We ventured to Florida this spring with a purpose – a little fun and a little work. While we were there, I caught some nice pictures.

March – Destin

Our plan for the first trip was to investigate home ownership in Florida. Friends of ours have a lovely condo in Destin. They were terrific hosts and showed us all the best spots in the area. Makes us want to return.

From our friends’ condo, the view of Destin’s beach was very inviting.

Sand dune beaches in Destin.

Cozy little beach town looked very German from the architecture.

Yard work needs some attention but the house is awesome.

Wonder who lives in t his one. Way out of our league.

Destin has sand dunes for as far as the eye can see.

Sand dunes ar the theme of Destin

Deb had to get her toes in the sand so she could legtimately say she went to the beach.

But it was way too cold to jump into the water.

Beautiful sand dunes

April – Tampa

We had a different purpose for our trip to Tampa – well partially. It was mostly vacation time and boy did we relax. So, that worked – check. We were supposed to look for Florida vacation homes here too. That didn’t work out too well because we couldn’t get off the beach. Yeah, it was that relaxing. Oh, mother nature opened up and offered some really good scenery too.

The view from our condo wass stunning.

Dinner the first night

Thanks to our son, Ryan, for taking a good picture of us.

We ventured into Clearwater on Wednesday

Deb & Ryan waited patiently for me to take some night shots. The least I could do was get a picture of them.

By the last couple days, we were unbelievabily relaxed.

One of my best from Tampa Vacation 2017. Have this one hanging in the house.

Sometimes God offers up a picture and you are lucky to catch it. That’s what happened here while on vacation in Tampa 2017