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Thank you! So glad you do! ❤️🤍💙

Hi Mustang! I just checked youtube and saw your comments! We are traveling home to Florida today! Can't wait. I did make kore videos about the mouth situation that will come out later this month, some things did happen in May but I didnt want to spoil the series of Memorial Videos. Michael says Hey Buddy! Hope you have a great weekend also!!! ❤️🤍💙

Be safe on the trip home! Hope the weather is good for the journey!! We have storms predicted for us here later today. Yuck! Stacey is at a dog show, Freddi's not showing, she's here with me and the rest of our dogs. No other American Hairless entered, so no real point is taking her. So just Mother-in-laws Border Collies, there are majors for them today. Fingers crossed! I'm off to get some stuff taken care of outdoors before the rain starts so I better get started!! ♥💙💜

I'm surprised how many people I do know personally who know I have a youtube channel but have never asked for the name so they can look me up. I'd be so snoopy if my friends had a channel! 😂. But we have always wanted to just put our videos out there to attract whoever might be interested organically. I know not just everybody is interested in youtube. For me, youtube is my TV!

@@michaelandjulie Well the way you’re doing it is working. It’s how I found you. Being snoopy. 🤓 but snooping from a long distance. 😁 And I’m that same way with CZcams, watch it more than almost everything else. Stacey will ask, “Let me guess, watching CZcams again?” 🤓

Hi there, Rich! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! I would really like to see the documentary also. The interview online is really interesting, if you'd like to click the link and check it out. I had not heard about the B52 crash near Orlando in the 1970's. I have seen the big awesome B52 plane located at the Orlando International airport that's free for the public to come view. Man what an enormous plane!! I'm so appreciative that they set it up for us to see and made such a nice viewing area. I might never have had the chance to see one up close otherwise. If you haven't seen it yet, and if you're local to the area, I highly recommend checking it out! ✈️ ❤️🤍💙

I didn’t know about the B52 crashing in Orlando either. That’s interesting to know. Thanks Rich!!

@@Mustang-6-The-Force you’re welcome

Hi Mustang!! Good morning!! I have really enjoyed learning about Mr. Cox and his opinions, as well as the commenter yesterday who asked if sabotage was the cause of these planes crashing. I wish I could say better if this was or wasn't sabotage. I don't know for sure because I couldn't really find anything out online about the other planes that went down, so I guess their wreckage was never discovered since they crashed into the ocean. There is extremely little information about those planes online, at least as far as my search went. I didn't know how to look up the specific flight information, and most articles barely mentioned them or omitted them entirely. What a shame. Those lives lost were no less heartbreaking than these. This such a tragically sad story but I felt like it should be remembered. Of course I hate to think of sabotage being a possibility, especially at such a crucial time in US history. Oh my goodness, I just double checked your google search and you are right! Our video is the 3rd result! And the 2 results higher up than our video are the article that I got much of my information from, and of course the historical marker database website itself. I am honored to be the first result after those (far more important!) results!!! You just made my whole morning by telling me that! I couldn't shoot a text to Michael (he's at the gym) fast enough! I am so pleased!! Thank you for the heads up! I'm cheersing you from my morning cup of coffee over here!! :) I'm editing this comment, so I hope you see my edit! I was walking around Eau Gallie the other day and ran into a guy I used to work with at the hospital walking his dog. He's a local to the area and was shocked to see me out & about and I told him I was on the hunt for beautiful old houses just to see them and appreciate their history. He was like, Oh, if you like history, you should go over to where the train tracks cross through Eau Gallie because a "B 52 plane crashed there during WW2." I didn't have the heart to sound like a smart ass and tell him it was a B24 instead of a B52. But I thought of you when that happened and how we have learned so much more about this town and area than so many people who are locals! It really makes Florida and Melbourne feel like home for sure!

Hi again Julie, sorry just had to attend a 2 hour work meeting. Yippie Me! 😵‍💫 I thought the little Video of Mr. Cox was really cool. I wanted to see more of his story board to be honest, he obviously knows a lot more about the crash than we've been able to find online. From his "story" and how he started this "quest" sounds a lot like you and me. Questioning what he read on the Marker, intrigued and wanted to find out more about it. I hope he can do his documentary about it. At this point in time, there will be no way they can prove or disprove sabotage now I'm guessing, but I think it would really be interesting to see what all he does know. As soon as I saw that result when searching, I couldn't comment on here to you fast enough. I was like, "That's Julies video. Oh my, she has to see this right now!!" So glad you were still around and saw it so quickly. Way to go Julie!! Proud of you Lady!! 😊 Yep saw the edit, would have missed it if I hadn't had the work meeting, so maybe some good did come from the meeting right?🤓 Oh you should have told your ex co-worker about your video! You wouldn't have come off like a smart-ass at all. At least I wouldn't think that way. And besides you even said B-52 in the intro so.... 🤣 Or you could have said something about the rock group. "Oh they had some really good songs!" LOL But you're right, we are learning more about your town than the locals and I think that's really awesome! And I've only been in Melbourne for about a couple of hours two years ago. LOL Dick's Sporting Goods and we ate somewhere, don't remember where. LOL

Yuck work meetings! They are the WORST when you are a night shift person and it's cutting into your sleep time. I don't know how that's not illegal! I wonder if Mr. Cox still lives in the Melbourne area? I thought I found his Facebook page, but I didn't want to be super creepy and stalkery so I just dropped that lead. I did think about contacting him though, as he obviously loves talking about this story. There's a James Cox that pops up quite frequently if you're looking up historical markers all over Melbourne, because he took a lot of the photographs of the markers and locations that are listed on the hmdb website! I really hope he gets to do his documentary, if he hasn't done so already. I'd love to watch that! I feel like he knows more than he said in the interview possibly, or at least has good suspicions. I am still so happy about being the 3rd google result! That's like 2nd runner up HAHA. That just made my day yesterday! The only reason I didn't tell the coworker about the video is I knew in no time everybody from my old job would be watching our videos LOL. I love making videos and putting them out there, but I haven't told anyone that I know personally what our channel is called. I wanted it to grow organically, and besides I see these people regularly and tell them all the cool things we've done! Only my grandma and my brother and sister in law watch our videos LOL. I definitely didn't want the whole hospital on the channel, although I know they will more than likely eventually find our channel. Maybe some day, or if we move out of the Melbourne area, then I'l l tell them! :) I was annoyed at myself for saying B52 in the intro. I had practiced sooo many times to say B24 (I'd never even HEARD of a B24 before this marker!), and just knew I was going to mess it up. I did correct it on the screen in editing though, right? I remember correcting it, but sometimes things I type on the screen don't get saved. I've had to reupload more than once when I realized some text didn't make the exporting!

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@@michaelandjulie I got a deal of the day at GNC 2 podiums fuse for 25 bucks. I really enjoyed the Pre-Workout today

That's great!! I did the same when we had a good deal, but one get one 50% off or something like that. I'm so glad you like the protein powder. I still love it and use it every day! 💪🏻 🏃🏻‍♂️ 👟

Hi Nathan! I wondered that also! How strange that they all disappeared. I wasn't able to find anything else out about the fate of the other planes, and I'm not sure how to look them up by flight registry or anything, so I'm stumped. If you ever find out, please let me know! 🩵🩵🩵

I doubt the book I’ll be getting soon will offer much more info about the crash, but I’ll comment here if I do learn anything. 🙁

I'm still so excited that you are reading it. I thought when I was making this video how much I would love to be able to have the time to read his book, but I just don't make the time to read, and books sit around my house untouched, so I've stopped buying them. I did make it through a couple books this year so far. I'm so glad YOU are reading and can tell me about it!

