Beach hunters like stormy weather: is that sick!

[John 'n' W.Va]

We had a front move through yesterday, that brought some needed rain. I thought today would be a good for MD on the beach. Maybe things would get stirred up. Didn't happen. Today there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the beach was flat. I got 53 cents, bobby pin and some pieces of iron. I could see the rocket launch at the cape really well from the beach. It was a pretty day.

 

[awhitster]

Some years we get huge waves here on the coast. I don't wish for property damage but I hope the beach gets tore up. There were a couple of turn of the century dance halls at the beach. It was famous back in the early 1900's so who knows what might turn up.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

The stories I heard about people finding gold on the beach after a hurricane. I mean Spanish gold. One guy found found a small box with gold coins on a federal beach. You won't find it on any treasure magazine. They are staying silent about it.

I had a co-worker that has a co-op with some other men. They would go out on week ends looking for Spanish wreaks. Spanish wreaks get very scattered out when they sink. Sometimes they cross boundaries on their claims a little bit. They have a little bit of pirate in them. He would show me some of his finds at work. All kinds of Spanish coins. People don't know all they have found. And they don't want them to know.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah storms unearth the goodies.

Bill

 

[John-Edmonton]

That must of been a fantastic hunt, not so much the finds, but the ability to to see the rocket launch at the cape and swing a machine at the same time. Very unique!

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[John 'n' W.Va]

I have lived in Florida 3 different times: 50's, 70's and the last 15 years. Every time I have lived here, it seems like a different state. I don't want to retire here. Florida has a lot of good points. It is a great place to visit. They are running out of everything: land, drinking water. Too many people and to much crime. Too few roads. It is changing into somthing I don't like. I better stop.

 

[Dick from IA]

[quote john 'n' central fl.]I have lived in Florida 3 different times: 50's, 70's and the last 15 years. Every time I have lived here, it seems like a different state. I don't want to retire here. Florida has a lot of good points. It is a great place to visit. They are running out of everything: land, drinking water. Too many people and to much crime. Too few roads. It is changing into somthing I don't like. I better stop.[/quote]

John: I just read your post to my wife, and we both cracked up over it. We have been in Florida for 2 weeks, with one to go. It has been great visiting family and doing some beach hunting, which is nice for a change.

But, you're right; Florida is definitely too crowded, and there are not enough roads to handle all the traffic. Plus it's expensive! Even though we'll be back in the Iowa "deep freeze" very soon, I am looking forward to getting back. I do like Florida, but I don't love it enough to spend most of my retirement here.

Dick (Country Boy at Heart)

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

n/t

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Seeing a rocket launch would be pretty special. You're a lucky fella.
Mick Evans.

 

[Uncle Willy]

When I lived in Vegas during the late fifties early sixties I got to watch them shoot off Atom bombs above ground north of Vegas. More exciting because the ground shook and you could hear the blast and see the mushroom cloud rise up.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

That's why I left the LA area many years ago. Talk about a drastic change. I went from a megatropolis with millions of people to a town of 800 people in Northern Idaho.

Bill