Marion with a net, looking for various sea creatures to capture. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22440.jpeg Marion by the pool, watching Richard (or maybe one of the boys?) come down the tubular water slide -- whoever it is is just entering the water. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22439.jpeg Aidan met another boy with a skimboard, and they hung around together. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22438.jpeg Aidan and his skimboarding friend. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22437.jpeg Aidan doing some tricks on his skimboard. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22436.jpeg Getting ready for the next wave to break. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22435.jpeg Posing for the camera. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22434.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22433.jpeg Ruth at a table in the umbrella shade, watching the kids in the pool. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22432.jpeg The next several pictures are of the rooms in our condo. This is the kitchen -- nice stainless steel appliances, and marble countertops. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22431.jpeg Aidan eating breakfast: cereal and sausage biscuit. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22430.jpeg Marion help clean up the dishes. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22429.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22428.jpeg The "Tiki Bar" near the pool -- drinks and appetizers and burgers. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22427.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22426.jpeg Our condo, the Daytona Beach Regency Suites. Rather small compared to the giant Wyndham resort alongside. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22425.jpeg Richard's 2 bedroom unit: it's the one in the middle of the picture, on the floor under the top floor. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22424.jpeg Ruth and I were in the "Presidential Suite" -- very spacious 1 bedroom unit on the top floor with a balcony that ran around the side of the building. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22423.jpeg Ruth on the balcony, facing the ocean. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22422.jpeg An early morning view of the beach to the right of our condo. You can see a ferris wheel and a "Sling Shot" zero-gravity ride in the distance. (Aubrey actually went up in this ride!! It looked pretty thrilling!) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22421.jpeg On the second day we were there, Ruth and I got up and drank our coffee on the balcony. This is a picture of the sun coming up. The ocean was relatively calm this early in the day. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22420.jpeg Aidan, sitting at the dining room table. The sun is setting in the West. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22419.jpeg There was a pretty chandelier over the dining room table. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22418.jpeg This shows the chandelier and the little pendant lights over the kitchen breakfast bar. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22417.jpeg Another chandelier -- this one was near the entry doors to our condo. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22416.jpeg The kids watching TV in the sunken living room area. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22415.jpeg The jacuzzi bathtub in our bathroom/bedroom. Deeper than other jacuzzis we've been in. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22414.jpeg The sunken living room area. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22413.jpeg The unusual table in the foreground is the dining room table, with a glass top supported by multiple lengths of bamboo (I think). http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22412.jpeg The view from our balcony. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22411.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22410.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22409.jpeg Ruth in the Kitchen. We didn't do much cooking -- we went to the Starlight Diner and IHOP across the street from the condo for most meals. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22408.jpeg The view from the Dining Room. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22407.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22406.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22405.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22404.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22399.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22398.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22397.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22396.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22395.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22394.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22393.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22392.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22391.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22390.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22389.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22388.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22387.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22386.jpeg 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Found a nice casino nearby. This is the Royal Caribbean megaship, Explorer of the Seas. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22255.jpeg This is the Holland-America megaship, The Eurodam, with our ship in the background.. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22254.jpeg This is the Celebrity Solstice. Weather was perfect everywhere we went, once we left Florida. Temperature in the 80's every day. A welcome relief from the cold! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22253.jpeg Getting ready to dock at San Juan. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22252.jpeg San Juan Harbor, with our sister ship, the Ruby Princess, in the background. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22251.jpeg An old castle (now a museum), as we were leaving San Juan http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22250.jpeg El Morro Fortress http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22249.jpeg Another shot of El Morro Fortress as we were leaving Puerto Rico http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22248.jpeg El Morro Fortress, at the mouth of San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico (Where the battleship USS MAINE was sunk in 1898) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22247.jpeg Beautiful sunrise on the morning after we left Puerto Rico, as viewed from our balcony. We were on our way to the last port -- Grand Turk & Caicos Islands. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22246.jpeg At Grand Turk, we got off and went to a nearby beach. Lots of passengers went snorkeling and scuba diving on boats like the one in the background. We just enjoyed the surf and the beach. Here is Ruth, getting her feet wet. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22245.jpeg ...and here's Joe, getting HIS feet wet. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22244.jpeg Another shot of Joe. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22243.jpeg Ruth on shore at the beach, looking for a couple of beach chairs to lay on. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22242.jpeg Still looking. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22241.jpeg Ruth on the beach, with our ship in the background next to a Carnival ship that was getting ready to leave (hence all the empty beach chairs -- good timing!) