Florida - Day 1 and 2

We decided to take a "baby-moon", one last non-kids trip. We are taking a 4 night extended weekend trip to Hollywood, FL. (Hollywood is just north of Miami and just south of Ft. Lauderdale) We brought Kylie and we are staying in a dog-friendly hotel here 1 mile from the beach! We drove down and arrived last night (Thursday) and we will leave Monday.

On our way down the Florida coast, south of Daytona Beach, we stopped at the Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in Florida.

It is 175 feet high, 210 steps to the top. Even though Colleen is now 5 months pregnant, she climbed the steps with no problem!

It was a nice view from the top...

After that we went over to the beach to check it out before the sun set. We were able to legally drive on the beach and park our vehicle on it.

Colleen (remember 5 months pregnant) did a great cartwheel with the lighthouse in the background.

Jim tried to do a cartwheel and....it didn't turn out so great.

Colleen even got to see a couple manatees, well sort of:

We then arrive last night in our hotel, and this morning we took Kylie to the dog park near here. She loved the little pool at the dog park and just lounged in it after every ball retrieval. It was really funny and we'll try and get some pics tomorrow.

We then went down to the beach. The water was a pretty blue-green and the temp was around 75-77 today, perfect!

After hanging out at the beach for awhile, we went to go eat at an Italian cafe in downtown Hollywood.

Colleen even posed near this shrub that looked like a lady with shopping bags!

In case you're wondering, Hollywood, Florida was founded in the 1920s and is named after Hollywood, California because the town squares resemble each other.