Adventure Logan

We want to wish all our family and friends a Happy New Year – may 2023 find peace and good health for all. On December 16 we flew home to Nova Scotia for Christmas on a super Air Canada direct flight – the only way to travel. It is unusual to find a direct flight so we were very pleased to come home without the hassle of a stop in Toronto. Christmas was relaxing and we got to have several great family gatherings. As well we spent time with our Friday group and even hosted a small New Year’s Eve gathering. On January 4th we flew direct again to Tampa (this time with Liz and Earl Corkery). During the time we were in Florida during November we had heard about the flamingo sculpture called HOME which was installed at the main Tampa terminal building. So when we arrived we were lucky enough to pass by it on our way to get our luggage. We had voted during the naming contest and were delighted to learn that the flamingo’s new name Phoebe is the one we had liked best. A play on Phoenicopterus — the flamingo’s scientific name. ‘Phoebe’ is also a playful alliterative to flamingo and means brilliantly inquisitive.” The $520,000 sculpture depicts the giant bird dipping its head beneath the surface of the water, in an illusion created by metal panels and lighting attached to the ceiling. It is amazing!