Hi there! I'm so glad you enjoyed watching the video! We had so much fun visiting Roussanou and learning as much as we could about it. I learned even more in the process of making the video, so I'm really glad you found it and enjoyed. Thank you for watching! :)

Hi there! I'm so glad you enjoyed watching the video! There are a few cemeteries like this around where near I live in Melbourne, Florida. I made a couple of other videos if you'd like to check them out, one on the Houston Pioneer Cemetery and one called The Life and Legacy of Dennis Sawyer. Thank you for watching & commenting! :)

Hi there, Mark! I appreciate your feedback on this video. I grew up in North Carolina, and I have visited Richmond, Savannah, and Charleston many, many times, although that was long before we started a CZcams channel. (Charleston is my favorite of those 3. My best friend's grandmother was a docent at Middleton Place in Charleston, and I have great memories of spending weekends in the summer at her house). I live in Melbourne, Florida now, and I am enjoying learning about this area just as much as I enjoyed the Carolinas and Virginia. For the month of May, I am finding historical markers from the app Explore Here and using them to find locations that have been listed as important in order to learn about them, whether or not they are even still standing structures. I personally don't discredit the age of any town & its history, and I enjoy how young Melbourne is and how fast it developed just as much as I enjoy the hundreds of years of history in the cities you mentioned. Since starting this channel, I have taken the vlog to Greece to see the Parthenon and Delphi, to castles and abbeys in Ireland built in the 1300's, and to Sweden where I saw a 400 year old warship that was only recently pulled out of the sea. Thank you for commenting. I hope you find more historical videos more to your liking. Have a great week! :)

@@michaelandjulie Charleston is the most historic, but my heart goes to Savannah. A planned community from the colonial period is a real gem. I also like Savannah's approach to preservation and development. Richmond is underappreciated, as a historical city. Being close to DC works against it in that regard. I grew up in Boston, very historic but got on the preservation bandwagon a little late. I live in south Florida. Florida hasn't respected it's history. Developers call the shots here. St. Augustine is cool but small, not that well preserved.

@@markrichards6863 I agree Mark, Florida hasn't respected its history like most other states continue to do. Julie has mentioned several times in her videos this month about the lack of history, the youth of Florida in general, and how a lot of folks really don't know much about the state. That Melbourne was once almost destroyed by a fire and has since been "rebuilt". I've found this series fascinating, and love learning about the area Julie is concentrating on. I agree with you on the historical cities you've mentioned, Savannah, and Richmond are wonderful to visit, as I'm sure Charleston is as well. (Just driven through.) But have family in Richmond and I bore my brother with the pre and post Confederate history I've picked up on while visiting.

I agree with you that it's sad how much of Florida's history is long gone and wasn't appreciated. I truly love living here, but I wish we had more left. Makes me appreciate what we do have so much more! 🩷💜🩵

I can appreciate and enjoy all kinds of history from all over! One of my favorite things about this channel is how I met you Mustang and all our little chats about historical places, buildings, & events 🩷💜🩵

Good morning, Mustang! I hope there were a lot of visitors this week also. I think this memorial dedication is just beautiful. So glad to know that it is here! I had driven past it on the highway hundreds of times and never even noticed it.

Good Morning Julie! I wonder if the orange colored peach "throws" people off? Maybe think it's just and advertisement of some sort? It's not what people think they would see at a memorial site, even in Florida. Did you ever find out more about that part of the park?

Sort of! I don't have anything concrete online I could link, but someone told me they think the peach was originally a fruit stand or an ice creap shop, something along those lines (walk up & buy food). It wasn't always here though, it was moved here from somewhere else. Wish I knew more! It's SUCH a cool little building!!!!! 🍊

It does remind me of roadside stands I remember from my childhood driving to and from Florida. And probably why when I think of Oranges, I think of Florida. The uniqueness of it just says "FLORIDA". You see it, you know where you are. Although as its a peach you might think you're in Georgia. LOL

HAHA! And if you're in North Carolina, I guess you're BBQ?? LOL

Good morning, Mustang! I would like to say thank you to your brother for his service from the bottom of my heart. Go Navy!!! He wasn't too far from where we live now! I put all of the military related videos that I had from May to come out the week of Memorial Day. I just felt they all deserved to be together. These were some of my favorite videos to make because listening to the music just gave me chills. I must have forgotten a conversation we must have had... what book? Is it the one related to the Naval Air Station?

Oh yes, it's the book you mentioned in this video about NAS Melbourne. It sounds like exactly the type of non-fiction book I love reading. Have been reading different books on NASA recently, always thought it was a great way to learn about what "really" happened, especially when written by people who were there. 🙂 When my brother graduated Boot Camp, I drove from Virginia to Orlando to watch his ceremony. Was my first time to visit Florida on my own. Also the first time I was ever in North Carolina too. 😊

Oh that's AWESOME that you got this book!! I just about jumped out of my seat. I hope you love it!!!' Please tell me all about it when you read it. I'm assuming you mean you're saving it to read on your Playalinda vacation right? Or maybe do a book review on it? I'm so excited you bought it. I'm assuming his family gets the royalties and that makes me so happy ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

Yep that's the book! I did think about saving it for September, but I may have to read it before then. I'm reading "First Man" right now, about Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. And really looking forward to the book arriving. I'll let you know all about it of course. After all, you're the reason I wanted to read it! I hope they do receive royalties, that would make me feel really good too!!

Yep that's the book! I did think about saving it for September, but I may have to read it before then. I'm reading "The First Man" right now, about Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. And really looking forward to the book arriving. I'll let you know all about it of course. After all, you're the reason I wanted to read it! I hope they do receive royalties, that would make me feel really good too!!

Hi Mustang!!! Haha yep, Merritt Island is near and dear to my heart. Not just Playalinda (although that's what got me going there so frequently in the first place), but the wildlife refuge at large. Absolutely beautiful. So much beautiful swamp too. I really enjoyed visiting this spot, which I would have never known about if it weren't for the marker. I'm so glad you are enjoying these videos. The series is almost over!! Gotta admit, I'm gonna be a little sad because I had so much fun with these! But I'm working on a bunch of stuff I'm excited about for the month of June now!

I just keep seeing places I now want to visit, see with my own eyes. Anywhere on the island would be great, but so glad we're getting to see more of it from your camera lens. I know, after today, only one more. 😭 But I know you won't let us down come June!!! 😁

I think the Ulumay area would be an amazing place to slip a kayak in, if you guys are interested in that. Tons of wildlife to sneak up on! It reminds me so much of Eddie's Creek!

I really don't have much experience in kayaks, My Dad had a couple of them when we were growing up, not near as fancy as they are today of course, and I never got the hang of them. Spent more time in the water than in the boat. LOL I know my brother and his family kayak some, just learned that this year. (The one that was in the Navy.) Our list of things to do, keeps growing. LOL And we go down there for the beach time. Don't' want to miss any of that.

I am hoping to have some Playalinda type kayak time in Eddy Creek one of these days. That would be heaven IN heaven, in my opinion, LOL.

