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Kelly's parents rented a condo in the Admiralty House this year...
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It was recently renovated and looks more modern than the other condo...
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The view of the beach is pretty much identical. Both condos are on the 17th floor. You can even see the old building peaking over the top of the building in between...beach_from_condo.resized

Here they are from the beach at night. The new condo is in the building to the left (north), on the right side, second from the top. The old building is to the right (south)...
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I took a picture of the pool from the balcony...
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Take a look at the last picture again. Notice the palm tree in the top-right, just above the four lounge chairs. Here it is again when we went down to use the barbecue...
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And then again a day-or-two later...
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We walked miles-and-miles on the beach. We saw ibises...
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And jellies...
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And sea slugs...
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Here's a close-up...
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And egrets...
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And driftwood...
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On our longest walk (about 6.5 miles!), Kelly found this huge hermit crab. The shell it was living in was about a foot long...
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Wednesday is Farmers' Market day on Marco Island.  Kelly and her mom at a stall...
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We watched the sunset every day...
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