Back in the land of white sand & gentle waves

Truth be told, after 3 days on the road we should have been more than estatic to reach our Naples destination. Ummm...maybe yes, maybe no - relieved is more like it. It was hard to leave Star Mt. even as things had turned gray & brown, the preface before winter kicked in. Why are we are back in Florida then you ask? Only makes sense to use this house while we have it, and winter in CO is really long & cold... So - here we are, determined to enjoy, and that's not hard with the beautiful beach so close and weather so nice now. (hint - yes, we will be putting the house up for sale after the first of the year - we need to simplify and our hearts have decided Star Mt. is home. We'll be happy to turn over the Florida house to someone who has Naples as their home dream. It's a great place!)
After saying I never see big horn sheep - there they were, piled up by the side of the road as we left CO.

Took a couple of pictures of the mighty Mississippi while zooming over the bridge. Awesome!

So back to the Florida routine. Walked to the beach this morning. Very quiet and beautiful - the crowds of people won't be down for some weeks.

A little in shock over the manicured lawns, pretty flowers, and people in shorts & flip flops. And everything grows so fast here - first on the to do list was chopping down overgrown banana tree leaves (huge 5 feet tall ones) hanging over the sidewalk to our front door. Watch out - lady wielding sharp knife...