My family lived in Columbus, Georgia when I was in high school. One night I told my boyfriend at the time that he could not drive me anywhere where I could not find my way back to a known landmark. He took me up on the challenge, and he drove around while I kept my eyes shut. When he told me to open my eyes, I looked around, and told him we were at Ft Benning, and that his headlights shined on a sign saying we were on a bombing range. We drove home after that, and he acknowledged I had won.
That's amazing! I love that story because of the way I introduced Annie in my book by having her pilot the family's boat blindfolded up the New River in Fort Lauderdale. Although your boyfriend wasn't trying too hard to fool you if he had the headlights shining on the bombing range sign 😂 You know how they say there those people who can curl their tongue into a tube and those who can't? I kinda think it's the same with a sense of direction. My husband turns the wrong way when exiting a building about 80% of the time. 🤭
So nice to read the fascinating story of the map makers! I'm sure you must have the research as much as we enjoyed your book. We hope your enjoying the research of your next book. We can't wait!
Hello Christine, of course I remember those days vividly. I have enjoyed your Books ever since your old River Reach days. I remember the RDF, radio direction finder and searching for “that null “. Although finding the two Acacia trees, that formed a range was sometimes more reliable. I also remember the Lauren a that was almost guaranteed to make you sea sick as you tried to line up those tiny lines.
Hi Patricia - I do miss River Reach. Thanks for the kind words about the books. I hope more people in Fort Lauderdale will read Whiskey Creek. I worked so hard at including so much real history about Lauderdale in the 1940's. Oh my, I do remember what a pain those RDFs were. We had one, as well as a Loran, on our boat Sunrise, and I don't think we used either one more than a couple of times. Of course, Loran stopped working as soon as you left the US. We were thrilled when we got a SatNav that gave you your exact position once every 7 hours. Now, I'm grumpy if my phone won't give me my Google Maps location in a matter os seconds.
My family lived in Columbus, Georgia when I was in high school. One night I told my boyfriend at the time that he could not drive me anywhere where I could not find my way back to a known landmark. He took me up on the challenge, and he drove around while I kept my eyes shut. When he told me to open my eyes, I looked around, and told him we were at Ft Benning, and that his headlights shined on a sign saying we were on a bombing range. We drove home after that, and he acknowledged I had won.
That's amazing! I love that story because of the way I introduced Annie in my book by having her pilot the family's boat blindfolded up the New River in Fort Lauderdale. Although your boyfriend wasn't trying too hard to fool you if he had the headlights shining on the bombing range sign 😂 You know how they say there those people who can curl their tongue into a tube and those who can't? I kinda think it's the same with a sense of direction. My husband turns the wrong way when exiting a building about 80% of the time. 🤭
Hi Christine,
So nice to read the fascinating story of the map makers! I'm sure you must have the research as much as we enjoyed your book. We hope your enjoying the research of your next book. We can't wait!
Philip & Ninah
Hello Christine, of course I remember those days vividly. I have enjoyed your Books ever since your old River Reach days. I remember the RDF, radio direction finder and searching for “that null “. Although finding the two Acacia trees, that formed a range was sometimes more reliable. I also remember the Lauren a that was almost guaranteed to make you sea sick as you tried to line up those tiny lines.
Hi Patricia - I do miss River Reach. Thanks for the kind words about the books. I hope more people in Fort Lauderdale will read Whiskey Creek. I worked so hard at including so much real history about Lauderdale in the 1940's. Oh my, I do remember what a pain those RDFs were. We had one, as well as a Loran, on our boat Sunrise, and I don't think we used either one more than a couple of times. Of course, Loran stopped working as soon as you left the US. We were thrilled when we got a SatNav that gave you your exact position once every 7 hours. Now, I'm grumpy if my phone won't give me my Google Maps location in a matter os seconds.