June, 2009, Naples, Florida: A favorite travel destination for us. One of our sons works for a company that has a corporate condo right on Vanderbilt beach. This year, due to the large number of family able to go, we also rented a house about two blocks from the condo as well. The house had a large pool, 3br & 2 baths and was beautiful. When the kids and grandkids were still roaring around (where do they get their energy?) the house made a very comfortable place for us to sit by the pool, relax and regroup for the evening events.

View from the Condo: Storm Brewing

This picture was taken from a boat that we chartered. We were lucky enough to see a rather large pod family of dolphins. The picture shows a mother and her baby.

View from the Condo overlooking the Gulf

After sunset, storms threatening, but still enjoying the beach.
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Steven Spielberg's Mansion on the Inter-coastal waters

Beautiful sunset over the Gulf. (Note the pelican center right)
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Telephoto image of osprey, seen while we were on the chartered boat.

Another veiw of the mother and baby dolphin
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Pool at the house we rented: completely screened in & heated.

Our granddaughter collecting sea shells