Hi Mustang!! This video was one I really hoped you would appreciate and enjoy. It took me longer to film and definitely to edit than any other video in this series, but I wanted to be sure I hit up EVERYTHING in case there was anything that would peak your interest! As far as I know, this is all of the markers in downtown Melbourne. There were a few near the Lagoon that I skipped because the buildings were long gone. The Ice Plant was the building that inspired me to walk & drive around town looking for buildings to show you, because I figured you would enjoy its architectural style. It's one of the first buildings that really popped out to my eyes when we first moved to Melbourne. It's just so different from anything else down here, and I love that retro look it has (sorry I don't know the correct term for its architectural style!), and I always find myself keeping an eye on it while going past on US1. Even when I'm behind the wheel LOL. I wish it could be preserved and turned into something really cool. Sadly it's been abandoned like this for a long time, and it doesn't look like anything is going on with it right now :(. We had hand cranked ice cream when I was growing up, and you're right, there's nothing like it these days!! I wish I could show you inside the school/theater. It's beautiful! We've been inside once for a theater production, and the inside is original and preserved and beautiful! Lovely lobby with a gorgeous bar and area to sit and sip your drinks before going inside the auditorium. It's so beautiful inside! Someone left a comment the other day to let me know that those missing markers for Orange Spot have been reported missing for over a year. I saw the comment on my app, but it disappeared before I had a chance to respond. At least I can't see it on my end anymore. I'm glad the markers were reported missing, perhaps will be replaced. I don't know how to make a report myself. I should have photographed every marker and uploaded it to the app since some of these pictures are decades old or the markers are long gone LOL. But I couldn't figure out how to do that, so oh well. It was nice of the person to let me know that, but I never had a chance to respond to their comment. Miles Building is my favorite downtown on what should be called Main Street. (Main Street in our town is called New Haven, I don't get it, but oh well LOL). It's just so jazzy! I really wish they would paint it like some Florida hot pink or hot orange with yellow or teal window accents or something. It could really POP! The gray and red is okay, but I always get slight Ohio State vibes, which I'm sure is not what they were going for. I think we should embrace its funkiness and get wild with its colors!!!!!!! Royal Tin Can Opener!! I thought you would like that!! Took me a couple takes to say that without cracking up out loud LOL 1900's building... okay it's still in use as a professional setting but hear me out. It's prime real estate, right on the intersection of Main Street (that I refuse to call New Haven) and US1. HOW COOL WOULD IT BE if they painted it orange & teal and put flamingoes in all the windows and maybe some enormous hibiscus plants in all colors in pots out front... this buildings could be AMAZING! Everybody would want to move their business in!!!! My Hat!! Michael and my brother & sister in law give me so much grief over that hat LOL. They say it looks dorky! But I don't care, it's cool and allows breeze on my head and keeps my pony tail secure and protects my face and neck. I LOVE THIS HAT! I've had 2 now, and it comes in lots of colors. I got it on Amazon for cheap, I think I paid 15$ for it. It's called a "Muryobao sun hat" and I highly recommend! Even has a string under your chin so that Playalinda breeze can't blow it off your head! :) That church was beautiful. Too bad it doesn't look very authentic to its age anymore :(. I really liked the old hospital though. I think they're doing great preserving that building! I am SO GLAD you enjoyed this tour!!! Of all these videos, I had you in mind for some of them, and this was the one I made especially for you!! :)

Hi Julie, I agree about the Ice Plant. While most people would consider it boring and nothing to it, just a regular looking building, the words ICE PLANT stood out and made me want to look more at the building. It's obvious renovation has occurred, but it appears they have always attempted to keep the original look as best they could. The history of that building is fascinating, and I'm sure there is a lot more that has been lost over time, Florida being taken over by developers that even Michael has mentioned. 😠 That building could be used much like the Miles Building I was thinking when you walked through Miles. That would keep it alive! I can only image what the inside of the school looks like now. I'm sure the interior puts the exterior to shame. The inside of old theatres, and auditoriums, when done correctly are amazing to see. LOL Ohio State vibes, now that you said that, I see it too. I really really like how that building is being used. Hope that sometime in the future they get more tenants and it really becomes a "place to go to." Your color choices are interesting, and I can see why you like that. Some of the other building that "pop" because of the colors do make them stand out and people take notice. But I wonder if it would somehow affect it's history? But I do agree, it would make it more noticeable and perhaps even attract more tenants. I wondered how you said "Royal Tin Can Opener" with out laughing. Now I know. LOL I had to stop the video because I was laughing just hearing it.. 😂 What struck me most about 1900 building was the rear of the building. I wonder how many people have been by the front of the building and have no idea what the back looks like? To be honest it looks like two completely different buildings. The front does need something that screams "come see us!" Your idea just might be what it needs! I know the hat was WAY off topic, but when you sat down, I saw your pony tail, I just love that look! It's not Dorky at all in my opinion. Sorry Michael, and your Bro and his wife, they just don't understand right? Not sure what Stacey would think of it, but I want to get her one for the beach to help protect her shoulders. And when she puts her pony tail through the hole in hats she has worn, I just think its' so cute!! BRB, I'm looking on Amazon for the hat now. ☺ Ordered 2, Pure Sky Blue and Pure Beige should arrive tomorrow. I think she can wear them while gardening too! She's already fried her shoulders a couple of time this year. I did like the look of the hospital building, just a shame it isn't really thought of as the first hospital in Melbourne. I mean it is, and people know it but, in my opinion needs to still have the "look" of a hospital. Still a good looking building, glad they are still using it. Old hospitals are as ore point in our town. Long story, but they built a new one, and plans for the old building kept changing, stood empty, then finally torn down completely. A lot of us around here were born in the building, didn't want to see it turn to ruins and torn down. ☹ I've watched it twice so far, and once again THANK YOU so much for thinking of me while you filmed this one. I know i say it often but it really does mean a lot to me Julie!! It Really Does! Thank you thank you THANK YOU! I love this tour!! You know, we're going to have to go down to Melbourne when we come down, just have to see the sites in person!!😊

Good morning Mustang!!! I sure wish they would salvage the Ice Plant the way they preserved the Myles building. It deserves saving for sure! I guess if it has one flaw, it doesn't have outstanding public access. It's right off of highway US1, but kind of in a bend in the road, where another road dead ends into the highway, and visibility isn't the best, as well as people are always flying down the highway. Might deter developers from putting a lot of retail shops in there. WHICH IS A CRYING SHAME! As far as colors affecting the building's history, I guess maybe that's a concern. But the more attention drawn to the building, the more people will love and want to preserve it! After all it's just paint, and could easily be removed. I'm so bummed I couldn't find the Myles building historical marker :(. You are so right about that 1900 Building! It kinda looks like nothing special from the highway and the major intersection where it sits. Its backside is definitely its best side! Unfortunately I think a lot of people miss that, if their eyes are on the road and they're just zipping past. You almost have to pull off of New Haven into the parking lot before you notice just what a unique building it really is. Again, a shame. I'm so glad these places have historical markers (even though I couldn't find the marker for 1900 either!), but I do wish they were a bit more visible & accessible! No wonder like that guy said in the comments yesterday, Florida hasn't really done enough to preserve its history. I never even really noticed the 1900 building before starting this series! HAHA I'm so glad you ordered some sun hats!!! I hope you love them!! At least Amazon does easy returns if Stacey doesn't care for them. Like I said, I love mine, and wear it all the time if I'm not wearing a big sunhat. I really like it and they're cheap! Can't beat that with a stick! I want to do a video for June on Jim Morrison sites in & around Melbourne. I know he was born at a hospital here in Melbourne, but I don't know exactly which building it could be. (It's not any of the hospitals that are currently operating in town these days). It could be this building... I'm not sure and not entirely sure how to look that up yet, but I'm on it, don't worry! What a shame that they tore your old hospital down. I had a great time with my brother one time exploring an old abandoned hospital. There's sooo much energy in a building like that. It's just awful that there's so often not the funding or interest to save them. I'm so glad you enjoyed this video!!!! It means the world to me that you are enjoying the series so much! I kind of thought & hoped you would, since you love history and architecture so much, but it means so much to me that the effort I put into these videos isn't wasted, and someone else enjoyed them as much as I did learning and making them!!! :). Thank YOU for all of your continual support and encouragement!!! You inspire me so much and I'm so appreciative of your kindness and fun comments on our channel!!!! :)

