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I just went looking for a particular book and found a stack of miscellaneous books, many of which I had totally forgotten about.
The stack of books included everything from Alice in Wonderland, to Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, Buddhist Scriptures as well as some treasure related books, including among others, Rainbow Chasers, Small Arms of the Spanish Treasure Fleets.
It seems I've forgotten about a million times more than I know. I forgot I had the book on small arms, for example. I should get my books organized so I can find the one I was looking for.
Anyhow, I should once again recommend the Rainbow Chasers book, which is a great history of the search for the Treasure Coast shipwreck treasures. It includes a lot of good old photos of early searchers, salvage boats and finds.
I was looking for one book that I wanted to talk about today. It is Treasure Coast Gold by Paul McElroy. Here is the book description.
Stuart, Florida provides the setting for Federal undercover agent Mack McCray and a continuing cast of characters. A Spanish treasure galleon buried under thirty feet of beach sand by a hurricane in 1715 was uncovered in a 1949 hurricane. It was found by a hotel maid and handyman who hauled off nine chests of gold coins and melted them down for sale to local jewelers. They kept their find secret until Mack stumbled across them Assassins, double identities, retired strippers and a turkey buzzard named Napoleon intertwine in this spine-tingling thriller.
It is a fiction book but a kernel of truth. The author used to have a table set up at the bookstore (no longer there) in the Treasure Coast Mall on weekends to push his books. He actually had maps and other documented evidence of a crate of gold coins found in the Jensen area. I talked about it some in an old post but couldn't find that post either. I was reminded of that treasure story when I posted about the cafe being torn down yesterday. Fiction stories sometimes are based upon a kernel of truth, which you can learn more about if you conduct some research.
I'll probably run across that book before long. If I remember correctly, it had some interesting photos in it that I'll share.
Along with that stack of books, I also found some old photos, which you can see in the photo above.
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Here is the link for more about that.
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I've mentioned that Fort Pierce is considering paid parking at the Fort Pierce beaches. PCI is a company that is being considered to collect the revenue (for a price of course). I found an article on the controversy.
Parking prices haven't been established, but revenue estimates by PCI and the city — based on charging $3 per hour, $20 per day and $60 annually at all three parks — would generate about $900,000 annually...
Here is the link for the entire article on the controversial proposed change.Fort Pierce considers charging for beach parking. That might backfire. | Opinion
I personally don't think it would work out well at all. It isn't like those beaches are being visited by the world's rich and famous. There must be a better way for Fort Pierce to obtain funding.
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If you plan on traveling this summer you might want to make sure you have Real ID. You won't be able to fly without it. If your driver's license that shows a gold star on it, you have Real ID already. If not, you might want to look into it.
The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses and identification cards.” The Act and implementing regulations establish minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibit federal agencies from accepting for certain official purposes noncompliant driver’s licenses and identification cards.
You can read more about that here.
About REAL ID | Homeland Security
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No big surf coming up.
There have been some people rescued from rip currents lately. One died.
Be careful.
Good hunting,
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