Halloween in Florida

The other day Jane went for her morning walk  and took some Halloween-esque pictures in the early morning.

Early morning fog

Cobwebs covered with morning dew

A hanging web...not a hanging chad!!

Today after church we were driving through Celebration and spotted this wonderful haunted pirate ship facade. It is incredible!!

This was a lot of work!

Captain at the helm



Trick or treat at the front door!



Aaargh me hearties!!

Ready...aim...fire!!



A motley crew



In the crow's nest!!



Back Home for Surgery

After our weekend in Brunswick, GA we came home for Peter's planed surgery. We arrived home on Sunday, Oct.9, Peter played golf on Wednesday, and was in for surgery on Thursday morning. He was having a torn meniscus repaired in his left knee.  It was outpatient surgery and Celebration Hospital was efficient and well organized. There was loads of space to wait, the surgeon actually came out to talk to Jane, and Peter was ready to go home about 2 hours after the surgery was done.  We left home at 6:30AM and were back home by 3:30PM.  Peter was a little sleepy but had no pain. Now, a week later he has little to no pain and is walking easily. We go back to see the doctor tomorrow, Oct 17, to see what he can do for activity.



Glad to be home!



Two little stitches....priceless!

A visit to Jekyll Island, beginning of the Federal Reserve Bank



St Simon's Pier

We decided to return to our boat in Brunswick, Georgia for a few days. We have not seen her since mid July and wanted to clean and check out the systems. We also planned to participate in a parade of sail for the Brunswick's 250th anniversary on Saturday.  Surprisingly everything was in great shape! Sitting in the water through the hot and humid summer without air conditioning  we thought there might be some mold to contend with but found the interior clean. Before we left every door and hatch was propped open and dishes of plain charcoal were sitting in every space....as well as dryer sheets.  They really worked to absorb odors and moisture!  We made arrangements to meet with friends, Jim & Leslie, who we met in the Bahamas in 2010. They live in Brunswick and also have their boat, s/v Just Limin, at Brunswick Landing. In June Leslie took us to St Simon's Island for a little tour and lunch so We decided to make another visit on Thursday to walk around the village and have lunch at Barbara Jeans restaurant.

We spent our time on Thursday and Friday organizing the boat interior and thoroughly cleaning boat surfaces on the outside. Now all it needs is waxing. 

 Friday night Jim and Leslie came to take us to Jekyll Island.  It is now a state run island but also has some hotels and resorts. We had dinner at Latitude 31 sitting on the ICW waterfront.  We remembered travelling through Georgia on the ICW but honestly did not remember seeing the beautiful Jekyll Island Club. We joked with Jim and Leslie that we were too busy watching the ICW day markers and the depth to pay attention to what is on shore!! 

The Jekyll Island Club Hotel is a beautifully preserved historic building and is a very important landmark in the late 19th and early 20th century history of the Federal Reserve system.  To read about the history of Jekyll Island, check out the link.
http://www.jekyllislandhistory.com/articles.shtml

Jane's Brother Visits Florida

Jim arrived on Saturday for a communications convention and was able to stay with us overnight. We had a lovely visit...haven't seen him since July.  That evening we drove to the Gaylord Palms Hotel for drinks and dinner.  We had before dinner drinks on the boat in the Key West section......our favorite place to sit and relax. Then we had dinner in the Everglades section at the Old Hickory Steak House. Wonderful!!  Jim left Sunday morning to work at the convention but hopefully we will see him again before he returns home.



Brother, Jim, and Jane in "Key West"




Margarita and Mojhito moments.




Alligators and turtles in the St Augustine section
of the hotel.