I agree. The Ice Plant needs to be preserved. More people need to know and understand what that building really meant not only to Melbourne but Florida. All we saw was the outside, and that wasn’t boring at all to me. Just the opposite. 1900, they’ve put so much effort into the rear of the building, and the Front looks like an old, boring building. Not at all eye catching. That needs to change. 👍 You’re the perfect example of why. You had never noticed it, had no idea. It’s not really an Architectural “Blunder”, just misplaced in history and the city has ignored its potential in my opinion. I hope she likes them too. 🥰 Hmm he was born on December 8th 1943. Do you recall the years the 9 years the hospital was a hospital? Now I need to go back and watch the video again. LOL. I knew he was born in ‘43, same year as my parents. But didn’t know he was born in Melbourne. His dad was in the Navy, so maybe was stationed at Melbourne NAS at the time. Another tie-in! But I’m sure your research already knows this. 😉 Now I need to listen to the Doors music some more. 😉 ☺️ That’s so nice of you to say! I am really enjoying our “time” in cyberspace together. You’ve opened my eyes to so many things, Michael too! It means so much to me that we’ve connected like this and continue to look forward to talking each day. ♥️💜💙

good morning Mustang! Have your sunhats arrived yet? I'm so excited to hear what Stacey thinks. I never thought to ask if Stacey watches our videos with you or if you've told her about us, I'm sure you probably have. I hope she likes the hats! Like I said, I get a lot of grief for wearing them from Michael, Marshall, & Mari, but I don't care what I look like in the hat. It's comfy, cool, and protects my face and I LOVE it! I like how you ordered her 2. Never occurred to me to get more than just the 1 I have. I think I"m on my 2nd or maybe 3rd one now, but I always got the same color. Maybe they'd give me less grief if I had some different color options LOL. No I don't remember the exact years this building was a hospital, I'm not sure if that information was public record or lost to time? But I did find out what I think the building he was born in was! It's not a hospital anymore, it's some kind of doctors office now, but apparently there are lots of newspaper & internet articles about Melbourne being the birthplace of Jim Morrison, and I found a picture of the building and know exactly where it is. It's almost right next door to that weird looking 1900 building, it's front side, the boring side, LOLOLOL. I do love The Doors, so this is exciting!

Isn't that weird how many things keep coming up? In the Eau Gallie tour, seemed like we kept coming across people who were originally from NC. Plus there's a lot of Kentucky tie-ins with the military school moving here. I personally love how much of the history overlaps with what connections I have!

Weird but also makes sense. I mean history always seems to tie it's self together eventually. And the fact that your two states, and Ohio and Indiana have come up a few times too. Those states pop up more often than others it seems. You'd almost expect to hear about New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, the big city states to be mentioned more often. I just think the KY and NC tie-ins mean you and Michael belong there. 😊

It does enhance the feeling that we're not too far from home! ❤️🤍💙

I am so glad you enjoyed watching! We had a fantastic time visiting such an amazing place. Thank you for commenting! 🩷🩵💜

I knowwwww, isn't that wild?? I had no idea either!! I forget sometimes just how much there is to history that we never even started to touch on learning in school haha. But I find it so interesting! Thank you so much for watching Mike! 🩵🩷💜

Hi Mike! Yes I know, it's been so many years, and times have changed so much! But it's also hard to believe how in only a few decades, these loved ones were completely lost to time. Such a shame! Thankfully they were found again and the cemetery has been cleaned up. This was a neat little find. I'm so glad you enjoyed watching 🩵🩷💜

Thank you so much! We appreciate your comments & support so much! 🩵🩷💜

I see no point in tan lines! 😂🤣

Hi there! Thank you for clicking in! I'm so sorry but no, we don't have facebook. I got rid of all social media apps earlier this year, and Michael never really used it in the first place. I've thought about making one for our channel but haven't had time. 🩵💜💜

@@michaelandjulie Hmm I hadn't thought about that either, but it might be a great Idea that EastFloridaExplorer brought up. You should think about it Julie.

I will think about it! Right now I just don't have time, which is why I got rid of my personal socials awhile back. But if I can get around to it, maybe I will. Thanks for the suggestions! :)

It obviously could draw more attention to the videos, but could also be a lot of extra work too. Maybe try it for awhile, gets to be too much, shut it back down. Something to think about anyway.

Isn't that wild?!?!? Back then, Florida was a hot, humid, swampy, mosquito-ridden place and land was cheap! 😂. Hard to believe because now, it's one of the places people in the US are moving to by the drones! 😂😂😂

Hi Mike! Wow I'm so glad you enjoyed these videos and watched so many! Thank you so much for the support!! 🩷🩵💜. We have been here for 2 years and truly love it. Florida is like living on eternal summer vacation 😂. Hope you get to visit sometime! 🩷🩷🩵💜💜💜

Thank you so much for watching! We appreciate your support! 🩵💜🩷

Thank you so much!! 🩵🩷💜

Hi there to both of you! Yes, it was a really cold winter here in Florida! This has been our 3rd spring since moving here, and it's been noticeably less warm than the last 2! We moved here from North Carolina. Where are you from & how long have you lived in Florida? I hope we can cross paths in the parks some day! It's been awhile since we visited the others besides DAK! :)

@@michaelandjulie we moved a few months ago from Missouri. My husband - Emmy’s dad - passed unexpectedly right before and so we moved here for our health issues. I think you watched our video on that, maybe? My brain is pretty foggy from the grief process and moving to a new state and all those things. You left a very beautiful comment on one of our videos though and it touched our hearts so much. Thank you. ❤️- Heather @michaelandjulie

Hi Heather! I am so so sorry to hear about your husband. Yes, I did watch that video and knew that he had passed away, but I didn't realize it was so very recent and you guys were so new to living here in Florida. Welcome to Florida, I hope that the sunshine and good vibes of the Orlando area are good for you guys while you're going through the grieving process. It's a long & hard & slow process, I know it. It never gets easier but it does become less painful in time. I'm so glad you have each other and such an obviously close relationship with each other, and can help each other through this time. I hope to run into you both in the parks some day and ask if I can give you a great big hug. For now, virtual hugs through the computer screen. My heart is with you both today and I hope you're having a good weekend spending time together doing something fun & making memories <3

And I love the shadow wave! - Heather

Hi there! So glad you liked this walking tour! Melbourne is a really cute town and I hope you love it when you get to visit your friends! Thank you so much for watching, hope y'all are having a wonderful weekend! :)

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed 🩷🩵💜

Sadly yep, more or less. It's unfortunate 😞. I hope you enjoyed the video though, thank you for watching 🩵

@michaelandjulie I enjoy watching your videos. There's a lot of history in your own backyard both well known and others not so well known

There sure is! I've had sooo much fun with the app Explore Here finding markers and learning more about the area where I live! I'm so so glad you have been enjoying the videos. Thank you for watching! Your kind words have made my morning! ☀️ 🩵💜

Good morning from my coffee cup, Mustang! I hope you're getting kicked off to start a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! You are right, Smithsonian needs to make it on the to-do list if it's as awesome as you say it is, and if they have more displays on these indigenous people that I'm getting so interested in learning about. It's one thing to visit a museum and learn about native people that are from an area you've never been, but completely different when you are visiting from the place where they lived and you realize how much the world has changed right in your own backyard! Can you imagine the river during Ais times? The water would have been crystal clear bluish green. No pollution from NASA, no churned up muck from all the dumping, no pharmaceuticals, no trash, no plastic, no litter. Just crystal clear water and gentle manatees and the occasional dolphins and rays. I would just love to have been able to see that. Sadly the water is pretty gross now. I'd give anything to swim in the lagoon but don't dare LOL. It's against the law to play with the manatees in the water, so probably a good thing I'm scared to get in, because there's no way on god's green earth I could resist pretending to be one of them!

