{"id":45,"date":"2011-03-24T21:41:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T01:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barrystravels.wordpress.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2013-02-27T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T17:47:42","slug":"goodbye-to-goodland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/2011\/03\/24\/goodbye-to-goodland\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to Goodland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Goodland<\/a>
Sunset over the mangroves of Goodland, FL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now for the hardest part of a trip like this–leaving. \u00a0I have made quite a few close friends here over the past months and it breaks my heart a little to have to let them go. \u00a0I never know when I might see them again, though, so the goodbyes never seem final. \u00a0I try to keep in touch with everyone, but of course some relationships will fade with time. \u00a0There are equally as many that will remain bright and will continue on without skipping a beat when I meet up with the people again in some far-off time and place. \u00a0I treasure those moments–the chance or planned meetings of people that I have loved and had to leave behind.<\/p>\n

For now I have to get underway before the day fades. \u00a0I want to be well offshore before I lose the light so that I can enjoy the dark and the stars rather than being nervous about unseen hazards. \u00a0I will be sailing straight from here to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas–a straight-line distance of about 120 miles. \u00a0The wind looks fair and light. \u00a0It should be an uneventful passage.<\/p>\n

I have no idea what adventures may await beyond the horizon and the excitement dulls the pain of leaving. \u00a0What a strong mix of emotion! \u00a0There is the fresh pull of leaving mixed heavily with the temptation to stay. \u00a0It all leaves me feeling very alive even through the sadness.<\/p>\n

I hope that I leave everyone’s lives a little better for having been a part of them. \u00a0I know that mine is better for having shared moments with those around me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now for the hardest part of a trip like this–leaving. \u00a0I have made quite a few close friends here over the past months and it breaks my heart a little to have to let them go. \u00a0I never know when I might see them again, though, so the goodbyes never seem final. \u00a0I try to… Continue reading Goodbye to Goodland<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contessa26","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ztFW-J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}