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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-11-03....Lighthouses
dansangel
Posted on 06/11/2003 1:27:11 AM PDT by dansangel
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:27:11 AM PDT
by
dansangel
To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; daisyscarlett; dansangel; dutchess; Mama_Bear; FreeTheHostages; .45MAN; ...
Come join us today at the Finest - Happy Humpday to all!
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:29:55 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: dansangel; All
Good morning to all and have a great day......
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:31:04 AM PDT
by
.45MAN
(If you don't like it here try and find a better country, Please!!)
To: dansangel
Good morning Angel.
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:33:09 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("The wicked are always surprised to find nobility in the good.")
To: Aeronaut
Good morning, ((((((Aeronaut)))))
Have a wonderful day! :-)
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:33:53 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: .45MAN
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:35:11 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: dansangel; .45MAN; Aeronaut
Good Morning earybirds!
.45man and dansy, have you ever visited the lighthouses in Maryland?
we have some beautiful ones here, especially on the Eastern Shore.
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posted on
06/11/2003 2:58:11 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( Bush in '04)
To: Pippin
Good morning Pippin.
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posted on
06/11/2003 2:59:55 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("The wicked are always surprised to find nobility in the good.")
To: Aeronaut
How're you doing this morning?
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posted on
06/11/2003 3:03:11 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( Bush in '04)
To: Pippin
((((((Pippin)))))))
No, we haven't had the pleasure of going up the east coast to visit lighthouses...yet. When we run out of "local" ones (NC, SC, GA and FL) we plan on doing just that. Also, there are some wonderful lighthouses on the Great Lakes and in Hawaii (nothing like a good excuse to go there!)
Have a great day! :-)
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posted on
06/11/2003 3:19:00 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: Pippin
How're you doing this morning?Just great. I hope you are, too.
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posted on
06/11/2003 3:29:08 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("The wicked are always surprised to find nobility in the good.")
To: Aeronaut
Good Morning ALL
Coffee's on
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posted on
06/11/2003 4:10:50 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Millington Rally for America after action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872519/posts)
To: GailA
Good Morning, (((((((Gail))))))
What's this I hear about bumps and bruises? I sure hope you're feeling better!
Hugs and scratchies to (((((Rocky))))), too!
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posted on
06/11/2003 4:21:35 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: dansangel
What a wonderful quest. I highly recommend spending a week in NC to visit all of our lighthouses. But be sure to spend two or three days at Ocracoke.
Speaking of lighthouses, now might be a good time for a vanity tease. Here's the first page or so from my novel, Aphrodite's Whisper. (Remember this, Billie?)
Chapter One
Friday, December 11, 1903
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Ethan Roberts walked southward through the frigid, pelting rain. Without even the dim light of stars to thin the blackness he had to rely upon the sound of the crashing breakers to guide him.
Veering too far to the left would soon put him waist deep in roiling surf. Too far to the right and he would have to struggle through the powdery sand of the inner beach that made walking almost impossible. A storm lantern would have easily thrown out enough light to reveal the hard-packed sand that lay between the two, but its glow would have destroyed his night vision, turning his night patrol for stranded ships into a pointless stroll on the beach.
The tempered cold of the Outer Banks had given way to the brutal arctic winds of a noreaster, its freezing rain turning the five miles of watch-walk into a wet, miserable test of endurance. His feet throbbed numbly with cold, and fearing the frostbite that would follow if he did not make it back to shelter soon, he quickened his pace. At twenty-eight, he was old enough to know how dangerous the cold could be, but too young to admit it might defeat him. He would do his job to its completion, as was expected, the weather be damned. But there was nothing in the regulations that said he couldnt hurry it up a bit.
At least the wind blew from behind now, pushing him toward his destination. Although his swept-back storm hat with its large brim diverted most of the water down the back of his slicker, the spray whipped around his head to soak his bearded face. Wiping the moisture from his eyes with the back of his hand, he shuddered from the cold and wondered how long it would be before the rain turned to sleet.
