Grandchildren in Florida… Part Two

The youngest grandchild

After Christmas Megan and Tom came to visit. Unfortunately the weather was not as warm as it was the previous week.

Fortunately it was fine for biking to the beach. Tom is not used to hills. Here he is dragging his shoes to stop the momentum.

On the sand.

Examining a sand sculpture of an alligator.

Let's race.

On the beach you can ride anywhere.



I won!

Tom took our picture.

We went on a dolphin discovery boat ride. Although we saw a lot of dolphins, I wasn't fast enough to get their picture. The pelicans obligingly posed, though.

Megan bought Tom a huge box of lego and extra wheels for Christmas...enough to build many imaginative trucks, planes and cars.

On their last day, we visited the alligator farm at St. Augustine.

Waiting to be fed.

Comments

Granny Pat said…
Looks like a lot of fun, especially nice after the cold in Ottawa the week before. Has Megan cut her hair?
January 8, 2014 at 4:43 p.m.
Megan said…
I like the photo of Tom examining the aligator. It's rather startling.
January 10, 2014 at 8:52 a.m.
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