I find myself looking at the Treasure Coast in Florida... after some thought I have an idea as to why. Back in high school in 1968, I read a book called "Pieces of Eight" by Kip Wagner. He found the Spanish 1715 Plate Fleet (ships carrying treasure) off the Florida coast of what is now called the "Treasure Coast".
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| Sebastian Inlet (FL) beach via the webcam 5-17-2018 |
Ever since, I've wanted to go there to walk the beaches.... and that was 50 years ago. That is a long time to have something sitting in the back of your mind.
I've almost made it there. I'm thinking I should BEFORE we start shopping with money in our pocket!
Florida is a Winter project (or so I've been told) and that is months away from now. The present is finishing a few chores, then a slow trek up the eastern coast to Maine.
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| Part of my plan is to stop in Philadelphia and have a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich. Well a couple of them seeing as Pat’s & Geno’s, the rival shops, are across the street from each other. |
We have an old friend up in Maine (I've known Sara since the 90's & the old Homestead email list), Karen has friends/family up that way, there are a lot of historical things to be seen between Georgia and Maine and it turns out that my great great grandparents were from Maine. That was back in the 1850s but I have the names of some towns and that ought to be worth a look!
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| 12th line down on the left side, being able to make the photo bigger sure helps these old eyes! |
If there are any from the Besse or Boynton families still around that part of the world feel free to send me an email!
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| Here someone typed up what was written it's the 8th line on the right side. This helps! |
Planning for touring up to Maine and the back of my head is still glancing at a place that parked itself there in 1968.
Funny how these things work!
I am glad you are finally able to make your long awaited dream a reality.
ReplyDeleteWhomever was in charge of the Boston marriage records back in the day had excellent penmanship.
It's interesting how things that you read or hear about when you're young hang on in your imagination and demand that you go see for yourself. I had a lot of those :-D but by far the Oregon Trail and the rain forests of Oregon were at the top.
ReplyDeleteWe stopped at pioneer museum off I-5 in Brownsville Oregon. It was a great stop for many reasons but what I remember most is the wagon a family actually used to come over the Oregon trail... and how small it was.
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