This rooster was on a sign at the entrance of a farm that I passed while my wife and I were driving through Alabama this past weekend. I thought it made a perfect silhouette against the setting sun.
Alabama
Travel
The windows of this little house on the beach in Fort Lauderdale always offer some glimpse of life beyond the window. Sometimes it is the aqua waves of the Atlantic Ocean, sometimes people basking on the beach, or the golden glow of sunset. On overcast mornings it is simply drab and dull. But when I passed this little house a couple of weeks ago, the morning sunshine greeted me.
The view sent me on my way singing an old song by Eliza Hewitt. Eliza had a severe back injury that caused her to spend six long months at home in a cast. On her first walk in a nearby park, the sunshine inspired her to write . . .
“There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.
O there’s sunshine, blessèd sunshine,
When the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face,
There is sunshine in the soul.”
Highway A1A
Fort Lauderdale, FL
I have seen this church many times, but this time the lighting, cotton field, and flock of birds that flew by gave it just the setting I liked.
Church seen in South Georgia
I-75 North
This was my view of the Sea of Galilee on my second morning in Israel. When I read my Bible that morning, I experienced something I had never experienced before. As I read the stories I could see, smell, hear, and feel what I was reading about. I no longer had to imagine what the Sea of Galilee and other places looked like. In fact, I had left the sliding door of my room open all night so I could hear the soothing lapping sound of the waves where Jesus said “Peace be still.” The peace and safety I felt while I was there made me so happy I had dismissed my fears of visiting Israel.
Later that morning, our group rode across the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum. Here our guide, Tsion Ben-david, took out a map and helped us understand the geography of the area.
Rimonim Galei Kinnereth Hotel
1 Eliezer Kaplan Street
Tiberias, Tiberias 14100, Israel
Somewhere between Huntsville and Scottsboro, Alabama I saw this old barn off Highway 72. The weathered wood gives it character that I like.
Alabama
While walking on Jacksonville Beach I saw this boat waiting to carry someone riding on the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. It looked inviting but the weather was too cool for me.
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville, FL
While my wife and I were driving through the Painted Desert, we saw what appears to me to be an old 1932 Ford Fordor sedan along the former route of Route 66. The golden rays of the setting sun gave the entire a golden hue that I liked.
I would recommend driving through the Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert if you are traveling I-40 through Arizona.
Route 66
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
The Painted Desert in Arizona was one of the places my wife and I visited during our drive across the United States. The rich shades of red are beautiful to me.
Painted Desert
Arizona
The Swann Covered Bridge is one of three covered bridges I visited in Blount County, Alabama. The Swann, sometimes called the Joy Bridge, is 325 feet long making it the longest covered bridge in Alabama. It spans the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River
Cleveland, AL 35079
The Horton Mill Bridge is a 220 foot long covered bridge which spans the Calvert Prong of the Little Warrior River in Oneonta, Alabama. Construction began in 1864 but it did not open until 1934.
Horton Mill Bridge
Oneonta, AL
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