We leave the Everglades

Leaving at dawn

Miami

Our new home for 5 days

We finally have left the Everglades. The quietude of the wilderness is so profound and silent. The glades are an amazing place. The birds are ever-present. Look up anytime and you will surely see a murder of crows or a sky full of pelicans or a hood of vultures or maybe a lone great white heron. There are also always sounds from the birds. They chirp starting about 3:30 am. The egrets and herons and ibis's are always squawking. Even in the dark of night, the great blue herons and anhingas would scream at us if we got too close. Now I sit, a hundred yards from a billion tons of metal which will be our home for the next 5 days. The Carnival cruise will go to the Bahamas and I may not talk to you all until we return. The pup was not pleased when I handed her to the kennel handler.  She looked back at me as they disappeared through the door. I hope the soulful distraught eyes will not haunt me on our trip. When we left, different people told us what we must do in the cities we go through. I think I have had my fill of cities, growing up north of Boston, I enjoyed the city, but I was always more comfortable in the woods behind my house. It is still true, the wild has a call that I respond to. Also, howling at the moon on Bourbon Street will send you to jail. The cruise will be civilized, but relaxed. Also, we hope to get off the ship at the ports and venture into what wild we can find.