Le Canto, Florida....Day 1....

...bright and early on Sunday, December 27, Matt's dad picked us up at 3:30am to head to the airport!!! We used frequent flyer miles and darn the luck, only first class seats were left! So Matt and I were actually on two different flights on the way to Dallas. I saw someone I knew on my plane which was surprising but fun to catch up. It started to snow as boarded the plane and I was just crossing my fingers, please let us take off, please please please!!! Well, we did and Matt and I met up in Dallas then took our next trip to Tampa where we met my mom. We stopped on the way back to their new house/condo that they'd bought in Homosassa and visited Monkey Island. We stopped at the Monkey Bar, watched the monkeys eat and snacked on some grouper fingers (which were to die for). I also enjoyed some Monkey Juice and listened to Johnny Lobo play some tunes...it was a great start to our vacation.

Here is mom and I just hangin' around:

The monkeys hanging around on their island:

We finally made it to Le Canto. They bought a condo in Brentwood Hills which is part of Terra Vista. It's definately a retirement community but we didn't mind because it was a wild and crazy bunch and we just wanted some r & r. Here is a picture of Matt and I on the grand tour, he's thrilled because he knows that the picture taking of the trip was beginning.

This is outside the condo with my mom's dog Jodie. David even put up Christmas lights for the holidays.

Later that night, David, my mom and I went to Rainbow Springs to see their light display which was very nice. Matt was a party pooper and stayed home. Knock know-anyone home?

So that my friends was our first day in Florida, we packed a lot in for not much time. More to come about the rest of the trip...