Tooling around Florida after the wedding, (see previous post here) the two of us would spend some time on St. Petersburg Beach…
Our son and Grandson flew in for the wedding and would spend the next day with us afterward. Here, the art of “catching” is demonstrated… in this case, either a small seagull or a tennis ball!
Then, visiting friends, and eating out on Long Boat Key, and Punta Gorda…
An alluring on-water restaurant, (Mar Vista) sitting amongst sprawling Silver Buttonwood Trees, Whitney Beach, Long Boat Key
And then, two nights inside Disney World, doing the entire day in between within Epcot, each of us walking about 22,000 steps (about 10 miles – 16 km!)
A last-minute call for any available room on this Spring Break weekend succeeded in getting a very reasonable “yes” in the Pop Century resort. 🙂
The iconic “Spaceship Earth,” Epcot
The last post in this series will cover our rainy drive back to New Jersey.
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The main event of our recent Florida Vacation was our nephew’s wedding to his beautiful bride on the stunning beach at St. Pete, Florida, …a perfect day!
A hint that something extraordinary was about to happen!Hmmm,Friends and relatives gathered.And as the wonderful ceremony proceeded, beach people watched…The event was awesome. The beautiful blessed couple shined in the late afternoon sun, and the people cheered andpartied into the night.Google Maps
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My wife and I (and Sandy Paws, the dog,) journeyed about 750 miles (1200 km) from New Jersey to see and photograph the Total Solar Eclipse last week, meeting up with most of our immediate family for an unforgettable, awesome event which none of us, including the youngest, will ever forget.
Through a very dense solar filter, these first two images show the moon in silhouette, moving slowly from upper right to lower left across the sun. Click on to see the sunspots near the center, and lower left limb.
Totality descended rapidly in the final seconds… exposing this unreal, and unforgetable sight, joined by gasps and “Oh my God, it’s beautiful (s)..” Fontana Village is a resort in western North Carolina, today within the “path of totality,” a ~70 mile (113 km) shadow area – this time moving west to east across the United States. Above, the sun’s outer corona is captured.Above: Totally eclipsed over two minutes, the sun just ….reappears. This shorter exposure shows the inner corona and solar flares (reddish bursts to the right and lower right of the sun,) often referred to as the ‘Diamond Ring effect.” As the moon continues along, gradually exposing more of the sun… the strong filters and solar glasses are again required, as the landscape moves from deep twilight to full daylight in a little over an hour.Besides finding it hard to concentrate on the quickly changing demands of eclipse photography, the totality is unlike anything you could ever experience. Spontaneous applause and cheers welled up from the field in a unified expression of being witness to something extraordinary.
Accompanied in the field by our children, their children; my brother and sister-in-law, and Sandy Paws, we appreiciated such a beautiful day for an exceptional event just south of the Great Smoky Mountains. As usual, click on the images for a closer look, and thanks for viewing. Comments are always welcome. M 🙂
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I felt that tugging feeling…. that another post was due. So I “captured” these images a little before sunset tonight, Monday, April 27th 2015.
The plane was about 12,000 feet (3600m) probably heading to Kennedy Airport, NY. The moon was about 240,000 miles (386,000 km.) with the Sea of Tranquility being the darker plain in the center.Gull landing on a neighbor’s houseSea Gull heading west with the American Flag in foreground
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The main event of our recent Florida Vacation was our nephew’s wedding to his beautiful bride on the stunning beach at St. Pete, Florida, …a perfect day!
