Behind Blogging

Time is required to review photos and tweak them a bit for presentation.  Time is required to construct a post on the blog.  And, when time is being used well for enjoyment of new and interesting places, visiting with old friends and making new friends, it seems time does not get invested in keeping up with the blog.  We are a bit behind.  In fact, the month of January is quickly coming to a close and no posts have been added.

Often, we wonder if the friends and family follow and enjoy the blog.  Then, we get feedback that more people are reading the blog than realized.  Carol and Dan Rohr, fellow DeFever Cruisers, wrote:

Thank you for keeping in touch and letting us share your trip vicariously.  We enjoy it almost as much as you!  It's always heart-warming to hear from you and see how much you appreciate each other and what's around you.  Thanks for your inspiration! Beautiful tributes and wonderful words bring the places right here.

Recently, we visited some Defever Cruiser friends, Greg and Barbara Allard, who are in Palmetto, Florida (near the south end of the Sunshine Skyway crossing Tampa Bay).  Greg told us: "Reading your blog is like reading National Geographic."

With such comments from friends, the encouragement to invest time in the blog must be recognized.  Interestingly, more people than friends and family are reading the Last Dance blog.  After Canada, the country most accessing the blog is Russia.

Many have commented that they enjoy the photos, so a photo was selected for this post, displayed above.  It is looking behind, as we raced (as much as you can race in an 8 knot boat) through Alabama, to make the anchorage at Ingram Bayou before dark.

Well, a post has been made in January.