Tag Archives: Florida

Key West and More

By Joe

There is a worldly wonder when you wander to a barrier location in your travels. An excitement of seeing a stopping point that requires a change in your mode of travel if you want to continue. It brings to mind what decisions those before you made and how they breached the barriers brought before them. It’s part of what draws people to these places over and over. Cindy and I ventured a trip to one such place this year, one we had thought about doing for several years, Key West. We have been to the northern most point in the contiguous states in Washington so it is only fitting that we do the opposite. Continue reading

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

by Sunny

Most 8 year old girls are easily won over by the following: mermaids, kittens, dolphins, and unicorns.  MJ recently discovered the movie Dolphin Tale, which tells the true story of a young dolphin named Winter who was found caught in a crab trap and rescued. Her tail was later amputated due to the amount of damage from being tangled in the trap.  She learns to swim without it and is also given a prosthetic tail so she could once again swim like a dolphin. MJ has seen it at least 20 times. And counting.  I had remembered seeing it years ago when it was first released, but hadn’t really sat down to watch it with MJ, yet.

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