chesapeake bay bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Connecting Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland. Completed in 1952, this magnificant structure represents the fruition of the dream of generations of Marylanders of a permanent bay crossing. Length of suspension span - 2,922 feet, Overall length - 7.727 miles. Roadway is about 200 feet above water at highest point. A parallel span was added in 1973 giving rise to the bridge's current dual-span nature.

South Padre Island

South Padre Island is a resort community in Cameron County, Texas with location on a barrier island along the Texas Gulf coast accessible via a causeway from the town of Port Isabel. South Padre experiences a humid subtropical climate, similar to that of the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. Fishing, watersport and normal beach activities are prevalent, along with horseback riding, ecological tourism and just plain strolling. Subsequent to rebuilding from Hurricane Beulah, the island became a popular spring break destination for college students and other tourists.

siesta beach, #1

Siesta Beach is the No. 1 beach in 2011 best beaches in USA list. It is located in a city of Florida, U.S.A., named Sarasota, and is famous for having.... arguably the whitest sand in the whole world. Siesta Beach is a warm water beach, considered by most, to be the best for sunning and swimming. This beach is very wide and is ideal for playing Volley Ball and other fitness games. This beach is very busy and you should arrive by 10:30 AM on most days to find decent public parking. Parking in the streets is not allowed. This area as a whole is absolutely ideal for the complete fun and sun, year-round vacation.......

collectors

Did you know that us little postcard collectors had a fancy high dollar sounding name? Sure do .... not sure how to pronounce it, but we have our own certificate as proof positive. The above facsimile “Graduate Deltiologist” chrome card was published in 1959 by Dexter Press, and shows the names of postcard clubs of the time around the border.

credits: www.cardcow.com & me

jekyll island

Jekyll Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County, midway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia. The city of Brunswick, Georgia, the Marshes of Glynn, and several other islands, including the larger St. Simons Island, are nearby. The island measures about 7 miles long by 1.5 miles wide, has 8 miles of wide flat beaches and lots of tidal marshlands.Its beaches are frequented by vacationers and guided tours of the Landmark Historic District are available. Bike trails, walks along the beaches and sandbars, and Summer Waves, a water park, are a few of the many things vacationers can do. The district consists of a number of buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The island is also full of wildlife, consisting of many different mammals and reptiles living in the island's inland marshes.

golden gate

The Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean - San Francisco, California. Somebody, somewhere, sometime, said that this was by far the prettiest bridge in the world. Think I might agree, at least, of those that I have seen............

atlantic city boardwalk

Scene of the original Atlantic City Boardwalk, vintage around 1900-1910. Quite a lively promenade scene. Note activity right up under the boardwalk..............

rustic restroom

From the Tastefully Tacky Collection, vintage 1930's thru 60's. Original caption: HE AND SHE AT GRUNDY'S REDWOOD TERRACE. This unique structure is found on the Redwood Highway at Grundy's Redwood Terrace, 22 miles south of Garberville, California. Credit: www.postcardy.com

overseas highway

Known to be by far the worlds longest island hopping highway, the Overseas Highway is a 127.5-mile highway carrying U.S. Route 1 through the Florida Keys; and over often lengthy open-water spans lying between the major cities of Key Largo and Key West. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of- way of an overseas railroad completed in 1912. The Overseas Railroad was heavily damaged and partially destroyed in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and never rebuilt. The original construction of the Overseas Highway used many of the bridges of the former railroad and had its official opening on March 29, 1939. Following many upgrades through the years the entire roadway was substantially rebuilt in the 1980s. Due to their tropical climate, the Florida Keys attract several hundred thousand tourists annually with the Overseas Highway receiving a substantial share.

savannah riverfront

View of departing containerships from historic River Street in downtown, Savannah, GA. The Savannah Waterfront Association promotes the eclectic vitality of shops, restaurants, pubs and hotels that create the one-of-a-kind, family-friendly experience found nowhere else in the world than Savannah’s historic riverfront. For more information on the Savannah Riverfront, (Bay Street, Factors Walk, River Street, Hutchinson Island), please visit at www.RiverStreetSavannah.com

summertime 2011

Seems an appropriate image with which to welcome ourselves back to Blogger after a two plus year absence......ah!, the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer when the livins' easy!!!!!!!!

river green for st. paddy's day

The Chicago River is dyed green each year for the St. Patrick's Day celebration, shown here in 2008. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by the those of Irish descent and increasingly by non-Irish people (usually in New Zealand and North America). Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green and the three-leaved shamrock. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

good eats - right price

Advertising for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in 1939. (From the postcard collection of Katheryn Ayres.) (courtesy: blog.wanderingspoon.com/.../)

standoff

Good example of effective postcard advertising.

(www.replypostcard.com/postcards.asp)

chicken fried bacon

Chicken fried bacon consists of bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried, like chicken fried steak. It is an American dish that was introduced in Texas in the early 1990s. Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook, Texas, is credited as having invented the food. It is usually served as an appetizer with a white "country" or cream gravy for dipping and sauce.

Food experts note the dish's low nutritional benefits: "They've taken fat, they've double-coated it in fat, they've fried it in more fat, and then they've served it with a side order of fat."

However, lovers of the food (including me) note: "That stuff clogs arteries just to hear it, but it's to die for . . . It just melts in your mouth."

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)