In 1865 he chose Tampa town as the launching site of his rocket
I am fortunate to live near the New Hampshire Seacoast. There are so many unique parks, with wetlands and walking trails along my eighteen mile bike route, that cycling often takes a back seat to photography. During a recent visit to Tampa, Florida, my brother and I found a similar site. Every morning at dawn he would run for an hour while I would snap pictures. A small patch at the park's entrance, known as Jules Verne Park, honors the French writer who featured Tampa in his 1865 novel, "From the Earth to the Moon." The entire park was known as Jules Verne Park until 1920.
A quaint wooden pier extends 960 feet into Old Tampa Bay. Stroll to the end and swap fish stories with sun-baked anglers. The park was nominated for Best Make-Out Spot for being one of Tampa's most popular spots to smooch.
Trees provide a lush touch, a gazebo adds a dash of grandeur, kids run rampant on the playground and shelters keep the occasional rains from ruining picnics.
For more on Tampa see: The kitesurfer, flies forty feet in the air above huge bone crunching waves.
The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a "muck-encrusted mockery of a man". However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, with Holland's memory and personality intact. He is described as "a plant that thought it was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland."
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950's, and broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots.
Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.
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