This blog will probably contain a bunch of Victor this and Victor that, so those of you who might not be interested, I thought I’d give you a spoiler alert :), says the proud Mema.  Besides, you’ve seen enough of our ugly mugs, might as well add some new material.

The crew arrived on the 31st.  After his long travels, Victor promptly took a nap on Papa’s and Smokie’s favorite couch  That was so nice of them to share.

April 1st was a busy day. We took them over to see the alligator on one of our trails.   They were in luck and the alligator was out.  She made a bee line over to where we were with Victor.  I suppose she was thinking she had a tastee little meal there.  Good thing they have the fencing up, we split anyway, didn’t want to try to out run the gator.

In the afternoon we took our first ride out to the Gulf, the weather was stupendous and the seas were mild.

We made it to the Gulf

Gulf at last 🙂

We spent all day anchored out in a beautiful bay called Terry Cove.  Love to have a condo there.  After our big day out to sea, it was time for Victor’s first taste of food.  Carrots!  Yummy!

Victor’s first taste of real food, so to speak 🙂

And then it is bath time for the big boy

Bath time on the Touch of Class

On the 2nd, it was off to the beach.  It was a little windy today but it sure didn’t stop the people from coming out.

Busy on the beach

The waves were coming in and there were a few boys surfing on the waves

Waves coming into the beach

We sat under the walkway so Victor and I could stay in the shade and the rest of the sun worshipers could sit in the sun.

Victor and Mema sitting in the shade

We walked almost every day on the trails that are near the marina.  Here is a family photo of the handsome Love family

Love Family

We went back to the beach again on the 3rd and this time, Victor got to put his little toes in the sand.  He did much better than his Mama.  She screamed when we put her feet in the sand.  Good Boy Victor!

Victor’s first walk on the beach

The next day we went to The Warf Marina.  We strolled along and looked at all the boats there.  This is kind of a cool marina as it is located right on the ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway), so there is a lot of traffic to watch as it passes by, from barges to million dollar yachts.

A stroll at The Warf Marina

We even stopped for lunch

Mom and Victor at lunch

We tried to go to the beach the next day, we thought we’d beat the rain, no such luck

Here comes the rain

Boy is it raining

After we dried out we decided to dress up and take the kids out to eat

Happy Victor

Sad Victor

Does the tie look familiar?  Smokie let him borrow his 😉

I’ll have a steak please and some teeth to go along with it 🙂

Daddy and Victor, both snappy dressers.  Love the hats

Victor giving a High Five

We went to get pizza at a place where we could walk to, here is a picture of the boys on the way back to the marina

All three boys

Later that night we played a game called Tick, Victor caught on real quick

Victor the card shark

We went to this place call Homeport Marina.  Right by the marina is a place called Lulu’s.  We didn’t eat there but I did use their head.  What a cool place 🙂

Lulu bathroom stall

Lulu bathroom stall

I know….I’m weird 🙂

Off to the beach again…can you sense a theme here?  We love the beach.

The Love Feet

Ahoy me mates, prepare to be boarded

We had a really good visit with them.  Everyone seemed to have a good time and Victor wasn’t too crabby, only when he had good reason.  We saved a few places to take them to the next time they are in town.

The last day :(, everyone is sad but we have to squeeze in one more attraction, the lighthouse at the Naval base

Light house

They had a gift shop so we had to check it out.  Watch out…it’s Pirate Victor

Arrrggggh

Gary decided he didn’t want to climb the light house after he checked out the stairs so he and Victor waited while the rest of us went up

Gary and Victor wait it out

Almost to the top, here is a view down the stairs, I see now why Gary decided not to come.

View down

There was one point where a mom and dad and their two kids were coming down as we were going up.  The mom and one kid were scared poopless.  They didn’t want to release their hold on the only railing, we didn’t either.  Jenny sat down so they could hold on to the railing above her and I hung on the the center pole, for dear life I might add.  Shhzze, that was a close one.  Right as we got to the bottom a whole bus load of kids started up the top.  Man, we made it out of there just in time.

The views from the top were spectacular!

Who is that brave sole?

View from the top

We even found another beach we could check out 🙂

Beach at the light house

By the time we were done with all our exploring, I think Victor had had enough

Sooooo tired

We all had a good time but it was time to take them to the airport.  Bye-Bye you three, till next time.

We arrived back at the boat safe and sound.  Man, is it quiet here 🙂