The Old Ship and Peeling Paint

Thank you Daff and Carolyn!
We were wondering the very same thing Carolyn, why the town doesn't do something to the ship? I don't know if they think it wouldn't be worth all the trouble and hard work or what. It's all sand down there and I don't know how they could get it in all that sand. BUT I have always heard it said, where there's a will there IS a way. Such a neat ship and so interesting to. I wish now I'd thought of using the camcorder to record it to instead of just the camera. But we were worried about parking there since there were signs everywhere not to park, no parking etc. So DD just stayed in the car while I got some shots of it with the camera. It could easily become a traffic jam down there with that little one lane road that goes into the area. lol Anyway it was really fun looking at it and wondering what it really was.

Well I peeled a little more paint off the walls last night and this evening. I am doing it inch by inch. lol I do plan on getting my friend over one day but don't know when because her DH is going to be off tomorrow and then home all weekend and I don't want to interfere with their time together. So I may see if she can help me on Monday or Tues. of next week. I thought about going ahead and sanding the two walls I have finished and then putting the first coat of primmer on it sometime this weekend. We'll see.... but in the meantime I'm still working at peeling the paint off. I got the other lamp out this evening to get all the old fake silk plants out of it and get it cleaned up for my sea shells. So I might try working at those as well Fri. or Sat. if it works out that I can. Since DH is retired I just do things in spurts here and there. lol

Make it an awesome day!!!
Rose

Fort Morgan AL. and An Old Ship

You can click on the pix to enlarge them.




I thought I would share some of our trip with you all.
On our trip this past weekend to Gulf Shores, AL. we got to see the old ship that was uncovered years ago by Ivan. The folks that lived in the area tried to burn it the news said, but then it was covered back up some if I am remembering right. Then Ike uncovered it even more. It is in Fort Morgan, AL. so we had to go check it out. I really feel for the folks that live there since everyone wants to see this thing. Since the shrimp festival was there this weekend I am sure loads of folks were in and out of there all weekend long. They had folks tromping through their yard all weekend. :( We went by for just a few minutes and looked at it and took a few pix. I never realized there was SOOOO MUCH metal in an old ship. This thing is huge, as you can see in the pix. The sand is still really deep in and around it. You can see metal sticking up out of the sand to the left of one of the photo's, that is one side of the ship.


As you can see in one of the pix, there is more metal out in the edge of the water.

You can read more about it here. http://www.orangebeach.ws/2008/News/2008-09-15-Hurricane_Ike_reveals_Mystery_Civil_War_Ship.html

Some discussions going on about the ship

http://www.history-forums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=35875