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🎵Prompt: The New Heaven and New Earth🪉🌎

I would’ve liked this question better as a city because I’m actually really happy to be from the good ‘ol USA. I walked across The Rainbow Bridge from Niagara Falls New York to Ontario, Canada. It was a nice experience until the restaurant cheated us on the currency exchange. I do have some nieces and nephews in Canada, so if I had to pick a country outside the US, at least I have a reason to travel there.

My least favorite step outside of our country was a very brief crossing of the bridge at Ciudad de Juarez in Mexico just so we could say we’d been there with the boys (our nephews) while we traveled with them. We drove up a street that felt very unsafe, drove back toward the giant Mexican flag, let the boys burn a little energy on a park playground, and then got right back to the US. It was years later when that show called The Bridge was on TV and showed a glimpse of how awful Juarez could be. I’m glad we didn’t stay longer and thankful we didn’t have any issues.

My most favorite foray outside of our country was a very fast 3-day cruise to the Bahamas. Most of our time was spent on the 50+-year-old ship, but we got 8 hours in port and used it for a small tour of Blue Lagoon. But, oh, that turquoise water was absolutely worth all the travel it took to get there. Here’s one of the pictures from there in a smaller size, but you can see and download the full size at Flickr and read about the trip.

The question also said top of my bucket list, so in thinking about the one country I hope to enjoy (for eternity after this life is over), it has to be in the city of the New Jerusalem when God creates a new Heaven and a New Earth. I imagine this beautiful image of the Caribbean is nothing compared to The Crystal Sea. 🌊💎🌊

And I’ll finish this post with a nice hymn that isn’t apparently that well known since I could only find one with lyrics. It’s called “Address Change Notification” and it’s about moving to a brand new home in Heaven.

October 15, 2026 - Posted by Crystal A Murray (aka CrystalWriter) | AI Image Creations, Photography, Prompts, Slice of Life, Text on Image, Travel & Destinations | bucket list, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2913, moving, new heaven and new Earth, new home, travel