Saturday, October 29, 2011

Halloween bash? NO!

I do have to focus on my work during the week.  One thing that came out of the Bahrain experience was MORE WORK for me.  They were so pleased with my performance that I have become an even more important member of the team... or so they tell me.  So every Saturday is treasure hunting day.
NOT REALLY...   YES REALLY


I've spent the last week reading IV's journal and today I headed down to E-city to retrace his steps and see if I can't get a little insight into the area 108 years after the fact.  I took a bag lunch since there's really nowhere special to eat down there.  I spent some time at the library, then wandered the tiny downtown for a little while before stopping at Moth Boat Park to eat.  This is a cute little pocket park that would be at home in any big city... except of course for the view!!  And its a very familiar view, isn't it?






Saturday, October 22, 2011

I'm BaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaaaack!

Well.
Two months in Bahrain is just enough to fully appreciate what we have here.
I'll get into that some other time.

The important news is, I've been back for a week, I am well rested and fully prepared to attack this project with renewed focus and energy.  I did a LOT of reading while I was in Bahrain and I feel like I know everything that can be known about the subject.  Remember the polaroids I found? They were pictures of doubloons that Uncle Nick found somewhere....He left the polaroids in the box, the ACTUAL COINS were in his safety deposit box and they are stunning!!!   I haven't found anything in his notes about where he got them....  

What I DID find though was a newspaper article about a treasure hunter who found a ship sunken near here that had the VERY SAME KIND OF COINS!!!  interesting...  I wonder.... Could that be JP's ship??  I can't remember the name... it always slips my mind...