Florida's Sunshine

These were taken around Easter, 2008 in North Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Only now getting around to uploading them.  Truthfully, while it is hard to complain about being at the beach, I really prefer the Gulf side of Florida.  The beaches are much nicer and the trade winds a little more mellow.  Maybe it was just the time of year but the trash line was indeed filled with trash, jelly fish, and man-o-war.  I've never seen so many used straws.  As for the town, I just felt like I was in a big city rather than an island feel I get from the Fort Myers area. The Hallendale Pier area is funky-sort of an old boardwalk with little pizza shops and tourist gift shops.  Lots of interesting people from the world. 

The first photo was the first day of our vacation and taken from our deck in the condo rental.  Not a bad way to start the day!  The sun from our home is rising below the tree line so there isn't much to see here in NE Ohio in the mornings.  I sure hope the sun shines a little on all the people in the Midwest who need a break from all the flooding.