Friday, May 09, 2008

• Lighthouse Field....part 6

  Actually, the following story isn't true according to Truth or Fiction, but it does make a funny point...

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  This is based on an actual radio conversation between a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier (U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln) and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. (The radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10/10/95 authorized by the Freedom of Information Act.)

  Canadians:  Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision.

  Americans:  Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

  Canadians:  Negative.  You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

  Americans:  This is the Captain of a US Navy ship.  I say again, divert YOUR course.

  Canadians:  No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

  Americans:  THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET.  WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE  DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT  VESSELS.  I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15  DEGREES NORTH--I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH--OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

  Canadians:  This is a lighthouse.  Your call.

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  We have a lighthouse here in Santa Cruz, that currently exists as a surf museum...

  

   

  

  We've shot quite a few weddings here on the grass you see to the right. I wouldn't ever plan a wedding here, though...the fog, wind, cold, brrrr...sunshine is never a sure thing. Neither is parking.

   

  Anyway, it's a grand little lighthouse...

  

   

  

   

  The open space across the road is called Lighthouse Field....

  

   

  A lot of people are so preoccupied with the ocean that they completely miss this incredibly beautiful place to walk...

  

   

  It's pretty much a "local's" hangout...which is great cuz one can easily escape the crowded walkway along the cliffs...

  

   

  I was intrigued by this uprooted tree that had this brilliant little flowering plant growing on its roots...

  

   

  Okay, so I finally reached my one-way destination..and it's only taken me a week to do it...

  I hope you all have a super weekend.

   

   

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