It was an ordinary day. Looking through my old scrapbooks of places to which Carol and I have traveled during our married life. We have spent vacations with our entire family to many locations along the Jersey Shore as well as to Florida. Family vacations have been with our three children when they were small as well as when they have taken their own children, our grandchildren, along on vacations with us. Other vacations that Carol and I have taken over the past 50 plus years include a vacation to Europe with members of our church as well multiple vacations to Hawaii with friends Jere & Just Sue whom I graduated with from Manheim Township High School in 1962. But, some of our most memorable vacations have been when we traveled by ourselves to the Caribbean islands. We have been lucky enough to have traveled to over a dozen Caribbean islands with each and every vacation documented with photographs. During packing for a recent move for Carol and I to the retirement community known as Woodcrest Villa in Lancaster, we spent quite a bit of time looking through all of our scrap books and got to enjoy our vacations all over again. After each album we talked about heading back to this island or that location, but began to realize that perhaps vacations to this place or that place might never happen again due to our advancing ages. Do we chance flying to Hawaii again? Do we really want to pack and take multiple plane flights to this island and that island in the Caribbean? How about just a trip to Florida? That's a long drive for old-timers! So, for now we will once again look through each and every scrapbook and talk about when we did this or when we did that! And...after reading each sentence I have just typed...I know we won't be happy just looking at photographs from past vacations...even trips to the New Jersey Shore. Somehow we must try to figure out how to get the suitcases out of storage and pack them for a vacation to perhaps...Sint Maarten (our favorite) or maybe Turks & Caicos. Then there is the Bahamas and Antigua, and of course Belize and Barbados. I know...I know!! I have to stop it before it goes any farther, right? But, photographs just won't do! The beach photos from various islands where we have visited during our married lifetime just won't do. See if you can make a choice as to which island you would want to visit one more time. There is no way we can decide which island to visit. They all look about the same. Well, when we do decide about when and where...if ever...I will let you know. Until then, look at a few of my beach photographs that follow and decide which one you would visit if you were us. Can you do it? Remember...life only happens once, so don't let it fly by without living in it! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - Most locations below I have forgotten where I took them, but it doesn't matter since all beaches are beautiful. Would it matter to you which one you went to if you had only 1 choice?
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