Hi Julie. Pretty good start to the weekend. Sitting at the dog show, day 2. 😁 although we did have to get up at 4:15 this morning. 🥱. Freddi is playing with a Border Collie pal waiting for her show time. She shows first today, and got her first points yesterday. 🏅 I do think it would be awesome to see what our planet looked like before man started polluting it dies and has since we started walking upright. 😔

Congratulations, Little Freddi!!!!!! Abra is super super proud of her! 🩷💜🩵 I forgot to tell you, we saw a bobcat at Playalinda the other day! That was a first!

I’d heard there were bobcats around, didn’t know they were that close to the water though. Wild Hogs, bobcats…. Next you need to see the tortoises. ☺️

We see plenty of tortoises every time we go! I don't even count them anymore haha. Only once have we seen an alligator, but it was a BIG one, crawling along on the land beside the shoulder of the road 🐊

Good morning Mustang! We're up bright & early to make that drive to Playalinda today! My dad used to follow a guy in Daytona Beach who made chainsaw art and sent it all over the country. There was a really neat totem pole carving in North Carolina near where I live that this guy made. I have accidentally driven past his house/studio before while in Daytona Beach and knew right away who it was! Very distinct artwork, even though I can't remember his name. I should look him up as a matter of fact... I think it's so NEAT that you look all this stuff up! I don't know anyone else I can have a conversation about these kinds of things with. Michael thinks the videos are cool, but he's definitely not the hunter gatherer I am when it comes to wanting to see them personally and be on the spot, and then research as many minutes of talking time as possible HAHA. Sometimes I get 12 minutes of footage of a marker that's kinda ho-hum, and then it's a real challenge to see what else I can find that wasn't even mentioned on the marker. It's been so much fun for me, but multiplied exponentially more fun because you've been so enthusiastically involved with each video! Not only do "how many people know this...", but also how many people care? Or would just be like WhAtEveR if you tried to tell them? I am loving how when I visit historic places now, the connections are already being made and we have a base to build of knowledge to build on. If we ever move to another part of Florida, I'd want to start all over again and see how much I could learn, and what parts of those knowledge circles overlap things we've learned here! Like you said, our favorite trivia place was the original Eau Gallie Bank (we showed it in our St. Patrick's Day video, but I skipped it in the historic buildings of Eau Gallie video from a few days ago since we'd all already seen it and it doesn't have a marker). I'm doing a walk around downtown Melbourne video this upcoming week and you'll see lots of buildings that were originally one thing (usually a hotel or boarding house) that have been turned into other things. You're right, that is a really cool thing to see. I probably would never have paid anywhere near this much attention to external buildings and architecture if I weren't watching & filming after meeting you! :)

That's cool! If you do end up finding the guy in Daytona, pass it along, I bet he's got some really amazing artwork to see and made with a chainsaw! I'm so glad we found each other too, it's awesome we can chat about different things and obviously we both love to learn new things. I'm tickled you've looked at buildings and architecture differently now. Appreciate the "art" in buildings. People look at them and think or say it's cool looking but not really pay attention to the details that make it special. I just really enjoy learning new things and as you know especially about Florida and this area. And if you and Michael move to another area, you know I'll still be right her following you along in the adventures you take. I love how you challenge yourself to do this. Even if the Marker isn't what you hoped, it's still fun to watch. Today's video, is a perfect example of that in Cape Canaveral. Not much there, Marker didn't help much, but you still turned it into a great adventure because of the manatee's. 🙂 I remember the Bank and your fav trivia place. Not sure if we mentioned it back then or not, but thought that reminded me of the bank in the town close to us. Banks especially intrigue me, I always wonder if the vaults are still there? LOL I bet the Walk through Melbourne is going to be a favorite of mine, can't Wait!!

I would love to visit his shop and make a video out of it, if he would be open to that idea! It's on the list of things I'd like to do next time we make it that far north, although I don't know if that will be anytime soon. We are coming up on some big decisions over the next few weeks and also traveling back to North Carolina unexpectedly this weekend, which is GREAT, since it's a long holiday weekend, but I don't know when I'm going to have time to get up there. I've been wanting to go back to the Bucee's too! We are running low on our favorite "HARD CORE CARNIVORE" seasoning we get at Bucee's LOL. I know I say this in response to your every comment, but Memorial May was so much fun for me and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was a nice distraction from other things going on right now that aren't so pleasant, and helped me fall even more in love with our area where we live and Florida in general. I always loved history but hadn't really found a way to learn more about history without watching TV or CZcams. This was kind of my first time since we moved here to get out and be outside in the sunshine learning on site, and it's 1,000 times more fun for me to learn that way than to just read online. Then when I came home and read online to add to what happened on site, it was like an exponential increase of the fun. LOL. I bet that sounds weird AF but you probably get my drift. I am so proud of what I was able to learn and share, and feel even more comfortable now with each location that I see that I'm building on the knowledge we've already started learning together. I've even surprised some locals now by whipping out information they didn't even know. It's kind of going to my head here, can you tell? Just KIDDING but you get my drift I'm sure. I'm really excited for June also, I've already started filming a few videos for June that were inspired by Memorial May. MM really incentivized me to take a second look at our town and its history and try to pull up new things people might want to see from around here!

I’m missing Buc ee’s too. We don’t have any near us, so look forward to getting close to one. They are still planning on building one just north of Dayton, but not sure when that’s gonna happen. I really like that you’re enjoying doing these videos so much. Can just tell you’re not doing it just to “do another” video, but something you really do want to do. And even on the heat and humidity, you still do it. I do get your drift, sometimes when your video starts, I pause, start looking up the location, street view, and whatever else pops up, Wiki page of course, and can follow along. Like you, just want to know more. And while I’m not learning the way you are, actually being there, fun watching you because you are there. Hope everything is okay, and it’s going to be an enjoyable holiday weekend for you, and hope it’s not raining during this NC visit like the last one was. 😉

You knew the train was comin', it was rolling round the bend... I'm pretty sure we are done with train videos now! But when I first did the Union Cypress Railway and Sawmill, that was before I thoroughly understood the Florida East Coast Railroad and how important that was to developing Florida as a tourist destination and snowbird/home development capital of the US. (I filmed in a good order, but edited in an all--over-the-place order, and editing is where I was really learning the good stuff, so I was for awhile quite confused myself). I really did have a blast and a half with these videos. One of these days I took a friend out with me to half a dozen markers or so. She'd gotten excited because I told her how much fun I was having! After a few hours in the blazing heat/sun and fire ants, she was like, how in the WORLD is this any fun for you?!?!?!? LOLOLOL

Uh Oh Quoting Johnny Cash now.... 🤣 The trains have been really interesting, and learning about just how important they were to Florida, over all. Tourists, moving lumber, which we didn't realize was such a big part of history either, just fun to learn this stuff. I'll be thinking about what all we've learned when we get stopped by the train on our next trip down there too. It's funny your friend wondered how you were having fun out there in the heat. LOL I'm that same way, if I'm enjoying it, heat doesn't stop me, it's still fun. LOL

I love Johnny Cash! But don't worry, the train videos have ended now HAHA. I had fun with them, but I think there's a limit to just how much train content I can create. It does get repetitive after awhile and I know it's not THE most interesting thing in the world LOL. I'd still love to do a Flagler video, but that's got to go on the back burner until we can get back up to St. Augustine. I think I mentioned, I was in St. A last fall with my uncle, but I didn't vlog anything to spend more time with him. Maybe I can combine that with a trip through Daytona for chainsaw art one of these days. Yep, my friend (who is a Florida native BTW) really couldn't hang with the heat. I know it's tough but dang. Why live here if you can't handle the kitchen, or whatever it is they say!

