48 years ago my mother took me and my brother to Pompano Beach over April school vacation. This was at the end of a long, cold, dreary winter in Connecticut. I was 11 and my brother Peter was 10.
I was thrilled by the warm tropical air! All night the trade winds would rustle the palm trees on the beach and it was one of the most comforting sounds imaginable and remains so in my memory to this day.
I recall one night on the beach watching the heat lightening playing over the Bahamas over the horizon to the east; a large green sea turtle had climbed up on to the beach to lay her eggs. I walked up to the lighthouse that night along the beach (the lighthouse doesn't appear to have changed). It was the most enchanting night of my life!
Thanks again for the pictures and the wonderful memories!
Thank you so much for your pictures!
ReplyDelete48 years ago my mother took me and my brother to Pompano Beach over April school vacation. This was at the end of a long, cold, dreary winter in Connecticut. I was 11 and my brother Peter was 10.
I was thrilled by the warm tropical air! All night the trade winds would rustle the palm trees on the beach and it was one of the most comforting sounds imaginable and remains so in my memory to this day.
I recall one night on the beach watching the heat lightening playing over the Bahamas over the horizon to the east; a large green sea turtle had climbed up on to the beach to lay her eggs. I walked up to the lighthouse that night along the beach (the lighthouse doesn't appear to have changed). It was the most enchanting night of my life!
Thanks again for the pictures and the wonderful memories!