Where are you from? (Part 2)

I just noticed that the thread "Where are you from?" had gone over 50 posts. Therefore, I closed it and started "Where are you from? (Part 2)".

If you are new to the forum please let us know where you are from. Harbour Light Collectors are everywhere and love to hear from other collectors from their area. You might even find a Harbour Lights Collector's Club nearby.

So...where are you from?

Bob (North Attleboro, Massachusetts)

Bob,
I have enough problem figuring out where I am, let alone where I'm from.

The Ancient Mariner
From the West Coast (SF Bay Area) where the sun is shining and summer is descending upon us.

Mariner - Good point. I think I know where I'm from, not sure where I am.
PS Really enjoying "Hatteras on the move". Wish I was THERE!

I may physically be in St. Louis, but I wish I was at Cape Hatteras. Leaving for Chicago and Grosse Pointe tomorrow.

Hey Everyone =)
I am fairly new to the world of Harbour Lights. I would just like to say hi to
everyone. Also, I am from middle Tennessee.
Hope to talk to everyone soon.
Thanks, Natalie

Wecome Natalie,

Was just in Knoxville 2 months ago. Welcome to wackodom.

Moby of tidewater Virginia

Ahhhh, Tennessee. Brings back fond memories of vacations past. Gatlinburg for shopping and "Popcorn Sutton's" junkyard for tonic.

Hi Natalie! ... Welcome to the wonderful world of HL Wackos. If you need any information on Harbour Lights, just ask. The people who frequent this forum have all the answers.

Bob

Hi Natalie,

Welcome to the forum.

Joanne

Hi Natalie,

Welcome to the wild world of Harbour Lights "wackos".

You are in for a real treat!!

Great folks and great "conversations"

Morning Natalie,
Ready for a wild ride? This is the best place...You will be a wacko in no time....How about Clarksville? Was just there.

I'm from Florida.
Derith

Welcome Natalie,


Lighthouse Ghost

just north of the most renowned light made by hl, the Navesink

Bottomfeeder

Welcome Bottomfeeder,

Was in your 'neck of the woods' last November. I had no appreciation for the HL Navesink until I saw it for real. I was totally unaware of the area where the light is located. It was a lovely experience and I will be back in October to rephotograph it.
Derith

Hi Natalie and Bottomfeeder
I too am relatively new to the Harbour Lights site the people here have been very warm and welcoming -- now its my turn to welcome you guys -- I am out in Washington state close to the Mukilteo Lighthouse -- happy surfing LADYBUG

Good topic to have on the forum. I'm originally from Smithtown, NY. I now live in Tampa, FL.

John

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Just wanted to say thanks =) for all of the friendly responses. I look forward to some
interesting chats on this forum. Have a nice day. Natalie

Gravedigger--Gatlinburg is a great place to vacation, but it is beginning to get too commercialized.I stayed there this March and there was alot of construction.

Bob--I agree with you-the information on this forum is priceless and the people here are great!

Derith--wow, someone else visiting the Volunteer State. I am amazed that so many have been to TN recently. I need to get out and travel more =) What part of FL are you from?


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Welcome Newbies from another Newbie!Just returned from lighthousing in Va.,NC,SC,GA,&FL then on to TN-my first time visiting that state.I missed the forum while away.JoAnn[Oregon]

Joann,
Haven't been to any of the other threads but saw this post of yours and was glad to know you were back home. Will be emailing you about Burrows. Hope you wrote about your trip in The Map Room.

Natalie,
The Tampa area is where I call home.
Derith

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Joann,
Sounds like you had a great trip. What lighthouses did you get to visit?

John

Hello Everyone,

I too am from middle Tennessee. Clarksville. Have you heard of it? About 45 miles northwest of Nashville,on the TN / KY border, near Ft Campbell, Ky.
No known lighthouses in this area,HAHA but that gives me plenty of reason to visit other places that do have them.
Looking forward to talking / typing to each of you in the forum and visiting some of the places you are.
Pam

Welcome aboard Pam!!

If you have the time please tell us all how you got into lighthouses since there are none in your neighborhood.

