Friday, April 6, 2018

Friday, April 6, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2003, as we celebrated Mattie's first birthday. Mattie wasn't a happy camper that day. There was too much noise and commotion for him. In fact, he and I went upstairs several times to reset. Nonetheless, we wanted to celebrate Mattie's birthday and we were happy for any part of the party he enjoyed. 


Quote of the day: As someone who has lived the nightmare of losing a child, I know that the enormous hole left behind remains forever. ~ Arthur Honegger

Today is our last day in Naples, FL. We head home tomorrow. Despite the heat, we took about a three mile walk. On our walk, we stopped by a local beach for a few minutes. The beach we went to was MUCH nicer than our hotel's beach. It wasn't crowded and the sand was like powder. However, between the walk to the beach and then going on the beach itself, the HEAT hit us. 

Along our walk, we passed many beautiful banyan trees! 

You can't walk anywhere here without seeing a wonderful bird or wildlife sighting. 

How do you like this bromeliad? There was a row of these wonderful flowers lining the pathway to the beach. 

This is the beach we walked to..... it was serene and beautiful and the people sitting on the beach were lovely. 

The beach was filled with shells. All intact shells, unlike the shells you find along the Atlantic Ocean. 

This is our balcony, which we have had the pleasure of sitting out on for a week. Tomorrow I will greatly miss it. 

This is our view from the balcony. I have loved looking at the houses and their waterways. In that sense, Naples reminds of Ft. Lauderdale. 

Looking down from our balcony is the pool and a view of the Gulf of Mexico. 














As I typically do, I have listed all of the restaurants below that we had dinner at along our journey. There were many that I would NEVER recommend, and several that were stellar. 

Thursday: Catch of the Pelican (Okay)
Friday: T-Michael's (not good)
Saturday: HB's at the Beach (lovely setting, food so so)
Sunday: Mire Mare (owned by FISH, terrible service, food was okay)
Monday: FISH (Terrible and left) and then Ocean Prime (Great)
Tuesday: The Bay House (Good, but where I got bitten by No See Ums (bugs that are as big as a flea and bite!!!-- Very painful and welting)
Wednesday:Baleen (Great, amazing view)
Thursday: Yabba Island (Great, on 5th avenue, main street of Naples)
Friday: Sea Salt (headed there tonight)