I posted this on my (new) blog, but thought I'd share it with yall here ~ Enjoy!
I love sailing. So when I got into SL, one of my first purchases was for sure going to be a sailboat. I have the fantastic and sleek FairChange Sailer now - it seats five and is really my favorite in my burgeoning boat collection.
I recently moved to Lakeville on the waterfront, and I now have a DOCK (WooHOO!) Created by the talented and wonnerfuls Grey Mars, one of my partners in crime in my vida dos. Anyhow I decided to go sailing on those great water sims - the ones near Omidyar, noted for the cool sea floor formations that create the SL Hand Logo when observed on the map.
I rezzed my sailboat at Stinson, having had fond memories of the RL Stinson beach of Northern California, and spend some happy times sailing around in that area, and moving Eastward checking out the islands of Kremer, Mohr and Misso.
As I headed further Northeast and explored the waters around the islands of Spurlock and Brenner, I hatched a cool plan! I would see if I could plot a course from where I was all the way back home to my dock. I was excited, and at first glance it looked like I could sailed all the way home, no problems.
I would have to head Soutwest throught Gualala, Jenner (yay NoCali Coast!), Montara, Hooper and Bolinas. Then I would make a southern dash through Myrtle and then take that hard turn East at Deimos.
It was wonderful going through what I call the "curlycues" the meandering and curving waterway through Metis, Io and Ganymede. I'll pause here to thank the wonderful residents who live along the pathway I chose for my little adventure. There is an amazing plethora of fantastic and really beautiful builds.
I was struck most by the attention to detail. I mean I don't really know how many people just up and go sailing along, but it seemed that many of the residents had built small, lovely touches just for someone like me - who would happen to sail along to see them. From lovely balcony designs and railings to cleverly designed decks, docks and piers. My favorite was a lovely carved wooden lampost with black iron accents, that seemed placed there simply to light the way, should anyone come drifting along on a nighttime sail.
I was still caught up in the wonder and beauty of what I had just seen when I ran smack dab into a big ass DAM right at the Ganymede/Atlas border. Well it IS an impressive build - mostly created by Xenon Linden as far as I could see, and a donation of a water spout by Ryan Linden.
I figured I might have to portage a bit, but DANG. I did NOT look forward to hauling my sailboat up and over this humongous structure. But you know, I was hell bent on completing my voyage as I had laid it out so you know I did it. There is a cool road that goes along the top of the dam. I slid down the other side and continued on my voyage.
Southeast through Atlas, Mimas and finaly to Tethys. I had seen from my quick perusal at the map, that I would need to hang a sharp left, but I was not prepared for the amazing blocks of stone scattered upthrust through the waterway. I was both unsettling and lovely, but navigable. I made my turn and took one last look at the stone formations, then headed North to Enceladus. The way was clear sailing as far as I could see, and I delighted in looking again at some of the amazing things that people had created.
I love bridges, coming from living so many years in the Bay Area in Northern California, which boasts some of the most beautiful, and interesting bridges in the nation. I marveled at the robust spans created by various Lindens but my all time favorite was the Crag Bridge in Ross, created by SuluMor Romulus. An appropriate build for a person who's name is a bridge - the same going forwards and backwards. A bridge connects. The name connects. Delicious.
There were some wonderful waterfalls as well. In Enceladus Vudu Sauvage had a fantastic one with great textures, and it ended in a swirling pool mixing with the waters that I was sailing on. Another build that you would not see from the property above, but only if you sail by as I did. Another one I loved, was a step falls created by Crucial Armitage in Clarksburg. Great water textures, and romantic steps encasing the falls as they made their way down. Lovely.
You may wonder why I haven't included pictures of all of this. Well as some of you may know, I'm a nutso shutterbug, but this was a journey just for me. I keep the images in my mind and maybe one day soon, I'll go back on a photographic journey, but I also wanted to keep it special for you. Anyone can grab a boat, or walk, or fly along the route that I took and see for themselves the beauty and wonder that can be found in SL.
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