Logs for Treadmark
08-Jun-05
When I read what "the Ax" said about the Danbury Fair Mall, it naturally made me think about my own Mall, the Desoto Square Mall in Bradenton Florida. N 27 27.987 W 82 34.199. I went by there and got a picture of the sign at the west end of the mall. Also at that end of the mall I saw the J.C. Penney store, which got me to thinking...
My next stop took me to a 7-11 store at 2581 Whitfield Ave., Bradenton, Fl N 27 25.131 W 82 31.902. When I arrived I opened my door and the first thing I saw was the very thing which I had been pondering since leaving JCPenney; I saw a penny upon the ground. Well!... I got to thinking about 'Ol Abe Lincoln who's bust resides upon the face of that penny. Back in his day he was a giant of a man. Speaking of giants...
I had to travel a little to my next stop. I picked up my daughter at home and told her about the giant of Gibsonton. We went up to The Giant's Camp Restaurant,(Gibsonton, Florida N 27 51.394 W 82 22.997) took some pictures and had a coke. The giant was Al Tomaini. He was 8'4" tall and wore size 22 1/2 shoes. This restaurant is all that is left of a fish camp and restaurant that he started in the 1950's so that his friends could come stay and fish with him.
My next stop took me to a 7-11 store at 2581 Whitfield Ave., Bradenton, Fl N 27 25.131 W 82 31.902. When I arrived I opened my door and the first thing I saw was the very thing which I had been pondering since leaving JCPenney; I saw a penny upon the ground. Well!... I got to thinking about 'Ol Abe Lincoln who's bust resides upon the face of that penny. Back in his day he was a giant of a man. Speaking of giants...
I had to travel a little to my next stop. I picked up my daughter at home and told her about the giant of Gibsonton. We went up to The Giant's Camp Restaurant,(Gibsonton, Florida N 27 51.394 W 82 22.997) took some pictures and had a coke. The giant was Al Tomaini. He was 8'4" tall and wore size 22 1/2 shoes. This restaurant is all that is left of a fish camp and restaurant that he started in the 1950's so that his friends could come stay and fish with him.
07-Jun-05
06-Jun-05
N 27° 44.444 W 082° 22.222
Had to do a little manuevering to get this one. The WGS84 DATUM put the coordinates right into the middle of a (full) retention pond. By using the CANAD DATUM I was able to fix the points on hard terra firma. This site put me NE of Ruskin, Fl. at Beth Shields Middle School on the south end of the track. I had to explain to the School Resource Officer (the LAW) what I was attempting to do.