You’ll never find me complaining about the heat in Florida, I means it’s Florida. I’ve never understood people that move to Arizona and complain about the heat. You moved to a desert…🤓. “Can’t stand the heat? Get out of the kitchen.” 👍 You have to know the story on Flagler has to be interesting. Not everyone’s “cup of tea”, but interesting to some of us out there. Would be a cool duo, St. Augustine, and the Chainsaw carving. Don’t think I’ve mentioned it before, but I have a step-sister living in St. A. And cousins living around Cocoa Beach. I wonder if they know much about the history of the area. ☺️

Ooo ask them! Or interview them on your channel?? That's great that you have family so close!

I felt bad but there was sooooooo much to say about Dr. Barbour, and I had to cut tons & tons of it out of the Wikipedia story. Usually I have the opposite problem, WAY more footage than I have information to recite. But in this case, combined with the fact we were also talking about Pentoaya, I had to kind of hit the highlights of his extensive career, and I definitely didn't do him full justice. Oh well, I tell myself, most people aren't even reading that sign as they walk past it. I did the best I could haha. Not my fault he accomplishments barely fit in a 6,000,000 word essay!!! I'm not entirely clear if he did his studies right here in this exact park, or if he was just from one of the families with boats who were up & down these little rivers in & out of the Lagoon regularly and he picked up little insects & fossils along the way. This park was a great place to find archaeological remains plus all kinds of neat little river bugs & crustaceans, etc! Oh, I was at a museum the other day, and the audio recordings were pronouncing "Ais" like "ICE." So maybe I have been saying it wrong, although I have been hearing it in other places like ACE also.... hmm....

ACE or ICE, we'll still know what you're talking about. I haven't seen any ways to pronounce the name in the few things I've read about them, but would be interesting to know which is correct I guess. You could tell from the Wikipedia page there is a whole lot more to his story. Something tells me I bet they have a lot of his history and his work at Harvard. Most of it would be way over my head of course, but still would be and interesting "Life Story" to learn about. All the places he traveled to? I bet his passport had different volumes if he were alive today. And of course, I bet his work is still studied today.

People just tended to be more incredible back then, if you ask me. With the limitations in options to travel, the length of time it would take to cross the ocean or travel from up north to southern Florida, not to mention all the challenges in between, it always amazes me when someone from back then zipped all over the place and accomplished so much. WAY more impressive than people doing the same amount of work with all of today's modern conveniences!

You’re right. I remember first learning about Civil War battles, and hearing about how troops marched from one location to another. Amazed by how far that was for them back then, and how long it takes us to drive it. Or even more recent history, back before Interstates. Driving from up north to down south. Each and every small town…. So when you hear about people like him, how did he do it? People in today’s world wouldn’t be able to handle what he did. It’s all rush rush rush now. 😐

haha yes we did! It's always the nicest when it's pretty deserted like that, and it usually is in the mornings. Thanks for watching! :)

Hi there! Thank you so much for watching! I love hanging out at cemeteries too. I went up to the haunted Georgiana Cemetery in Merritt Island this weekend and filmed a video with you in mind. Whenever I get it edited & posted, I'll shout you out in the video. I just love how quiet and peaceful cemeteries are, even ones like this one that you unfortunately cannot get in to view better.

Thank you!! Yep I have learned the tracks are usually where you can find some of your coolest oldest buildings! Unfortunately Melbourne burned down almost completely in 1919, so there isn't much in downtown left that is older than 125 years, but there's still lots of history to be found up & down the tracks. Thanks so much for watching!! :)

thank you so much, you're compliments have made my day! :)

Hey Mustang!! Ridiculous bowler hat cracked me up too. I feel like I can see this guy already even though I don't even have a picture of him LOL. I hope he had a cane and a pocket watch to complete the look! Unfortunately, so much of original Melbourne doesn't exist anymore. One of the very few markers that I did not cover this month is for the Carlton Hotel downtown. I've seen 100+ year old photographs of this hotel, and it was ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID! Unfortunately, it burned completely down twice. This area was truly plagued in its earliest days. I keep meaning to look up that fire and see if they ever found a cause. Wouldn't it be cool if that tree was original to the post office site? I kind of doubt it but who knows! We have plenty of far older trees in Florida!

LOL you’re right, the cane, pocket watch with chain, and a black suit. And he was a big guy. I bet that was quite the “look”. 😂 And they thought the bowler hat was ridiculous. 🤣 Probably is a story about that fire, it obviously is an important part of Melbournes history. All I’ve been able to find out was a Tennant in a boarding house tossed a kerosine lantern out the window, that someone supposedly shot holes in it, onto the wooden boardwalk. 40 mph winds pushed the fire into downtown. I’m sure there’s a lot more info out there. 🤷🏼‍♂️ The shape of that tree made me think it had been around for a long time. Not huge but the shape and the way it’s grown does make you wonder why it looks that way. I agree, would be cool to know it was there when the post office was there. 👍

You know, that sounds exactly like the type of tying typical Floridians would do HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yep! Can see the headline now: Florida Man arrested for shooting his lantern, then tossing it out the window starting a huge fire. 🤣 Is "Florida Man" as big a joke in Florida as it is in the rest of the country? LOL

HAHAHAHA YES IT IS!!!!! I used to follow several pages on my Instagram dedicated to Florida memes, headlines, etc. I kind of miss the humor now that I don't use social media anymore. There's a few I would recommend if you're looking for funny Florida jokes. brightlinecrashtracker, floridaman, and yourfloridaguy. they are all HILARIOUS accounts! Also have you done that thing where you google your birthdate and the year you were born plus "FLORIDA" to see what mugshot made the headlines the day you were born? HYSTERICAL!

My first time was last Sunday

Haha hi there thank you for watching! Yes we are big fans of Playalinda!

How did you like it?

@michaelandjulie I don't know whom I'm talking to but the husband words is how I felt.. I went alone, so I did not enjoy with someone. But it was refreshing to sat the least

Hi there! Usually it's me Julie who responds, Michael is much more busy than I am with his job, so unless he posted a solo or training/workout video, I usually respond to the comments! Although I usually read them out to him when we're driving places to keep up so he knows all of our CZcams friends :). He definitely describes Playalinda better than I do. It's one of our favorite places on earth! :). Thank you so much for stopping by, we always love hearing from other people who love our favorite beach as much as we do :)

Hi Mustang! I was planning to make 2 videos at this location, but dang, when you put the markers practically on top of each other, that would have been totally cheating to use the same footage twice! Nobody would want to watch that LOL. But I do think it's an extra layer of ultra cool when you have 2 significantly awesome things to commemorate from such different periods of history, and can put the markers right on top of each other. Kind of staggering to think of the layers of time like that. I do think his family was snowbirds, before that term was really used for people who spend winters in Florida, from what I read! There were dozens of native tribes all over Florida, but the Ais were just the ones that happened to be covering the eastern part of Brevard County, which is why I run into them so often. I know the Calusa were the ones that gave old Ponce de Leon quite a hard time and ultimately his fatal wound. I'd love to have the time to learn more about all the different native tribes that existed here, long before the Seminoles, which are so famous today!

