Happy World Ocean Day
I honor of World Ocean Day, here’s look inside the shipwreck from my previous post. A popular hangout as you can see!
Wreck Creation
This is the first picture I’ve posted here that wasn’t taken by me. I handed the camera off to my wife for this shot of me exploring the Tracy wreck, aka Ken Vitale Memorial. It’s a 132 foot oil rig supply boat sitting in 70 feet of water just off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. There are many wrecks here not far from the beach, but you do still need a boat to get to them. We even swam to a 2nd wreck from this one. Some of the best diving in the States is right here in South Florida. Come down and go for a swim!
The Wings Have Been Spread
…like an angel looking down.
Goodnight Blimp
I think I may have mentioned before that the Goodyear Blimp lives just north of me, and I can even read the giant “Goodyear” printed on the side of the hanger from my balcony. The blimp usually cruises up and down the beach for the tourists, but occasionally I’ll hear the buzzing noise it makes and be able to look outside in time to see it fly right over my building. Kind of a cool and unusual thing to see. So if you’re following this blog like you should be (wink*wink), you can expect to see a picture of it every now and again. Here it is putting itself to bed…
Spirit of the Alligator
The sun sets in the Everglades here. So I could hardly believe what I was seeing when this massive gator head appeared one night! I can only imagine what the Seminoles would have thought if the gods presented something like this to them years ago.
The Lonely Kayaker
I shot this one from the dive boat last week. I thought it was cool how the reflection showed the clouds on the left and clear sky on the right.
Northern Sunset
This is the view looking north from my balcony. It was the only evidence that the sun actually set that night, since the rest of it was blocked by clouds of a passing storm. This is what it looks like when the sun sets in the north instead of the west.
Shark Encounter
Saw this guy passing through the reef last weekend. I shot some video of him too that you can see on the Beauty of Florida Facebook page.
Miami Red
Not all of the beauty in Florida is nature made, there’s a lot of “man-made” beauty here as well. I don’t know what this building is, but it really caught my eye when I was leaving the American Airlines Arena the other night. If you know anything about this building, please comment.
Happy Mother’s Day!
To all you mothers who give it your all to do what’s best for your children and to be there for them night and day, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! This is a pic of my Mom and Dad watching the moon rise over the Indian River in Sebastian, Florida. Happy Mother’s Day Mom! And to the newest mother in my family, Happy Mothers Day Elsa!! I hope you both had a wonderful day!
Colors of the Glades
One of my personal favorites…
Traffic in the Everglades
I watch the news when I get ready for work in the morning. This morning’s traffic report included something I haven’t seen yet. A road was backed up because an alligator made his way on to it, blocking one of the lanes. Unfortunately someone ran over the poor guy and he has to be put down. Gator blocks traffic
Beauty of Florida 