Wednesday, August 1, 2012

I’m Fairly Sure This Is What Heaven Looks Like


The water here in the Dry Tortugas is amazing.  The deep water is a deep but bright blue, turning to turquoise as it gets shallower.  You don’t even see water this blue in swimming pools.  The hubby keeps saying that our time here falls into the category of “doesn’t suck”.  The pictures I’m posting below have not been retouched at all.  It’s official.  I want to live here forever. 




Today we went over to Loggerhead Key with a couple we met last night.  They’re also from Texas.  How cool is that?  It seems that everywhere we go, we meet people from Texas.  And I’m OK with that.  There is also a couple we met yesterday, that are volunteers over at Loggerhead and spend 3 months at a time living on the island and keeping up the maintenance.  We want to know how they got that gig!



We walked the beach and got to see several Loggerhead Turtle tracks that lead to what look to have been nests.  I’m guessing they were nests because then we would see tiny little turtle tracks heading back down to the water.  It fell in to the pretty neat category. 


We also found a baby doll arm….not neat.  It looked like something off of a scary movie.

On a side note I'm going to be starting one of Bob Bitchin's books this evening.

6 comments:

  1. OMG! Yes. While I hope it remains so wonderfully inaccessible, I still hope to venture there one day. It may force me to buy a boat. It's a beauty that is so close, yet out of reach.

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    1. Tommy you would truely be a Sandals commercial if you had a boat. I see you in linen pants and casually stylish button up shirts. I "see" it now :)

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  2. Sheri and I are going to get there yet!! We are hoping to cut the line sometime in December.

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    1. We can't wait to see y'all. Let us know when you'll be down there and we may sail down for a visit.

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  3. Looks like this one will be on our "must see" list. FYI I love your writing style!

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  4. Thank u :) Yep, the must see list and the must see again list.

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