So, we arrived at our friend Dave's place in Bonita Springs (really, he's in Bonita Beach on the barrier island) just before New Year's Eve.

It turned out to be a rare sunny and nice winter day in south Florida, so we decided to ride our bicycles up to Fort Myers Beach.

We were heading to a friend in Bonita Beach on the Gulf side, and we stopped to check out some bike trails in Davie (near the Everglades)

After getting some work done, in the afternoon we headed a little further south to check out Fort Lauderdale.

A friendly bartender in West Palm Beach had recommended Delray Beach as a place to walk around, so we drove south a little to check it out.

On Christmas Day we decided to bike over to Palm Beach, since parking is super scarce there, and we thought there would be less traffic

After spending the night in Vero Beach, we headed south to West Palm Beach and walked around the cute downtown area there.

We found a trail called the "Historic Jungle Trail" that looked interesting, so we drove to Orchid Island (a barrier island) to check it out

We learned that a SpaceX rocket launch was scheduled for Friday night at 10:39pm, so we decided to head to the Cape Canaveral area

After completing the last of our necessary medical check-ups (no issues, thankfully) we headed to Daytona Beach because we had never been

Sanibel Island had been recommended to us as a great place to ride our bikes, and Friday was set to be a beautiful day, so we decided to go

In the morning we drove south to Bradenton. We think these long span bridges are cool. We also find these enormous fishing piers super cool.

After getting some work done at a Panera in St. Petersburg we headed over to St. Pete Beach to bike around and check out that area.

On Saturday we drove to St. Petersburg, Florida and found a place to park downtown. We started out on foot and walked to North Shore Park

The next day we drove to nearby Lake Mary, FL for lunch at SoDough Square, a restaurant offering Detroit style pizza using fermented dough.

After more doctor stuff in the morning (nothing wrong, except the crazy health care system) we drove south to Sanford, Florida to check out

Knowing that Thanksgiving was going to be an eating fest, Cara and Ann went for a walk in the morning to preemptively burn off some of the

We called Cara's uncle and aunt, Rick and Ann, because they are just a couple hours north of St. Augustine in St. Simons Island, Georgia.

On Sunday morning we walked over to the Mission Nombre de Dios (Name of God Mission) that was established in St. Augustine in 1565.

On Saturday morning we found a farmers market at The Amp (a concert venue) in St. Augustine Beach. It's a lovely market under the live oaks