Favorite Place = The Island

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Somewhere in Florida there is an Island. I have been retreating there for my whole life, as it is only a six-hour drive from my hometown in Georgia. Well, a six-hour drive and an hour-long boat ride. In order to get onto the Island, you must-
park your car,
move everything you will need for the weekend (or week or month!) into a boat,
drive that boat towards the south-southeast (a bearing of just over 92 degrees)
moor the boat,
unload and then reload everything you brought. Then load it all one more time.
The reason I refer to it as the "Island," is because part of its appeal is that it lies almost untouched by commercialization are really technology past the 90's. Those who are familiar with it jokingly refrain from using its name online; it is one place that won't be tagged on any Instagram. There are no grocery stores, bars, golf courses, or gas stations on the island. In fact, the only structures at all on the few-mile-long bit of sand are 35 homes. There is an island community with two sets of "full-timers." That is four people who live on the island year round, while the rest of us come out for stints of time to relax and decompress. So while the Island will remain unnamed, here is a sneak peek at what is going on somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico about 92 degrees from the mainland's harbor...
(photo by me, dolphins following the boat, Janurary 2019)


(photo by me, two People on the Island, January 2019) 

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  1. Laura GibbsJanuary 16, 2019 at 12:58 PM

    This is wonderful, Carl! Look at those dolphins: WOW. Maybe you will do a dolphin-inspired Storybook for this class. There are some great dolphin legends from different cultures around the world, like ancient Greece: Arion and the Dolphin ... and who knows? The dolphins might tell each other stories about us too! :-)

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