Live...from MI

No - not Michigan. Marco Island, Florida. Paul decided to bring his laptop, and we actually have WiFi in our unit this year. Once we figured out what the secret password was. So here I am on Tuesday a.m. with a few minutes to blog. Paul and nephew Colby (he's Jud's age) are deep sea fishing.

Colby and Cindy our first night at another place I'll review - Crazy Flamingo

Cindy and I are enjoying a leisurely morning watching the Today Show whilst outside the sun shines and people walk the beautiful beach I love. Later we'll walk down to Marco Marina to see what (if) they caught anything. And if they puked. I hope the sea was calm, and easy on their stomachs. Yesterday Colbs rented a ski-do just after lunch and the food didn't sit so well...let's say the dolphins might have gotten a treat. But he enjoyed buzzing around on the ski-do.

Our usual morning walks - Cindy and Paul

Cindo's husband Bolder didn't come to Florida. He never does, because he doesn't do hanging out out by the pool well. You might recall he's fighting prostate cancer - and is now in the midst of radiation therapy - week 4. It seems to be going pretty well. He went through chemo before Christmas. The guy has been hit with a lot. I'm glad we get to see him soon, when we travel to Vail on our annual Memorial Day trek - to see Amy and the Lefebvres. This is my time to pamper my sis - because it's hard on a spouse to watch their loved one suffer. So far we're having a great time.

Weather has been perfect!

Yesterday was Cindy's bday. She's lucky to celebrate in our fave place, our parents' winter home, Marco, at the Gulfview. We went to Mom and Dad's favorite (and thus our) favorite restaurants - the Little Bar. Favorite because the food is sooo delish! It's become tradition to go there for Cindy's birthday. Paul and Cindy order Twin Lobster Tails - Market Price. (don't ask) I get blackened shrimp. Colby was happy with Grouper Almondine. Their garlic salad dressing is so tasty! Colby has peanut butter pie. 5+ Moki heads!

The atmosphere is part of the joy there too. So many good memories with our parents, sisters and kids. Some funny ones too - Susi and the chicken always comes up. The past few years there has been a regular who must get a drink (or two) at the bar there. He parks his golf cart outside the door - and his parrot waits for him. You don't see that in Iowa much.

Colby heads back home tomorrow. He graduated from college last spring as Jud did, with a BS - he went through a culinary program but also took the additional things to fill out his education, accounting, management. He's a total foodie and can tell us so much about what we're eating. Some times too much! Yet he's a well-rounded kid that likes to rock-climb, raft and is into music. He moved back to the Vail area after college to work for a group of barbecue restaurants he worked for during college - but he talks about moving elsewhere someday. We've loved having him here. It's nice to get to know him better as a young adult - not the little kid that used to bite Jud when Jud would hit him....oh those cousins!

Stay tuned for more. We love our Marco restaurants, and being with my fam!