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I'm going to try to post occasional photos from the Navigation Weekend in
Mystic over the next few days. I've put up a couple of pre-weekend photos on the
 web site at www.fer3.com/Mystic2006

One is of the Chicago skyline as seen  from the Indiana beach. This has
nothing to do with Mystic except that the  weather was nice on my drive from
Chicago to Mystic. Oh, and it's another  example of that terrestrial refraction
business with the Chicago skyscrapers.  Bill? Get busy measuring!

The second is a photo I took at Mystic Seapot  on a day with threatening
clouds a couple of weeks ago. We're hoping for clear  weather! It's a nice late
Spring scene at Mystic. The whaler Charles W. Morgan  is the large bark at
center. The old training ship Joseph Conrad is the small  square-rigged ship to the
right. And the two schooners near the center of the  frame are Spirit of
Massachusetts and Harvey Gamage. They conduct classes and  tours along the coast
and were visiting that weekend. It's one of those scenic  photos where you can
almost pretend it's 1885. Can you spot the items that don't  belong in 1885?

And for those of you joining us in Mystic, I've included a phone number
where you can contact me if you get lost. Ya never know... they might pick this
weekend to turn off GPS and THEN how will you find Mystic  Seaport?!

-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N  72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars

   

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