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22240.jpeg Ruth, heading for our two beach chairs -- we decided on a couple under the palm trees so we wouldn't get too much sun. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22239.jpeg After an hour or so on the beach, we decided to walk around the pier shopping area. Here are some Bougainvillea in full bloom. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22238.jpeg Here's a shop called "Pirana Joe's", so naturally I had to take a photo of it! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22237.jpeg A real nice public pool in the Pier area, next to the Margaritaville Cafe and Bar, so passengers didn't have to go to the beach to swim. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22236.jpeg Margaritaville Cafe and Bar in the Pier shopping area http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22235.jpeg Ruth in the Pier shopping area, with our ship in the background. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22234.jpeg We finally went back to the ship -- This is a view of another nearby beach taken as we walked out on the dock towards our boat. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22233.jpeg As we were leaving, I took a picture of the Pier area. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22232.jpeg A view from our balcony. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22231.jpeg The last full day of our cruise, the ocean was very rough -- up to 15 ft waves. Fortunately, the ship was large enough so that we didn't feel much movement. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22230.jpeg At the Fiesta Bowl bowling alley http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22228.jpeg At the Valle Verde VIllage Postal Station http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22227.jpeg Outside the Fiesta Bowl bowling alley http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22226.jpeg With Maggie (the Golf Cart Bridge across US Hwy 27 is in the background) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22225.jpeg In front of the Old Water Tower on Main Street in Downtown The Villages http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22224.jpeg With various Egrets, Ibises, and Sea Gulls on the shore of Lake Paradise http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22223.jpeg Going to the "Chili Cookoff" in Spanish Springs Square with Maggie, Granpa and Granma http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22222.jpeg In the garden next to the Church on the Square in The VIllages Downtown http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22221.jpeg Flat Sadie on one of the new swivel chairs we bought for the Sunroom http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22220.jpeg The chair on the right is off-white. 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They swivel 360 degrees, so we can swing around and see what's happening on the Golf Course! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22219.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22218.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22217.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22216.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22215.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22214.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22057.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22056.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22055.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22054.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22053.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22052.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22051.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22050.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22049.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22048.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22047.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22046.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22045.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22044.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22043.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22042.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22041.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22040.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22039.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22038.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22037.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22036.jpeg Our Christmas Manger Scene -- with an Alaskan twist http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22035.jpeg Here's the other official photo of the grandkids. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22018.jpeg Official Photo of all the Grandchildren ( I took at least a dozen pictures but these are the only two which show all the children -- as usual, there is always at least one kid who wasn't looking at the camera!) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/22017.jpeg During our trip to Las Vegas, we spent one day at The Valley of Fire. This is on the way there. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21979.jpeg On the way to Valley of Fire http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21978.jpeg Lake Mead in the far distance http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21977.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21976.jpeg Snow-capped mountains in the distance http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21975.jpeg The first of the red rock formations for which Valley of Fire is noted. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21974.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21973.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21972.jpeg Unusual shapes everywhere -- a veritable Phantasmagoria of wild shapes and colors! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21971.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21970.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21969.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21968.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21967.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21966.jpeg Petroglyphs, left by the Indians that inhabited the area over the past 1,000 years or so. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21965.jpeg More petroglyphs, carved in the black surface that used to cover the red rock centuries ago. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21964.jpeg More petroglyphs http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21963.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21962.jpeg Ruth, walking in the mouth of the canyon. It's a long walk to the end of the valley -- more than a mile! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21961.jpeg At some spots, the valley is very narrow. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21960.jpeg Joe, on the walk through the canyon. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21959.jpeg Some more petroglyphs http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21958.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21957.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21956.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21955.jpeg An interesting rock formation above the trail -- looks like a recumbant buffalo. THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE -- THE BATTERIES IN MY CAMERA GAVE OUT AND I HAD NO REPLACEMENTS. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21954.jpeg I saw this rare Blue Jay bird in our back yard. They come to Florida only in wintertime. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21953.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21895.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21894.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21893.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21892.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21891.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21890.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21889.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21888.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21887.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21886.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21885.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21884.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21883.jpeg On Oct 31 we took a 7-day cruise on the Carnival Glory to the Western Caribbean. We drove to Port Canaveral and parked the van, then proceeded to board. Here we are relaxing in our stateroom. Our neighbors, Frank and Bea Livingston, went with us. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21766.jpeg Just leaving the dock around 4:30 pm. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21765.jpeg As we left the dock, a sailboat came alongside. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21764.jpeg A photo of Ron Jon Cape Caribe Resort. We stayed there a couple of years ago. Notice the water slide -- the room we stayed in faced it and the pool. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21763.jpeg The beach in front of Ron Jon Resort, at the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21762.jpeg The Lido Buffet. We enjoyed snacking there at all hours. Coffee, tee, pizza, deli, asian food, fried fish etc. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21761.jpeg Astern of the Lido Buffet was the adult pool and hot tubs. We went there to get pizza and ice cream at all hours. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21760.jpeg Our balcony stateroom. We spent many hours sitting on the balcony. The temperature was always pleasant. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21759.jpeg At one of the formal night dinners with our travelling companions, Bea and Frank Livingston -- neighbors of ours in Valle Verde Village. We were at a window table for eight with four other very congenial passengers. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21758.jpeg There were several glass-enclosed elevators that looked down on the 6-story Atrium. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21757.jpeg "Moon Over Miami" -- a full moon as viewed from our balcony. Beautiful! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21756.jpeg A view of the Atrium from above. They had music and dancing every afternoon and night. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21755.jpeg A "Towel Animal" appeared on our bed every evening. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21754.jpeg Ruth, relaxing on a chaise lounge on the Promenade Deck. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21753.jpeg When we docked in Cozumel, the Carnival Miracle was unloading. Our waiter told us that the Miracle was on a "Nude Cruise" (the previous week it was on a "Gay and Lesbian Cruise") -- Sounds like quite an unusual ship! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21752.jpeg The nudists were streaming on shore from the Carnival Miracle -- They all looked fully-clothed to me! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21751.jpeg A view from our balcony of the Cozumel shoreline. Beautiful blue water! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21750.jpeg A cataraman sailed by our ship as we were waiting to go ashore. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21749.jpeg Another "Towel Animal" appeared on our bed the next night. He looks rather indecisive to me. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21748.jpeg The next day, we stopped at Belize (south of Mexico). We took tenders from the Glory (in the background) to the Belize City dock. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21747.jpeg In Belize City, we took a bus tour of the area and went to a native Mayan museum where we attended a music and dance performance. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21746.jpeg Here are the musicians (drummers). The lighting was pretty dim, so it was hard to get a good photo. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21745.jpeg Some of the artifacts that were excavated from the Mayan area in Belize (including a skeleton, dispayed in the center -- Our tour gruide told us this is what happens to anyone caught taking a photo inside the Museum!!). http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21744.jpeg While at the Belize Cultural Museum, Ruth and I enjoyed a Beliken Beer -- $2 a bottle -- it was pretty tasty! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21743.jpeg We left the Museum and got back on the tour bus. As you can see, Frank and Bea like beer, too! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21742.jpeg Joe, on the tender getting ready to go back to the ship. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21741.jpeg Joe and Ruth, on the tender. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21740.jpeg The tender approaching the Carnival Glory. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21739.jpeg After Belize, the ship went to Costa Maya, Mexico (between Belize and Cozumel). We had booked a tour to some Mayan ruins about 100 miles from this port. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21738.jpeg "Kohunlich" is the name of the Mayan Ruins site. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21737.jpeg Our bus at the Ruins. Our busload was the only group visiting the Ruins while we were there. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21736.jpeg Some very tall palm trees at the entrance to the Ruins. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21735.jpeg A friendly resident dog accompanied our tour group around the Ruins. We were the only group at the Ruins while we were there. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21734.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21733.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21732.jpeg An "upside down" tree, which an early explorer had cut down and planted with its roots in the air -- probably so future visitors would wonder what kind of tree it was? http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21731.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21730.jpeg Our tour guide points out some of the highlights in the ruins area. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21729.jpeg When these ruins were discovered about 100 years ago, they were covered almost to the roof tops with soil and vegetation. It took many years to excavate all this dirt and debris to the original level which can be seen now. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21728.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21727.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21726.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21725.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21724.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21723.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21722.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21721.jpeg The Mayans (along with the Aztecs and Incas) had not discovered the "arch" with a keystone as a way of building a roof over buildings. Instead, they just built both walls of increasing thickness until they met at the top -- as shown in this photo. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21720.jpeg Some trees which were growing on top of the ruins were left there when the surrounding dirt was excavated, to show how much debris had accumulated in 800 years or so. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21719.jpeg Unless you go there and witness the almost impenetrable jungle surrounding the ruins, it's hard to appreciate how isolated and eerie this site was. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21716.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21715.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21714.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21713.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21712.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21711.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21710.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21709.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21708.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21707.jpeg The guide told us this "altar" was probably the place where humans were sacrificed, although he stressed that such sacrifice was very rare, and usually done to enemies and criminals, not innocent victims. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21706.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21705.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21704.jpeg The entire site was very neat and tidy -- very quiet except for the tropical birds in the forest. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21703.jpeg This is the main pyramid in the complex. There are several large "masks" alongside the stairway to the top. The thatched "roof" is a recent addition to keep the elements from eroding these masks. There was no such roof originally. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21702.jpeg Frank climbed the stairs to get a good look at the masks. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21701.jpeg Some of the masks. They were covered originally with a reddish stucco, some of which is still visible. But most of the stucco has eroded away. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21700.jpeg Here some of the reddish color is still visible. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21699.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21698.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21697.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21696.jpeg Frank, climbing to the top. He saw a big snake on the way up and stopped to take a picture of it. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21695.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21694.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21693.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21692.jpeg Frank finally made it to the top. Quite a climb! Too much work for me. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21691.jpeg Bea, as we arrived back in Costa Maya after a long drive from the Mayan Ruins. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21690.jpeg The Pier in Costa Maya. There was a beautiful big public pool on the shore next to the Pier. It looked like a fun place to take a dip, but we didn't have time for that. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21689.jpeg Another towel creature on our bed on the final night. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21688.jpeg And here is the storm door with the screen retracted into the top of the door. It qualifies for the energy tax credit, too. But the best part is that there's a very solid deadbolt lock on the door! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21427.jpeg In additon to new windows in the Florida Room, we got a new, self-storing retractable screen storm door installed. Here it is with the screen in place. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21426.jpeg Another shot of the new throw rug in front of the Kitchen sink. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21425.jpeg Ruth prepared a Taco Casserole for dinner. She's in the background as well as Jeff and Jesse (playing on the Wii). http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21424.jpeg Taco Casserole Dinner http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21423.jpeg New rug in front of the kitchen sink http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21422.jpeg New double-pane, argon-filled Energy Star windows were installed in our Florida Room. They qualify for the 30% energy tax credit. We opted for a big picture window in place of the center 2 double-hung windows we originally had on the North wall. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21421.jpeg New Windows http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21420.jpeg New Windows http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21419.jpeg The lock on the door between the FL Room and the Screened Porch got wedged shut and we couldn't open it. Here Joe is trying to get out onto the porch thru a window. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21301.jpeg Joe almost got stuck trying to squeeze through the window with his heavy toolbox. (Bruce finally had to remove all the framing on the side of the doorway so we could get the latch unstuck and open the door!) http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21300.jpeg Jessica, trying to climb out the window to the sceened porch without getting stuck midway. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21299.jpeg Jessica and Ruth slaving in the Kitchen to prepare a meal. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21298.jpeg Frank (white shirt), Christopher (striped shirt) & Bruce on the 5th green behind our house. Photos taken from our backyard. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21291.jpeg Michael gets ready for a long putt on the green. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21290.jpeg Christopher gets ready to chip his ball to the green. Bruce, Michael and Frank in the background. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21289.jpeg Christopher goes after his drive http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21288.jpeg Bruce and Jessica relaxing after Church, before driving to spend a couple of days in Orlando at a timeshare condo. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21176.jpeg Christopher, playing Bowling on the Wii game. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21175.jpeg Stephan, playing Bowling on the Wii. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21174.jpeg Christopher gets ready to throw another ball. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21173.jpeg Stephan, using some "english" after throwing a ball. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21172.jpeg Stephen playing bowling on the Wii, with Lauren eating in the Kitchen. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21171.jpeg A close-up of Lauren eating at the Kitchen counter. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21170.jpeg Bruce eating French Toast in the Dining Room. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21169.jpeg Jude -- two weeks old already! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21111.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21110.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21109.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21108.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21107.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21106.jpeg Jude, catching some zzzzs http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21105.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21104.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21103.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21102.