I have been looking through all the pictures I took over the 16 days of my journey.  I thought I would share some of the best of the best with you.  I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoyed taking them.

“The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. I know its moods, its color, its nature. It was very far inland that I caught the first smell of the Pacific. When one has been long at sea, the smell of land reaches far out to greet one. And the same it true when one has been long inland.”
― John Steinbeck

Pacific Ocean Fact: The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world covering 63.78 million square miles.

Pacific Ocean Fact: The Pacific Ocean is also the deepest ocean with depths that reach up to 13,740 feet.

Pacific Ocean Fact: Seven (7) of the deepest ocean trenches in the world are found in the Pacific Ocean.

Pacific Ocean Fact: The Great Barrier Reef calls the Pacific Ocean home. It is the largest coral reef system in the world!

Pacific Ocean Fact: There are several volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean Basin.

Pacific Ocean Fact: 25,000 island also call the Pacific Ocean home, including Hawaii.

The Pacific Ocean (and all oceans) need our help, there are many organizations that want to help save the oceans. We just cannot live without them.

She is a beautiful ocean, even when the sun cannot come out and play.  I am so sad that she is considered by some to be nothing more than a landfill for garbage.  The thought makes my heart break.  We cannot afford to lose this resource and all the creatures and plants that live in her.  Thank you for listening!!