{"id":1021,"date":"2009-12-22T19:56:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T23:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulandmarg.paulweigel.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2010-07-07T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T17:16:51","slug":"straits-of-florida-dec-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We crossed the Straits of Florida and the Gulf Stream today. They say you should never cross with a north wind (it was NE wind with an 8ft swell) but we found it quite pleasant and not at all a difficult passage.\u00a0 It is 48 nautical miles to Lauderdale from Bimini and rarely do you see another vessel until you get close to the harbour, but today we actually would have collided with a freighter had we not changed course &#8211; when you have a lot of time on your hands you start to wonder &#8220;what are the odds of that??&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the sea and its power makes me feel very alive and it also makes me wonder where all the water came from &#8211; there is a lot of land but there is twice as much sea? I also wonder where did all the salt come from to make the sea 4% saline &#8211; it takes a lot of salt to make that much water that salty. Now that&#8217;s something to think about when you can&#8217;t sleep or you&#8217;re feeling melancholy.<\/p>\n<p>We went grocery shopping after we went to customs and immigration. We are planning to celebrate my birthday tomorrow with a steak dinner on the boat (my choice) and then go to a jazz club and hear some music. It&#8217;s great to be back&#8230;..now we are beginning to entertain ideas on how to continue the adventure.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1021 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0004-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0004-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1027\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1027'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the middle of miles of sea we had to change our course so as not to collide\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0010-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0010-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1028\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1028'>\n\t\t\t\tNothing but sea then the buildings start growing up from the horizon\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0027-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0027-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1029\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1029'>\n\t\t\t\tMiami from about 12 miles out\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0041-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0041-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1036\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1036'>\n\t\t\t\tTHe Harbour is busy with all kinds of boats\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0043-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0043-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1037\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1037'>\n\t\t\t\tWe were looking for the OASIS (largest in the world) but this was all we could find\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0045-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0045-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1038\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1038'>\n\t\t\t\tI am alawys amazed at how rich the rich are&#8230;..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0049-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0049-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1039\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1039'>\n\t\t\t\tI am alawys amazed at how rich the rich are&#8230;..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0051-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0051-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1040\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1040'>\n\t\t\t\tI am alawys amazed at how rich the rich are&#8230;..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We crossed the Straits of Florida and the Gulf Stream today. They say you should never cross with a north wind (it was NE wind with an 8ft swell) but we found it quite pleasant and not at all a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahamas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We crossed the Straits of Florida and the Gulf Stream today. They say you should never cross with a north wind (it was NE wind with an 8ft swell) but we found it quite pleasant and not at all a &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-22T23:56:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-07-07T17:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0004-8-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bigguy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bigguy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\",\"name\":\"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-22T23:56:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-07-07T17:16:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaa7b425a0f42113fca936906bf64eb2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/\",\"name\":\"Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures\",\"description\":\"Our Journal and Pictures\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaa7b425a0f42113fca936906bf64eb2\",\"name\":\"Bigguy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddf97608011f45ac5e6ddd971f41c2d779a7c408d5d01c2b964fa1d0c973c80d?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddf97608011f45ac5e6ddd971f41c2d779a7c408d5d01c2b964fa1d0c973c80d?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bigguy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/author\/bigguy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures","og_description":"We crossed the Straits of Florida and the Gulf Stream today. They say you should never cross with a north wind (it was NE wind with an 8ft swell) but we found it quite pleasant and not at all a &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/","og_site_name":"Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures","article_published_time":"2009-12-22T23:56:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-07-07T17:16:51+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC_0004-8-150x150.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Bigguy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bigguy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/","url":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/","name":"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22 - Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-12-22T23:56:38+00:00","dateModified":"2010-07-07T17:16:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaa7b425a0f42113fca936906bf64eb2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/straits-of-florida-dec-22\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Straits of Florida, Dec. 22"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/","name":"Paul and Marg&#039;s Adventures","description":"Our Journal and Pictures","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaa7b425a0f42113fca936906bf64eb2","name":"Bigguy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddf97608011f45ac5e6ddd971f41c2d779a7c408d5d01c2b964fa1d0c973c80d?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddf97608011f45ac5e6ddd971f41c2d779a7c408d5d01c2b964fa1d0c973c80d?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Bigguy"},"url":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/author\/bigguy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulweigel.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}