Mike

I live in St. Louis (Maryland Heights) and work in St. Peters, MO. Previously, I resided in Los Angeles, Chicago, and then Galveston. (All towns with lighthouses!)
My Harbour Lights collection began in November 1997 when the staff of the National Collegiate Team Match Games tourament presented me with the Split Rock OE in recognition of my 20 years as tournament director. I've been able to see lighthouses on all of my trips this year: Syracuse in March (Fairport Harbor, Ashtabula, Dunkirk, Buffalo, Fort Niagara, Charlotte-Genessee, Saugerties, and Hudson-Athens, the park road to Thirty Mile Point was closed unfortunately), Albany in June (Esopus Meadows, Kingston, and Hudson-Athens again - this time from the Hudson side). I have two trips to Wisconsin in August, both of which will give me the chance to see some more Lake Michigan lights.

Hi Pam,

Welcome to the wackiest place on the web. I also plan my travels around visiting lighthouses. Living in the center of the country allows us to be impartial about where the best lighthouse are located.

Hi Frank,

Welcome to a another lighthouse fanatic from St. Louis. If you have time check out the Light in Hannibal. Not much to look at but the closest lighthouse in the area.

Welcome to both Pam and Frank.

Thanks for the welcomes.
Mike:
It may be along story on how I got started but here goes. I have been a collector since way back. In 1993 I wanted to get my son involved in collecting. As at the time he was 18 and very hard to buy for, I thought, start a collection and make it eaiser. As I shopped I would be drawn to the lighthouse case, but thought it was a more masculine line. I tried to take my son to the shop that carried HL and get him interested. I said "Look at these don't you think that these are neat?" He showed no interest but under the Christmas tree that year I received Biloxi MS from HL.
He thought I was giving him hints on what I wanted. Funny huh? Maybe subconsciously I was. Anyway to not disappoint him I became the collector. After researching and falling into the romance of the lights I am hooked.
Until just late last year I had never even visited one. But that is not the case now.
I have seen Chicago Harbor, Bodie, Hatteras, Ocracoke, Currituck, Cape Lookout and recently went to the Grosse Point gathering and visited there.
I have a trip planned for Late Oct to NJ and will hope to see all of the lights I can fit into 2-1/2 days. Wish me luck.

Frank:
All I can say is "You Luck Dog"

Sunshine:
I agree, it is great to be impartial, We can love them all the same.
Pam

Hi, I'm a newbie and from Chattanooga, Tn. Anyone here collect Harbour Lights?

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Welcome ksknfla

EVERYONE here collects Harbour Lights
You will enjoy it here. We all have that common thread of collecting, visiting and loving lighthouses.
Hope to hear a lot from you.
It won't be long until we are both "wacko"
Again welcome.

Pam

The number of people registering to post at this site keeps going up. If you're new to the forum, please let us know where you're from. Things have been a little quiet in this thread over the past couple of weeks. Take a moment to type out a few lines and let us know a little about you. You may have several HL collectors in your area who could be of assistance in helping you find those "hard-to-find" HLs you need.

Bob

Welcome to the forum KSKNFLA(?) and FrankB!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

Hey Pam, an interesting story is never long.Thanks for sharing how you became a lighthouse afficiando.

Keep the Flame!!

Welcome FrankB and KSknfla!


We are happy you have joined us in the forum.

Keep The Light Burning


The Flame

Hi I have been in & out of the forums for about a month, but am just begining to learn how this all works. But I must say ya'll have been GREAT!! I am half way between Jupiter & Hillsboro lights. Other wise know as Lake Worth Fl.

Lake Worth is a real nice area. Haven't been there in a while. I guess that means a trip to go see Jupiter, Hillsboro, and Cape Florida.

John

Hi all! Just stumbled in while looking for info on the HL Screensaver, and what a great place to stumble to!

I live in the Dallas, TX area, and even though I spent most of my life on the shores of Lake Michigan, it was the Jupiter, FL lighthouse that got me interested in lighthouses in general, and HL in particular. Well, after 3 years of collecting, I finally acquired the Jupiter lighthouse, and it really made my year.

Ok, as you can see, I like to talk as well as collect...probably dangerous obsessions to go together. Talk to you all later!