The Hatteras Lighthouse was only a quarter-mile away now. Every seven and a half seconds its bright beam cut through the black swirling rain, beckoning him back to the lifesaving station nestled safely behind the flashing sentinel. Within the station a glowing wood stove called to him, urging him to hurry. Once inside he would use its warmth to thaw his aching flesh, then seek refuge from the ruthless chill under the wool blankets of his bunk. By that time another lifesaver would be walking the shoreline looking for ships that might have run aground while he would be dry, warm and asleep.
Several miles out on the ocean a streak of red bolted from the water then disappeared into the thick, angry clouds above. A moment later Ethan saw the burst of a flare, its white light stabbing holes through the stormy blackness. His thoughts of warmth and sleep evaporated as quickly as the glowing ball drifted down toward the sea. Somewhere out on the Diamond Shoals a ship was in distress! The lives of its crew depended upon how quickly the seven men of the Hatteras Station traversed the waters to where the flare was launched. Sprinting the last hundred yards, Ethan ran inside the station shouting the alarm to wake the others. Quickly returning outside he set off a Costone signal at the crest of the dune line. The ground flares brilliant light would let the hapless sailors on the shoals know that help was on the way. The race had begun.
Rousing from their sleep the other six men of the station threw on their storm gear and scampered to the stations holding bay where their surfboat waited on its cart. As one, they pushed the cart through the soft sand and into the surf until its wheels were half submerged beneath the cold December waters. When the boat floated free of the cart, they boarded her as quickly as the raging surf allowed.
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posted on
06/11/2003 4:54:45 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: dansangel; Billie; ohioWfan; WVNan; dutchess; Molly Pitcher
Good morning! We just returned from a family vacation to the Outer Banks, where my little nieces just love visiting lighthouses (this time, Corolla, which has a beautiful lighthouse keeper's house).
To: Lee'sGhost
Sounds like a romantic thriller you've got cookin' there (((((((Lee'sGhost)))))))
Thank-you for sharing that!
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:25:16 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: mountaineer
(((((((mountaineer))))))
Don't lighthouses lend themselves as a great theme for a vacation? .45MAN and I really enjoy making them the basis of our vacations.
Glad your nieces enjoyed them, as well. It can be really educational - especially in a time where everything is computerized and digitized.
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:28:10 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: dansangel; All
![](http://www.sds-law.com/images/montauk_lighthouse.gif)
This is the Montauk Lighthouse. Have a nice day all.
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:29:18 AM PDT
by
deadhead
(God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)
To: dansangel
![](http://www.thelighthousepeople.com/texas/images/port%20isabel%20tx7.JPG)
The Port Isabel Lighthouse in Texas.
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:36:12 AM PDT
by
ladtx
("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
To: All; .45MAN; Aeronaut; Aquamarine; Billie; dansangel; Dubya; dutchess; FreeTheHostages; GailA; ...
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
![](http://www.bansemer.com/florida-lighthouses/st-augustine-lighthouse.jpg) |
![](http://www.phsu.org/lights/SFBay/PigeonPoint/thmb/125-2561ax_IMG.jpg) |
![](http://www.phsu.org/lights/SFBay/PointReyes/thmb/124-2452x_IMG.jpg) |
![](http://www.phsu.org/lights/SFBay/Alcatraz/thmb/IMG_2706ax.jpg) |
St Augustine, FL |
Pigeon Point, CA |
Pt. Reyes, CA |
Alcatraz, CA |
Some lighthouses that Mrs. Fierro and I have visited
Lighthouses are cool, aren't they? They're all basically the same, yet historically different.
We LOVE to check 'em out and have a growing refrigerator magnet collection of each as proof (Mr. & Mrs. Excitement, I know)! <|:)~
[[[[[[[[dansGEARHEADangel]]]]]]]]
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:36:43 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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