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Suwannee River Sunrise

Peaceful, tranquil and quiet. 

Silver Springs State Park - Biggest Fresh Water Springs In The World

Silver Springs. While we are visiting old Florida this weekend, we can't pass up the opportunity to take a Glass Bottom Boat Tour of the clearest, prettiest springs in the world. Silver Springs is old Florida at its best, and it is a beautiful place. Have you seen the real Florida?

Way Down Upon The Suwannee River

Stephen Foster Folk And Cultural Center. Before Disney and before theme parks, there were Florida attractions that highlighted Florida's natural wonders: Silver Springs, St. Augustine ad the Fountain of Youth, Weekee Wachee Springs, and many others. This weekend we are spending time in old Florida, and with friends on the Suwannee River. Tomorrow, before we trek home, we will visit the Stephen Foster Cultural Center, and Silver Springs on the way home. Have you checked out the beauty around you? You just have to look and see. Have a nice weekend.

The Honeymoon Is Never Over If You Do It Right

Well, the travelogue ends today, as we dock at our home port in Tampa. But, our honeymoon isn't over. Each day is a new opportunity to honeymoon all over again. Thanks for enduring the travel photos. Back to work. 

Honeymoon Highlights

I know this blog is supposed to be about legal tech, but the highlight of our honeymoon cruise came tonight when we received the Black and White proofs of our photo shoot yesterday. Our photographer is a genius, as I hope you will agree. We are going to put between 6 and 12 of them in a large wall sized frame for the house. Say what you want about cruise photography, this made the whole cruise for us.I hope you enjoy seeing them half as much as we do. . 

I'm Rethinking My Decision To Swim With The Rays This Week In Grand Cayman

Too Cool For School - St. Pete...Say What?

Visit St. Pete. When I came to St. Petersburg, Florida, for law school in the late Sixties, it was a sleepy little town that rolled up the streets at 10 P.M every night. Fast forward 50 years, and we are the new, cool kid on the block. Many have discovered what we always knew. The combination of weather, sun, surf, and a laid back attitude makes for a great place to live. This article in the Washington Post tells the rest of the world what we already knew. Now, the question is, whether we want all you snow birds to come down here. I'll have to think about that a bit.

#RoadWarrior - Bring Your Entertainment With You

One of my favorite pastimes is finding new uses for old tech. The tiny projector in this photo is my PicoProjector that I used to take to do presentations to small groups. I used to carry a large projection screen; but, they are a pain to take on airplanes. So, I have purchased a 4 pound tabletop screen that is 40 inches and is perfect for hotel rooms and small conference rooms. Why? Well, since I don't do a lot of presenting anymore, it occurred to me that I could use a USB C to HDMI cable to project my computer and smartphone screens when I travel. Now that a lot of TV and entertainment is streaming over the Internet, just connect to WiFi or your own mobile hotspot, and, presto, in room entertainment. I am projecting a 10 inch image here on to the side of my laser printer at home as a proof of concept. This would be great for on the fly courtroom presentations as well. Smartphone, projector and screen all weigh less than 5 pounds. The projector has a rechargeable battery that lasts a couple of hours, so you don't even need a power connection. Fun, fun, fun, until your wife makes you take her out to dinner.

Be A Road Warrior - Or, Just Look Like One

Road Warrior Gadgets. This is a pretty good article about LTE enabled devices. I don't go anywhere without an LTE enabled device. Being a lawyer everywhere requires Internet access everywhere. So, I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch which has its own LTE chip and phone number. Every call, text, or email comes to the watch, and it vibrates or beeps whenever one comes in. It also can get data direct from the Internet, and there are weather, news, and other apps for it. It has sensors that measure heart rate, steps, and other health related information as well. I also carry a recent model Smartphone, in my case a Samsung Note 10+ 5G, which can serve as an Internet hotspot, which provides Internet access anywhere in the Hemisphere, as well as 210 countries worldwide. TMobile has plans for $25 a month that provide 25 gigabytes of hotspot data at 4G speeds where available. I actually have a couple of Smartphones that can serve as Hotspots anywhere in the world. Finally, I carry a Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e tablet with its own LTE chip, and it also can serve as a hotspot for Internet access anywhere. So, Road Warrior, don't just pretend to be connected. Prove it.

Change The Mind, Not The Venue

A Stoic Approach to Travel and Tourism by William O. Stephens %u2013 Modern Stoicism. Happiness is not a function of place, wealth, circumstance, or public view. It is inside the head, and you should look for happiness where it is; not where it is not. We travel a lot, in our mobile society. As I prepare for a week of eating, drinking, and other excesses in the Big Easy, where I went to college, I am thinking that I will still be me there. So, rather than try to escape here, I should be thinking about where my head is at. The venue may change; but, I am always traveling with a companion, in my head. Are you seeking redemption in travel? Or, are you looking at what you can control, inside?