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Florida Vacation 2007

       
    
    
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Lori, Dan and family on vacation
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Lori, Dan and family on vacation
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Destination: Condo on the Beach, Marco Island FL
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Destination: Condo on the Beach, Mar…
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Our building, viewed from beach. (We're the right column, 3rd from the top with the open hurricane shutter.)
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Our building, viewed from beach. (We…
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Our building, viewed from street
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Our building, viewed from street
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Even the two level parking garage is nicely detailed.
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Even the two level parking garage is…
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They have a watchdog, sort of, in their private foyer. Cute scupture!
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They have a watchdog, sort of, in th…
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A quick tour of the interior: an elegant dining room, with the kitchen in far view.
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A quick tour of the interior: an ele…
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A living room view with the dining room in the background.
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A living room view with the dining r…
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A living room view with the glass patio doors leading onto the large beach front balcony. Those doors were thick glass and heavy! Hurricane country!
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A living room view with the glass pa…
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Stepping outside, here is a view up the beach to north.
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Stepping outside, here is a view up …
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Also a view to the north, but showing all the way to the tip of the island. Near the tip the land is not stable enough for buildings. Fortunately!
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Also a view to the north, but showin…
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Our balcony view, to the south. This is the southwest corner of the island. Another 80 miles south as the pelican flies is Key West. Keep flying another 90 miles and you'll be in Havana, Cuba.
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Our balcony view, to the south. This…
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From our balconies you can also see around behind those two buildings to the south shore of the island. No buildable beach frontage is wasted!
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From our balconies you can also see …
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This is that same stretch, but viewed at night. The lit area in the center is the entrance courtyard for our set of condos.
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This is that same stretch, but viewe…
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And of course there is always the ocean front to look at! (By the way: see that group of people in the middle of the beach? Look for them next photo.)
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And of course there is always the oc…
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Why I like my 10x Optical Super-Zoom Camera!
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Why I like my 10x Optical Super-Zoom…
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Here are those same people with the 4x digital zoom added in (total of 40X). Grainy, but not bad for the distance!
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Here are those same people with the …
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Each set of buildings has its own private boardwalk out to the beach.
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Each set of buildings has its own pr…
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As you can see in the middle, they are gated and locked so only residents will have access (in theory anyway).
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As you can see in the middle, they a…
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Of course, there is a lovely pool. (Camera play time: See that water canon on the ege of the pool?)
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Of course, there is a lovely pool. …
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Ah, there it is. (10x)
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Ah, there it is. (10x)
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Not bad for over 200 feet away (especially considering its almost dusk so lighting is not strong).
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Not bad for over 200 feet away (espe…
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Here is a ground level view of the pool.
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Here is a ground level view of the p…
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This fountain was pretty to look at, but we decided that we would have enjoyed an in-ground jacuzzi more!
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This fountain was pretty to look at,…
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