Sunsets as viewed from sea are no more beautiful than those seen from land, but they do tend to inspire greater awe. The boundless union of water and sky together with an ever changing fusion of color and light never fails to beget a divine inspiration.
That is one reason that on December 12, 2023, Jamie and I set sail on a 12 day cruise across the Atlantic from Lisbon, Portugal to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Then, once in Florida, we rented a car and proceeded to explore just a sliver's worth of Southern Florida for the next 7 days.
A second reason, and probably more motivating, was an event of a lifetime. Jamie turned 60 on December 27 and we wanted to do something special to commemorate the occasion.
The links below contain a few thoughts and pictures garnered over our 3 week adventure.
Somewhere, somehow, during our trip I became conscious of the the fact that there are now some 8 billion souls inhabiting our planet. Forty five million individuals were added to our population in the '23 calendar year alone. During one of those "inspirational" sunsets, I found the need to write about a particular friend - one of the eight billion. The first link includes some of those thoughts:
Link------Voyagers in Passing
Other sights along the way:
Link------Lisbon and the Viking Neptune
Link------The Keys
Link------Quicksand
Link------Christmas Day on Dry Tortugas
Link------The Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve
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