The Wandering Disciple

After sixteen years, Lord Stanley's Cup has returned to Tampa Bay as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars to bring the championship back to Tampa Bay.  In a season shortened by COVID-19, the 2020 season took on a new look as all games were played within a safety bubble with no fans in attendance.  But the Lightning brought the Thunder of the fans into Canada and used that momentum to lift them to their second Stanley Cup in franchise history.  (Photo: November 2, 2016)

The queen of the skies, the iconic Boeing 747 is about to arrive at Southwest Florida International under a bright Florida sunshine. The industries first jumbo jet, the 747 took its first flight in 1969.  Since then the 747 has been a workhorse of the sky serving both the commercial and cargo industries as well as being the air frame for Air Force One, the official aircraft of the United States President.  This 747 is on a cargo mission flying for Western Global Airlines.  (Photo: September 23, 2020)

Predators of the deep patrol the reefs under Manta at Sea World Orlando.  This immersive aquarium winds through the ride queue of Manta and lets riders go deep with sharks and giant rays that live in the oceans of the world.  If you are not into thrills of coasters, you can still see these creatures up close in the aquarium exhibit just adjacent to the ride entrance.  (Photo: September 18, 2020)

Lakewood Ranch, Florida: Following the cancellation of the 16u class during this weekend's USSSA tournament, the Florida High Heat and Dioner Navarro Academy made the most of the weekend by hooking up for a pair of games on Saturday afternoon at Lakewood Ranch Park.  Despite both teams putting up a good effort, DNA swept the doubleheader. The first game was a tight affair with DNA grabbing a 4-2 win.  The second game saw a little more scoring with DNA winning 9-5.  The wins put DNA 2-3-1 on the Fall season. The doubleheader scrimmage was the first game action of the year of Florida High Heat. Click on the photo above to view the Florida High Heat/Dioner Navarro photo gallery .

For over 50 years, this brownstone at 123 Sesame Street has been teaching children about number, letters, colors, manners and much more.  The popular PBS children series launched in 1969 features cultural icons like Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, Elmo and friends.  While you can still catch episodes of the show on tv, Sea World Orlando has brought Sesame Street to life in their Central Florida theme park.  All of the popular places and famous characters can be seen in the new Sesame Street Land which opened at Sea World Orlando last year.  (Photo: September 18, 2020)

A flock of American birds can be seen filling up the ramp of Concourse D at Southwest Florida International Airport.  American Airlines is the third busiest airline at RSW and connects passengers with destinations from Texas to New York.  American is responsible for almost 15% of commercial traffic at RSW.  American Airlines operates out of Concourse D, sharing the concourse with JetBlue and Spirit Airlines. (Photo: September 14, 2020)

  An Emperor Penguin chick shows off its fluffy new coat in the penguin colony at Busch Gardens Sea World.  When a penguin is hatched, many of them are born without feathers.  In the coming weeks they begin to grow fluffy feathers also called down.  The penguins will have this down for roughly their first year of life.  During this time, the feathers are not waterproof so the penguins do not swim.  After they reach about a year of age, they get their adult plumage which consists of the slick waterproof feathers we symbolize with penguins.  (Photo: September 18, 2020)