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Jeff

We're glad you found us Jeff! Everything Harbour Lights and more can be found here. We also look forward to you posting here on the site. Welcome!

-Todd

Hi Jeff, just wanted to welcome you to the forum. It's a great place to share ideas and get answers to HL questions. I've learned a lot here.

Joanne

Jeff, Welcome to the wacky world of Harbour Lights. I'm glad you have the Jupiter Light. Didn't know too much about that light until the St. Louis Cardinals moved their Spring Training to Jupiter. It's a beautiful light.

I'm from Minneapolis, where a drive of just several hours yields access to Duluth and its several lights (North and South Outer Breakwater Lights), Split Rock Light near Two Harbors, MN, and the 9 lights of Door County, Wisconsin.

Split Rock is everything the various lighthouse books say it is, and is well worth the trip. To see it perched up on the cliff, viewed from below on the rocks, is to gaze upon the pyramids....(well, almost!)

Door County includes amongst its 9 lights Sturgeon Bay Canal Light and Cana Island Light. With Split Rock, that's 3 which are represented by HL pieces. It's interesting to compare the orginal with the sculpture.

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Bob Steinbrunn
Nautical Research Guild

Welcome Bob - tell us a bit about the "Nautical Research Guild"...

The Nautical Research Guild is an international, but U.S.-based, group of nautical, maritime, and naval history buffs who are also primarily model ship builders. If you have the interest, you can access their very comprehensive Web site at: http://www.naut-res-guild.org. There you'll find a bewildering array of things to look into if you like build model ships or have an interest in the real thing. They also publish a quarterly, and very professionally done, Nautical Research Journal. If you're a member, I guess it's not too much of a stretch to have a cross-over interest in lighthouses, and consequently, Harbour Lights. I'm finding out that it just takes money. :-)

Thanks Bob for sharing that great site with us. I found it very interesting. I'm from Groton, CT and have been in the shipbuilding industry for 26 years now. Even though most of my experience is with submarines I have also taken an interest in older sailing vessels. We are near Mystic Seaport, which I'm sure you are familiar with, as well as the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT (home of the barque Eagle). There is also the Nautilus museum at the submarine base in Groton, CT which has many models.

Welcome to this Harbour Lights site. I hope to hear from you again in the future and thanks again for the Nautical Research Guild website, which I have added to my list of favorite sites.

Ron
(CT Keeper)

I just wanted to drop into the forum and say
"hello". I.ve just joined after collecting HL's for a short time. I'm in the MD area and it's been an exciting time so far, meeting new people and tracking down leads for some MD houses. Thanks for all the great hints so far.....Tony

Welcome to Bob S. and Youngone. This is the place to be if you want to know about HLs and lighthouses in general.

Keep The Light Burning


The Flame

Hey Tony,

You're just up the Bay from me. What Chessy lights are you looking for? Are you near the water. I'm on a tributary, small one, of the James.

Moby of Tidewater Virginia

Hi Moby!

I'm basically finished with MD. I'm still waiting for my Thomas Point that I recently purchased. I probably overspent for it but it was my first track down and I got overly excited, if you know what I mean. I'm also still waiting for the Baltimore and Seven Foot from the Society, but those are in a holding pattern if I've been told correctly.
Anyway, my next amibitious drive won't be for a couple of months, and I'm going to start on Assateague and Occacroke (sp). I'm working my way down. How about you Moby, what's your collection like?

Thanks, Tony

Hello everyone I am a newbie also. I am from Indpls. My first HL was Split Rock. I hope to see it soon in real life rather then only in my very crowded HL curio cabinet. I have been collecting four years now and a new curio cabinet that can hold many more HL is at the top of the "next BIG purchase list"!

Welcome to the forums Adrienne! We're glad you found us!

I think new curios, or bigger curios, or more curios, are always on the minds of us HL collectors. There is a lot of great information on how some of the collectors here display their collections, and on many many other topics.

Enjoy the site,

-Todd

It's your lucky day, Adrienne! If you are from Indy and looking for a curio, I think it is time for Brady & Co. to step in and expand their market base!

You may want to read the thread below to understand the comment, if you have not already:
http://216.46.163.97/forums/Forum1/HTML/000146.html

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Rod Watson