Hawthorne Nevada

We unloaded and was deadheading down to Las Vegas when we stopped and found a way to get the truck down there. I collect rocks and found me a good one. May 28, 2006

Currituck Lighthouse NC

This is the last of 4 lighthouses we visited this day. June 15, 2008. It was just beautiful but we got there ar 5:00 and they were leaving so we didn't actually get to go inside. But I promise to go back there and take a tour. This Lighthouse is Currituck Lighthouse on the outer banks of North Carolina.

Cape Fear North Carolina

Bald Head Island N.C.
We came over to the outer banks one of my most favorite places. The was an approaching hurricane a couple of days away that's why the waves were increasing in size. There are no cars on the island you have to rent bicycles or golf carts to get around. The lighthouse used to be named Cape Fear and it has since been torn down and a newer one called Bald Head Lighthouse. Nickname Old Baldy.

My flower garden

Queen Mary in Longbeach California

We took a Halloween Tour on the Queen Mary. This ship is supposed to be haunted. The history of this ship went back to the war with Hitler. In fact Hitler put a hit on it for whoever sank it. The Federal Government painted it solid grey even the windows. The soldiers couldn't smoke outside for fear a submarine might see the light of the cigarette. The mission of this luxury cruise ship was transporting soldiers back and forth across the Atlantic. The Federal Government put top priority on this ship even above human life. Protect the ship at all cost. A cargo freighter saw it going in one direction and was not aware it sailed in a ZigZag pattern so predator ships could not get a good aim at it. The freighter kept sailing on course and when the Queen Mary cut back the other direction it cut the freighter in half and it sank. There were about 280 men if I remember right that lost their lives and Queen Mary couldn't help with survivors. By the time a rescue ship came by there was no survivors.

The ship doesn't have engines today and it is dock permanently at Long Beach. We went down below to view the gaping hole the cargo ship left and the guide said the ship is haunted with all those lost souls still today.??????

This is a bar or lounge on the ship and it's the most famous bar today. Poseidon Adventure was filmed here as was What women want by Mel Gibson. The list goes on and on.
Can you see me just under the orange stackWe were looking through the telescopes and wasn't aware the ship horns still sound off. We were standing directly beneath them and just about had a heartache.We are on the mainland of Long Beach and that's the Queen Mary in the distance.I found another lighthouse although this one was built to be a restaurant.The picture above shows the crows nest on the mast. in rough seas the front of the ship goes under water all the way up to the crows nest. The lounge or bar is in the front of the ship and is evacuated during bad weather as the water will go into the lounge.b4zdXw/s400/Queen+Mary+037.jpg" border=0> What a view of Longbeach The haunted pool