Our first stop will be at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. One of Florida's Southern most parks, known for it's beautiful beaches, magnificent sunsets and excellent snorkeling.

Our Beach

Getting ready for our Summer Vacation so thought I would highlight some of the trip details to get everyone excited about the adventure. Since the boys have enjoyed staying in the tent SO MUCH in the past, we decided to REALLY rough it this year!

The RV we'll be staying in is a 2013 Model Year Coachman Mirada 34BH. It has 2 bunk beds (each with it's own TV and DVD player) so should be plenty of room for everyone to sleep inside.

Home for a Week

Dave and I went hog hunting (the link is not the one we went on but has a lot of good info and pictures) for Florida Boar the last couple of weekends. On the first try we got into the tree stands and waited about 2 hours when it started lightning, so we had to come down and call it a day.

The next try was a week later, and Dave ended up getting 2 and me none. I had a shot very early on, probably only 30 minutes or so in the stand, but when I fired there was only a loud 'click'. The gun had misfired. They guy that took us hunting was letting us use his guns. We unjammed the round and tried a couple more shots with it but no luck, it was broken. The only other thing he had was a small pistol, and since it was still early I took it.

I ended up getting off 2 more shots with the pistol, but wasn't able to hit anything with it, so no boar for me. I'm going to split the processing costs with Dave though so can have one of his.

In the Tree Stand

Dave, Tim and I went out this morning and fished our usual spot. We found lots of trout that seemed to have a real attitude, I've never seen them hit and fight that hard. Tim caught the first redfish at 32" and Dave got the biggest at 38", which is the record out there for us so far. I caught one small slot size red, and about a dozen or so trout.

38" Redfish

Just got back from our camping trip to Hillsborough River State Park. One of the highlights of the vacation was a 2 hour canoe trip down the river. We saw lots of wildlife including gators. Devin did a great job on the whole trip taking pictures.

A 2 hour trip down the river

Everyone was up early this morning very excited to be headed off to school, with summer vacation finally at an end. Derek was especially excited, commenting many times on how long the summer vacation was ;)

Devin and Danny off to School

Happy Birthday Derek.

We had cake and a party at our house for Derek's birthday. You can see from the cake in the picture Devin has been watching too much "Cake Boss".

Derek and Devin's 'Cake Boss' Cake!

Devin had her Spring Dance Recital last night and tonight. The theme was 'Time' and it was a lot of fun to watch. The show consisted of 31 routines of which Devin was in eight.

Devin and the 'crew' in Tap

A falling tree barely missed the house in Wisconsin this weekend, but still managed to do a huge amount of damage... smashing a window, flattening the air conditioner, and putting a couple holes in the roof. Still, very lucky it wasn't 10 feet to the left!

Just Missed