Christmas Eve

We are all tucked in safe and sound awaiting both a strong storm today and Christmas tomorrow.  Since the bad weather isn't due to arrive until the late afternoon, we decide to go for a dingy ride.  We found a great Frenchy's with a dock.  After a great meal, we dingyed over to the city dock we've visited a lot this trip and walked over to the store for last minute Christmas dinner items.  We were lucky enough to find a package with 2 slices of pecan pie.  Being a southern girl, it just wouldn't be Christmas without pecan pie!  We made it back in time to make sure all the boat was secure and waited for the storm to hit while we watched a movie.  Now we wait for Christmas!

The gate was open due to the high winds pushing the tiki hut around and
affecting the locking mechanism.  The dock staff was surprised to see us
just come in.  We were supposed to call and be buzzed in.

Christmas Eve south Florida style.

This pelican had such unusual coloring we had to get its picture.

The fishing boats for the Frenchy's chain use the dock.  These birds
are hoping they have a good day fishing so they can have the fish parts
we don't eat.

The storm was a strong one but fortunately lasted only about 4 hours.
The wind kept the windmill humming in the amps so not all bad.

We didn't actually have anything in them but hung them up anyway.
We did so much shopping for our kids before we left we ran out of
time for ourselves.  Truly, though, this trip has been a wonderful present
all by itself.