Post #733727 by 20th Century Man on Wed, Dec 24, 2014 10:54 PM

Hi Dusty,
I'm glad you're enjoying this Trade Winds discovery, too!

Honestly, I'm not sure what to do with the wood beams/posts once they've been cleaned up a bit.
They are such a remarkable find that I wasn't thinking beyond the acquisition and preservation stage.
I've been planning to do up the loft space in our two-story condo as a tiki lounge, and though we have
the vertical space these posts would require, I'm not sure they could be a good "visual" fit - they were
designed to fit in a 200-seat banquet room!

And the Trade Winds uniform patch was a wonderful surprise. Who knew they even existed?

It's amazing where a search can lead you once you start down the path. For me, the fun is not just in
the discovery of new artifacts, but as in Mr. Lee's case, it's also the discovery of people and their connection
to the artifacts.