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21101.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21100.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21099.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21098.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21097.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21096.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21095.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21094.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21093.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21092.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21091.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21090.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21089.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21088.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21087.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21086.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21085.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21084.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21083.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21082.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21081.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21080.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21079.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21078.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21077.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21076.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21075.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21074.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21073.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21072.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21071.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21070.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21069.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21068.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21067.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21066.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21065.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21064.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21063.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21062.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21061.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21060.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21059.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21058.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21056.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21055.jpeg On the last day, we drove into the Smoky Mountain National Park and took a side trip to "Cade's Cove" -- a restored pioneer settlement with old houses, churches, barns, grist mills, etc. For most of the drive, there was a brook alongside the road. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21033.jpeg Julie tried to coax Jesse to climb down the rocks to the brook. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21032.jpeg Meanwhile, Jeff has already climbed down the rocks. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21031.jpeg Here's a view of the brook cascading through the rocks. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21030.jpeg Jesse tries to climb down but gave up before she got to the bottom. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21029.jpeg Jeff made it to the bottom and tried to tip-toe from rock to rock to get to the waterfall. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21028.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21027.jpeg Ruth was quite content to stay next to the van by the roadway. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21026.jpeg Another shot of the creek. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21025.jpeg The brook ended up in a "pond" where smallmouth bass congregated. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21024.jpeg Somewhere in the photo there's a smallmouth bass swimming. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21023.jpeg Another waterfall. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21022.jpeg A rare shot of Ruth and Joe -- Joe usually took all the pictures. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21021.jpeg Jeff tries to reach over to the waterfall. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21020.jpeg A wild turkey by the side of the road. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21019.jpeg There was a 24-mile long single lane one-way road to Cade's Cove. Very slow going because some drivers want to creep along at 3 or 4 mph. This is one of the old churches in Cade's Cove. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21018.jpeg A photo of a stag alongside the road. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21017.jpeg I yelled at the stag and, lo and behold, it turned around and looked at me! It didn't seem to be frightened of humans at all. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21016.jpeg Along side the parking lot at the Visitor's Center in Cade's Cove there was an real hand-fashioned split-rail fence. I hadn't seen one of these in 40 years or more! http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21015.jpeg A cantilevered barn more than 100 years old. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21014.jpeg A sluice taking water from the creek to a grist mill paddlewheel. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21013.jpeg Jesse is fascinated by the simple old-fashioned toys that the pioneers made for their children. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21012.jpeg Another picture of the cantilevered barn. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21011.jpeg Inside the grist mill, Ruth examines the corn being ground into corn meal/flour. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21010.jpeg Here, Ruth peers at the two grinding stones which rotated and ground the corn. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21009.jpeg After we got back to Gatlinburg, we went to a small local restaurant near the Bent Creek timeshare resort -- they advertised the Best Hamburger in Town. We got hamburgers, and they WERE good. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/21008.jpeg Jesse at Bent Creek Golf Resort playground. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20963.jpeg View of Bent Creek Golf Course, from the playground. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20962.jpeg View our condo bldg from the playground. Ours is the second from the left. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20961.jpeg Jeff, taking pictures from the playground. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20960.jpeg Jesse, swinging from the monkey handles http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20959.jpeg http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20958.jpeg Julie hleps Jesse assume a floating position at the Indoor Pool. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20957.jpeg Jesse, floating. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20956.jpeg Jeff, heading for the Hot Tub in the Indoor Pool Building. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20955.jpeg Jesse in the Indoor Pool. You can see the Outdoor Pool through the windows. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20954.jpeg Everybody in the Hot Tub! (Sorry that this batch of photos are so fuzzy -- Somehow, my camera settings were on "Distant Landscapes" instead of "Automatic". http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20953.jpeg Jeff and Jessie in the Hot Tub. http://onelane.com/pix/u12/disp/20952.jpeg