Saturday, March 23, 2013

495. Right

495. Right
Definition: (adj) morally good, justified, or acceptable
Location Placed: Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, Pinellas Park, Florida
Date Placed: 3/22/13 at 12:34pm





After trying to figure what I've not done in the area after all these years of visits, we decided to check out the Tampa Bay Auto Museum. It is the collection of one guy, started when he was in his 20s in Germany. He sounds to be quite old and has several dozen cars. I was definitely impressed. I'm not a car lover, but there were a number of really neat looking old cars. I love imagining how their owners felt driving them when they were brand new. Pretty impressive and a nice little cap to a warm and relaxing vacation!

494. Efficient

494. Efficient
Definition: (adj) achieving maximum efficiency or productivity
Location Placed: Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Date Placed: 3/21/13 at 2:47pm





After getting a two-for-one coupon from our Tarpon Springs tourist map, we decided to pop over to the art museum. It was a nice little modern art museum. There were a couple interesting pieces. Of course, as with me and most modern museums, there were a lot of pieces that made no sense to me. But at least it was something fun to look at!

493. Guarantee

493. Guarantee
Definition: (n) a formal promise or assurance
Location Placed: Spongeorama Museum, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Date Placed: 3/21/13 at 1:50pm





Unfortunately, we didn't get to spend much time at the Sponge Docks. It was a bit more touristy and overcrowded than we thought. The free sponge museum and movie were underwhelming so we just decided to spend a bit more time elsewhere. So we took a drive down the coast a bit to enjoy the sunshine from one of the island causeways. Definitely tried to get my fill of nice, warm weather before heading home!

492. Integrity

492. Integrity
Definition: (n) having strong morals and/or principles
Location Placed: Brooker Creek Preserve, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Date Placed: 3/21/13 at 11:27am





We decided to take a ride to Tarpon Springs as it's been a while since I've been up there. I had never been to the preserve, so I picked that as a nice spot to take a walk prior to doing some more touristy things. They had a lovely environmental center with lots of interesting information and some pretty snazzy wooden rockers. The trails are well labeled and not too difficult. We spent a good hour or so there, but you could spend a lot more time. Although we didn't see much floral, the fauna was definitely quite impressive. It certainly helps that we were able to get a good shot of a 'Gator (from far away, of course!)

491. Brawny

491. Brawny
Definition: (adj) physically strong, muscular
Location Placed: Largo Public Library, Largo, Florida
Date Placed: 3/20/13 at 11:19am





While down visiting, we popped into the library to return a few things and so I could check it out. It's so much larger than any of my libraries at home! I guess the people of Pinellas County love their reading. Of course I don't blame them. It seems like they have pretty much anything I could think of. I do believe it will keep local residents quite busy with it!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

490. Dynamic

490. Dynamic
Definition: (n) a force that stimulates change or progress
Location Placed: Ocean Historical Museum, Ocean Township, New Jersey
Date Placed: 3/3/13 at 2:34pm





My second stop of the day was the Ocean Historical Museum, which turned out to be equally as awesome. There were several interesting exhibits set up including one on World War II soldiers from the area. They also had a lot of information about what the park I used to walk in often was prior to being a park. Apparently it was a test site for communication intelligence items. The first sighting of Sputnik occurred at the site! I think my favorite thing was the exhibit depicting the areas of Ocean and what they were back in the day. I certainly wish I could've visited some of these attractions in their haydays!

489. Genius

489. Genius
Definition: (n) exceptional intellectual or creative power
Location Placed: Eatontown Historical Museum, Eatontown, New Jersey
Date Placed: 3/3/13 at 1:41pm





With a little bit of down time this afternoon, I decided to pop out to a couple places I've been meaning to hit up for ages. The Eatontown Historical Museum is a lovely home built in the 1700's filled with artifacts donated primarily from people in Eatontown. I was pleasantly surprised to find it filled with so many awesome things. The woman that showed me around with super nice and informative. I'd certainly recommend someone interested in the history of the area to check it out if they have time.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

488. Bonus

488. Bonus
Definition: (n) a payment or gift added to what is usual or expected
Location Placed: Silverball Museum II, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Date Placed: 3/1/13 at 9:29pm
Status: FOUND!





Wow! I haven't been getting out much lately. I've definitely been a winter hermit. But the night out was definitely a bonus! The Silverball Museum, with working pinball machines, is somewhere I had been wanting to visit for a while. I've always had a fond spot in my heart for pinball, so it was really cool to play some of the older machines that I had never even seen before. The oldest machine that I played was 1950. For a pinball machine to be as well kept and in working order as that at 60+ years old is pretty impressive. Next time we have out of town guests, I know where we'll be stopping!

EDIT:// This crane was found on 3/4/13 by Tony who says he is going to make sure it is replaced up in Rhode Island!