We visited Dad and Adele in Florida, in mid-January. We thought a side benefit would be leaving frigid Colorado weather, and enjoying warm Florida weather, but they were having a cold snap, with temperatures down in the 40s. We had to delay our trip by a week, as we both got sick a few days before we were supposed to leave. I was disappointed to be reminded of just how very expensive it is, to change our flight and rental car reservations. We could've taken three trips, for the escalated price of this one. Heavy sigh...
We had an early morning flight, so we were up at O'Dark-30, catching a ride to the airport. Even with the TSA starting to take sick days because of the government shutdown, the bag-check and security lines weren't too bad at DIA, and it wasn't long before we were having a delicious breakfast at my favorite airport restaurant, Pour La France on Concourse B.
Pretty view of broken clouds, above an airliner getting ready to go. I always get excited before a trip, and the various airport scenes always seem to captivate me.
I've always loved flying over clouds. Although it was especially fun to be doing it myself, when I was flying a lot, I'll take it any way I can get it.
Enjoying the beautiful landscaping in Adele's neighborhood, during an early afternoon walk. We tried to get out for walks as often as we could.
Visiting with Dad and Adele at her house. Her place is so beautiful, and she keeps it so clean.
We took Dad and Adele out for a delicious dinner at the Waterway Cafe, one of my favorite places for dinner in the Palm Beach Gardens area. We wandered out onto the dock, to enjoy the view of the Intracoastal Waterway, and found this beautiful view.
Group picture at our table inside Waterway Cafe.
There were so many beautiful sunset views from Adele's back yard!
Dad is listening intently to some well-intended advice. He's a good sport, and tries hard to understand and allow people to voice their own opinions, no matter how wrong we are.
We took a few walks around Adele's neighborhood. Here's the view from the back of the newly redesigned clubhouse.
I really enjoy the landscaping around Adele's neighborhood, as we walk around. This beautiful fountain with palm trees and other greenery, is right at the entrance to her cul-de-sac. It's also one of my favorite pictures of the two of us :-)
We had coffee and conversation at Adele's house almost every morning. I found a box of Entenmann's Crumb Coffee Cake at the Publix grocery store nearby, and Dad and I snacked on a piece of that with our coffee, every day. Yum!
The Fort Lauderdale airport terminals have been under construction and renovation for the past few years. Our terminal looked nice, and had fairly efficient passenger flow, although we did have to backtrack once, after checking a bag.
Pretty sunset view, as we're descending into Denver.
Some interesting lights on Concourse B, reflecting on the ice on the ground, as we're approaching our gate in Denver.
We had an early morning flight, so we were up at O'Dark-30, catching a ride to the airport. Even with the TSA starting to take sick days because of the government shutdown, the bag-check and security lines weren't too bad at DIA, and it wasn't long before we were having a delicious breakfast at my favorite airport restaurant, Pour La France on Concourse B. 
Pretty view of broken clouds, above an airliner getting ready to go. I always get excited before a trip, and the various airport scenes always seem to captivate me.
I've always loved flying over clouds. Although it was especially fun to be doing it myself, when I was flying a lot, I'll take it any way I can get it.
Enjoying the beautiful landscaping in Adele's neighborhood, during an early afternoon walk. We tried to get out for walks as often as we could.
Visiting with Dad and Adele at her house. Her place is so beautiful, and she keeps it so clean.
We took Dad and Adele out for a delicious dinner at the Waterway Cafe, one of my favorite places for dinner in the Palm Beach Gardens area. We wandered out onto the dock, to enjoy the view of the Intracoastal Waterway, and found this beautiful view.
Group picture at our table inside Waterway Cafe. 
There were so many beautiful sunset views from Adele's back yard!
Dad is listening intently to some well-intended advice. He's a good sport, and tries hard to understand and allow people to voice their own opinions, no matter how wrong we are. 
We took a few walks around Adele's neighborhood. Here's the view from the back of the newly redesigned clubhouse.
I really enjoy the landscaping around Adele's neighborhood, as we walk around. This beautiful fountain with palm trees and other greenery, is right at the entrance to her cul-de-sac. It's also one of my favorite pictures of the two of us :-)
We had coffee and conversation at Adele's house almost every morning. I found a box of Entenmann's Crumb Coffee Cake at the Publix grocery store nearby, and Dad and I snacked on a piece of that with our coffee, every day. Yum! 
The Fort Lauderdale airport terminals have been under construction and renovation for the past few years. Our terminal looked nice, and had fairly efficient passenger flow, although we did have to backtrack once, after checking a bag. 
Pretty sunset view, as we're descending into Denver. 
Some interesting lights on Concourse B, reflecting on the ice on the ground, as we're approaching our gate in Denver.