Hi Mustang!! I told you there was plenty more "train history" coming up LOL. This is a marker for the railway that connected the station from the other day to a sawmill a few more miles west in Deerpark. I've never been to Deerpark yet, my app tells me there's not a historical marker there, so I'm not sure if I'd be on a wild goose chase to even find the site of the original sawmill, and that's assuming it's not on private property anyway. I'd also like to see what traces are left of the original track that crossed the St. Johns River. That's an expedition for a winter day when it's not so hot & muggy. You're going to know more about Melbourne than most people who live here at this rate! My head hurt for DAYS! But I couldn't help but laugh though. Serves me right for taking myself so seriously !!!!! :). LOL

Hi Mustang! This video was so much fun to make. I'd never really spent any time in Melbourne Beach (why bother, when we live right across the street from an identical beach..), so this was all new turf for me plus new names and history that hadn't really even been mentioned over on the mainland markers. I would LOVE to take a tour of the Ryckman House! They do offer them weekly I think on Saturdays, and it's been on my to-do list to get back over there and take a tour. I didn't have the time to do it the day I was there sadly. After that awesome tour of Lawndale House, I've been wanting to tour as many old houses as I can! Unfortunately, they are usually only one day a week, Saturdays, and all at the same time. I should have investigated the dolphin statue further. I just assumed it was a carving and didn't think to question it. It was so funky & neat though. I'm starting to like Melbourne Beach better than where we live, not so much funky neatness here north by a few miles LOL. I love how you're looking these things up on Aerial maps! I better mind my P's and Q's to make sure I get all the information correct, because you will for sure know if I get it wrong! Usually when you tell me something you looked up, I feel like why in the world did I never think to look that up! I probably should have included aerial footage from Google maps to show how slender the barrier island gets down there near Melbourne Beach and what a freaking short railroad that even was. When I first heard they built a railroad to go to the ocean, I was like, freaking why!? The beach is like 1,000 feet away, what's the point LOL. I did not know there was a 2nd piece of track on the Atlantic side, that is NEAT! It doesn't have a historical marker, or at least it's not listed on the historical marker database I've been following. I have been wondering though if the HMDB is truly a complete list. I can think of things that I'm shocked do not have markers, and then other markers are kind of a JOKE! Just wait til June, I've got a couple "duds" up my sleeve. I'm so glad you're enjoying these videos! They were fun as hell to make. I'm super bummed that I ran out of markers within a reasonable driving distance radius. I would have loved to keep going with this series for forever!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed 🩷🩷🩷

@TheFloridaBikeVlogger I agree with you, they do a great job!!

aw thank you, Mustang! <33333

Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed 🩷🩷🩷

Hi Mustang! Too funny that you are plotting my routes! You are so into this series, it's cracking me up. The only other person who had as much fun as you do with this series was ME, MAKING it! :). LOL Yep like I said, sometimes it backfired on me shooting intros & outros before I had spent the time to learn the information. In all honesty, I can read the whole marker and it goes in one head and out the other. I have to really focus, read a few articles, copy and paste and then read aloud or retype in my own words, and record it all, before anything really sinks in. But I thought it would be kind of boring if I waited to do all the "-tros" back at home in regular clothes after I had learned whatever there was to say. Just seemed more appropriate to do the "tros" on location. This was an example of me totally not knowing how cool this boring place really was. It ended up being one of my favorite markers of the whole month! I agree this story is so outlandish, it just screams cops & robbers, make a movie about this! I think they did make a movie and it got terrible reviews, right? I am so surprised that the Ashley Gang is so buried in time. We know all the other major 19th/20th century criminals as household names, how did their story get so lost? And why are they barely a sentence on this marker? Who cares about a hotel that used to sit on a pile of shells that a B-roll President might have stayed in on a hunting trip one time maybe? Tell me more about these swamp hopping thugs! Sounds like they were having a grand old time up until they all got shot anyway. Are you guys getting excited for the dog shows this weekend???? I have all of my fingers and toes crossed. Maybe I'll try to teach Abs how to cross her little paws for good luck for you too! I have missed our chats! We have been really busy the last few days, life is starting to accelerate at a crazy rate and usually CZcams is the first ball I drop. It's such a treat to come back and see so many comments from you though. I'll get all caught up on Friday for sure. Tomorrow is PLAYALINDA DAYYYY!

Well like I’ve been saying all along, it is interesting to me. Now if I lived around there, would I go looking for this info you’ve been telling us about? Before, no but maybe I would now because of the way you’re doing it. It’s so cool! It’s not so much plotting your routes as much as figuring out where you are each day. Can tell by your outfit if you’re going to be close to another site, another video, so “know” the general area. Geeze, now I sound like a stalker don’t I? 🤣 Don’t mean to be, it’s just you do seem to be having fun making the videos, and I like and usually love what you’re showing. Can’t help to notice where you are and what you’re wearing. (There’s those creepy stalker vibes again. 🤓😂 I do like the way you shot the “tros”. It gives off the feeling that you’re learning right along with us, even if you really don’t know a whole lot about it until you do your research later on. The Ashley Gang is a perfect example of that. Yep they did make a movie, terrible reviews and even the real people not just movie critics, who did see it rated it low. I’m guessing the producers were trying to jump on the “gangster” bandwagon that was going on at the time. The Godfather, a lot of people say one of the greatest movies of all time, came out a year or two before this movie, they tried to make their version… failed I guess. Yeah we are. Really excited to get Koozie back in the ring. He hasn’t shown in awhile, just hoping the judges aren’t the type that ALWAYS pick hairless over Powder Puffs. He just so handsome when he’s all groomed and ready to go. Other than Freddi of course, not sure which other dogs are going. Going to be a long fun weekend though. 😊 So happy you get to go to Playalinda today!!! Too bad we can’t talk about those trips as they are going on. Love hearing and reading about the days spent there. Lots of great memories have happened in that sand. Hope you both have a really fun visit!!!!! 😁🏖️

Good morning Mustang!!! I don't know if you're interested in looking up some history for your channel, but I have this app on my phone called "Explore Here" that I've been using. It uses GPS to figure out where you are, and then depending on how far in or out you zoom the radius, it will show you all of the historical markers & landmarks around you. I used it for Memorial May videos and basically went to almost every single marker in about a 30-40 minute drive from our house (skipping a few that I thought were uninteresting). Even if you don't care to film the markers, it's at least interesting and might open your eyes to things you didn't even know where there. It has pictures of the site and markers too, in case you want to see if it's worth traveling to the spot or not. I have loved using that app! I suspected my outfits would eventually give away my routes, if only because they were all so different. It started out because the first 2 days I went out to film, I planned on visiting military memorial type sites (my original plan was to do a whole month of Memorial Day type videos, before I realized how much more history there was to uncover, so I limited it to just the last week of the month). I just felt the need to try to dress a little more respectfully considering the memorials were for fallen soldiers. After I filmed those videos, I figured I should just continue to dress up for the whole series to keep in theme, except for those days we had to get out and take quite a hike in the heat! I can't blame you for plotting my routes because it's pretty obvious based on the different outfits what I wore and what direction I went that day LOL. If I really wanted to hide my itinerary, I would have worn the same outfit for all 31 videos or 31 different outfits LOL. I hope Koozie & Freddi are showing their bestests today! GOOD LUCK to everybody!!!!! Are you going along also or is Stacey just going with her mother in law? Are any of the border collies turning up this time? I hope all goes well and can't wait to hear how they did!!!!!

