Morning Swim
Happy Friday! Time for a swim!
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Elk River Falls
Elk River Falls are located in Western North Carolina, right along the border of Tennessee. The hike from the parking area is super short but there are a lot of smaller game trails heading off in all directions from the Falls. The sound of the falls make it easy to keep your bearings and find your way back to the river.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Pylons
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone at El Dorado Royale in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Beach Days
Mexico knows how to Friday! Here's a shout-out to everybody setting up a chair or cabana around the casitas today.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
VIDEO: Poolside at El Dorado Royale
El Dorado Royale is a magnificent resort on Mexico's Riviera Maya, near Playa del Carmen. We spent a short week relaxing by the Caribbean and poolside with friends who were visiting for the wedding of two of our good friends. It's just as beautiful as it looks!
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Cameras used to film this video:
DJI Mavic Pro
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Dive In
The weekend is calling! I hope your plans include some sun, turquoise water and a cool drink. Cheers!
This photograph was captured with a (slightly wet) Sony a6300.
Seaside Casitas
These casitas were home for us last week while we celebrated the marriage of our friends, Christa and Bob. What a great week!
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.
Busy Day on the Water
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro Drone.
Turquoise
These are the turquoise waters of the St. Pete Beach area in Florida. The islands in the distance are Shell Key Preserve & Tierra Verde. We took a little stop halfway across I-275, just before the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and were treated to this beautiful view.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge
St. Petersburg's Sunshine Skyway Bridge soars 180 feet over the water and reaches over four miles, connecting St. Petersburg with mainland Florida, near Bradenton. A drive across it gives the Florida Key's Seven Mile Bridge a run for its money.
The span portion of the bridge is just over a mile long but with three miles of connector on each side, it's a drive that should be on everyone's road trip bucket list. The connectors seem to float just above the green and blue water of Tampa Bay on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. The close proximity to the water and wide-open views on each side make it a popular stretch of road for car commercials.
Another striking feature of the span bridge are the bright yellow cables that soar 250 feet into the sky.
Despite being an architectural icon that measures 430 feet tall, the 180-foot height limit is already preventing some of the world's greatest ships from reaching Port Tampa Bay. In fact, nearly every new cruise ship built today has an air draft exceeding 180 feet. That leads to the question, should they replace the 30 year-old bridge with a taller one or is it more cost-effective to build an additional, more modern port a few miles north or south of the current historic Port Tampa Bay? As the largest port in Florida — supporting over 80,000 jobs — its days may be numbered if it is no longer reachable by the state-of-the-art container and cruise ships that are being assembled today.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.