Belated anniversary trip

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Steve's working a half day tomorrow and then we're setting off for Marco Island for a short vacation and belated celebration of our tenth anniversary. I was in England for our actual anniversary and more interested in just being home when I first came back, so we're finally getting around to just getting away.

I've never been to Marco Island. It's part of the Ten Thousand Islands area of Florida, south of Naples. As a barrier island, it has good shelling (though not as good as that at Sanibel and Captiva islands), and that's the main draw. I seem to have been bitten by the shelling bug lately, so I'm looking forward to a couple of days in an area boasting a better selection than what we have here on the First Coast.

Our resort is right on the beach. And it being the Gulf, there's not a lot of wave action, so we can do a bit of snorkeling. I came across an optical mask in Sports Authority over the weekend. It's only about half my eyeglass prescription strength, but with the way light refracts underwater, it's enough correction that I can see a couple of feet when I snorkel. So Steve and I are looking forward to doing a bit of exploring that way. Though I must admit that I have no intention of getting too far from shore. I know there are sharks out there.

We're only there for three nights and I wish we could stay longer. But I'm happy for the time we're getting and excited about the trip. I think it's going to be a nice way to belatedly mark ten years of a good, shared life.

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