I’ll have to check out that app. It sounds like one I would use from time to time. Especially when I’m somewhere new or traveling. LOL 31 different outfits? I can see Stacey doing something like that. Just like at dog shows, changing outfits between shows. “Can’t wear the same out fit you know”. 🤭 Yes I’m at the shows also. The border collies are Frankie and Todd. Koozie didn’t show yesterday, just entered Saturday and Sunday. (Those are usually the busy days, and he just needs “Major” wins, need a certain number of entries for a “major”.) Freddi showed first today, got her point again. She’s been showing against her Breeders dogs, and doing really well. She’s came in 2nd to the number 1 American Hairless Terrier in the US yesterday, and beat him today. She also won Best of Breed Owner Handled both days. Kathy, her breeder, is so happy with Freddi and the way Stac is showing her, she’s going to give us another American Hairless Terrier to start showing. He’s just 7 weeks old. And they’ve named him, you’re gonna laugh, “Sticky”. 🤣 His registered name will be “Edelweiss I’m Hot, Sticky, Sweet”. We think…, AKC has to approve of the name. You both love 80’s music, so I’m sure you know where the name comes from right?😉 Kathy is all for us showing Freddi and now Sticky in Orlando. We found out today, that the American Hairless terrier Nationals are in Orlando also this year, a few days before Royal Canin and said we should show them in that show too. Our schedule may be longer than we originally planned. 🙂 Koozie showed awesome! But not a friendly judge to Powder Puffs. He picked the Hairless Crested’s. Bummer. Kathy loved how he showed and said he should have placed better. A lot of people didn’t like his choice of winner. (I thought he was oversized, but that’s me). The BC’s didn’t get any love today either. 😥 But the breeder who has the number one Border Collie of all time is there. So the competition is tough. The girls did look good though. Two more days to go!

Good morning Mustang!!! Coffee & back from our walk with Abra bright & early this morning. Look at Freddi, racking up her points!!!! That's fantastic that she gives even her breeders' dogs a run for their money!! I am so proud of her!!!! I'm telling you, these dogs are CZcams star quality here. You guys have such a variety of breeds & temperaments, and they could have their own little show! Their own little show about SHOWING in dog shows HAHA! This is going to turn into a tongue twister... I was walking Abra when I read your comment about "Sticky" and the Def Leppard song and I cracked up laughing out loud. Abra snapped up to look at me like I was crazy since there was nobody else out there with us. I happen to love Def Leppard btw. I was really born in the wrong era because all my favorite music is around 2 decades older than I was at the time... what I mean is, it my 20th birthday was in fact the day I was born, I think that would perfectly align with having grown up with all the best music!! I think the stars are aligned for you guys to come to Orlando and show your dogs!!! This is fantastic! I hate it for Koozie and the border collies. They all deserved better. They are some good looking, well behaved, champion quality show dogs and should just take home all the prizes, if it were up to me. You really have an all star rock star cast for quite the CZcams show here HAHA

Good morning, Mustang! We are getting ready to go out to brunch over here for a video coming out in June haha. I figured eventually you would catch on to the outfits and figure out my filming days. Bonus points if you can plot my route based on markers and outfits LOL. I think I went out a total of 6 days in different directions to film and filmed as many markers as possible, then brought all the footage home and then did the research and script. That's why in some of my intros/outros, I don't know a whole lot about what I'm introducing. I just read the marker, and after you read dozens & dozens of them, they all start to run together! I have found via CZcams, I learn the best by showing up to a location and just taking it all in, experiencing the feeling of being in a place really cool. But I have to go home and read up and copy/paste and script and VoiceOver and record and playback before the information really gets engrained in my brain forever LOL. Some of my intros were cringey after I learned the more extensive history of the place but oh well. What can you do! I didn't know about the book about the Ashley Gang, but I had heard of the movie doing my research for this video. It got poo-pooed everywhere that I heard about it, but I'd still be willing to give it a watch if I had the time. I never ever heard of them before the making of this video, and wow what a story! Not going to lie, this was probably the most boring marker on the most boring stretch of land that I filmed all month, but ended up being one of THE MOST fun stories to script, record, and set music to. Probably in my top 3 favorite markers of the whole month of May. I really really enjoyed this one. I was worried when it took you a couple days to watch this video, I thought OH NO, Mustang got sick of my series and quit watching LOL. I wouldn't blame you, I know they are no masterpieces! But I hope my skills are improving. My love of creating videos is increasing especially with this opportunity to show people this amazing place where we live and the awesome history I'm learning about it every day. I know I don't say it often enough, but I truly appreciate your support on every video and your kind words. You motivate me to keep at it and make it feel like I've done a worthy job. I always look forward to my morning coffee chats & catch ups with Mustang! :)

Hey Mustang! Haha of course I did, I knew when I first got the idea to do historical markers that I had to go see the I Dream of Jeannie ones you had told me about. I hope I hit them all. I have an app on my phone called Explore Here that tells me where markers are, but it's not always totally up to date. This was one of the videos I did specifically with you in mind LOL. I knew you said you liked the show so much, and I still haven't had a chance to watch it. Hopefully I can tune in one day soon. Did I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched run concurrently?

I think they were on at the same time, but Bewitched ran a year or two longer. I saw Betwitched off and on, didn’t like it as well. Then at some point, the guy who played the husband, Darrin, changed. A different actor. They were very similar because they were both trying to hide the ladies special powers. I just liked Jeannie better. She was prettier. lol. Hey I was a little guy, liked pretty ladies. 🤓 As soon as you said you were in Cocoa Beach, I thought of I dream of Jeannie because we talked about it for a few days. And you did teach me, they didn’t use any of the NASA buildings in Canaveral. If I remember correctly, early in the show, they showed the outside of the house, the neighborhood they lived in. I always wondered if they filmed that in Cocoa Beach? Now I know they didn’t. Thanks to you. And I don’t have to go looking for the neighborhood. lol Feel so special that you did some of your videos for me. Really appreciate it Julie! ☺️

I was a smidge bummed that literally nothing of the show was filmed in Coco Beach. Not gonna lie that fact did dampen my enthusiasm to watch the show somewhat. The whole "let's go find that house/building/etc" you know. But it is really cool how cast & crew paid honor to CB by visiting a few times and visiting NASA as well. I bet she felt like a real Royal Ribbon Cutter getting to press that button or however she did her thing at NASA 😁. Too bad these aren't iron markers. They deserve to be!

I looked up Jeannie on TV this morning, I'd forgotten the few seasons or so were in black in white. It's showing on Tubi, BTW. It also had a movie they made, it said 15 years later, Jeannie and Tony are married and have a kid, TJ or Tony Junior. Larry Hagman didn't return as Tony though, it was Wayne Rodgers, the guy that played Trapper John on MASH. That was so weird to see. (Just watched a few minutes of it.) Even though it wasn't filmed in Florida, to me back then, it just made me want to go back and visit there, always loved Florida when we did go down there, and "Seeing It" on TV made me want to go even more. Just weird now knowing it wasn't in Florida, ever. 😒

Yeah the glass kind of shattered when we realized not ANY of the show was filmed in Florida. Seems like they could have at least gotten some B-roll footage here, our coastline is completely different from California, etc. But I'm still glad they put Cocoa Beach on the map! Sadly I can't watch anything in black & white, it gives me a terrible migraine from the eyestrain. I may have to pick up whenever they shelled out the big bucks for color TV hahahaha. I think Cocoa Beach needs a Jeannie statue!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching 💜🩵🩷