Old Post Cards

I was in an antique store the other day and I ran across a huge collection of old postcards from years past. Many of them were from people who were vacationing in various beachside locales in Florida back in the 40's and 50's.

I must have spent an hour or so sifting through them, reading the greetings from so many years ago. I love to read these old post cards and about the travels of these unknown people. Brothers, sisters, husbands and wives, friends, families on vacation. No matter how many years go by and how many generations come and go, we all feel this connection to adventure, escapism, new places, the beach, good weather in winter. Some things never change.

It kind of makes me a little sad to read these hand written post cards that are forty or fifty years old. Tales of trips to Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, Pompano Beach, Bal Harbour, Naples, Flagler Beach etc......warm weather, palm trees, sunburns, swimming in the ocean, eating in good restaurants, fishing trips, honeymooners, girlfriends, boyfriends, youth...... Timeless.... things that fifty years from now, people will be enjoying just as we do today, just as they did fifty years ago.

It's amazing how you can relate to the words of young woman writing to her sister back in Chicago back in 1952. The way she describes the beauty of the beach, the palm trees, the restaurants that they have visited, the hotel and the excitement of being someplace new are relevant and stir the same emotions inside of you even today.

I will keep on traveling and keep on writing about the things and places that I see and visit. Someday, it will be interesting to look back on so many great experiences.