The ocean takes on a range of colors as you approach it from the tangle of land and water composing Florida's southernmost end. The tones run from steel gray to cerulean blue to baby turquoise, depending on the Kinds, the waves, and the clouds above. On this late morning approach, as we fly in as a two-ship in a loose route formation from Dade- Collier airport (KTNT), the Caribbean turns to cobalt as we leave the Everglades behind and scoot towards the furthermost inhabited island in the chain that lies ahead of us. What feels like a world away, yet begins just a couple dozen nautical miles from the last of Miami's collection of airports-and an easy shot from points on Florida's west coast?
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