Just a short note to let everybody know I am back from my trip. Miami is a real pretty city the bridges are lit with neon lights...lots of lit buildings...bays...giant cruise ships....streets with bricks and coconut trees etc. I learned a lot from spending a couple nights driving around the city. I learned that A. Most historical sites and haunted places are so enforced with security measures that not even Santa Claus could get into them and B. There is ALOT of crime within the city so its not the best place to be out and about alone at night.
 
I did do an investigation of Coral Castle which was my biggest goal was to visit that site but I had to do it during the day because at night they have razor wire around the castle go figure.

Anyway's the first place I visited was the Miami Circle it was a no go due to a skyscraper being built next to it...it was barricaded all I could do is view it from a high bridge. The haunted lighthouse was off limits I parked my HHR with tinted windows on a side street started to hike in and two cop cars parked next to me and waited. I came back got escorted off  of Biscayne Key by one of the cops. Hell there was no way to even get to the lighthouse with security at the gate. Then I was going to visit a historic park same crap bad neighborhood could not find it. The cemetery I went to druggies were hanging out front and hookers it was all lit wrought iron was 12 feet high no way in...and then one of the other places was a monastery problem is the front entrance had alarms and cameras.

I did not get to pump out a series of places like I normally do and that's the price a paranormal investigator pays when others ruin it for me. But when there are gangs...druggies...hookers all over places that normally you can visit become disallowed at night because others vandalize such places.
 
I had a great time snorkeling....I swam over a ship wreck with old cannons on the bottom. I got to swim in a reef took some underwater photos of the fish and aqua life. I visited about 5 beaches one of them I swam so far out the lifeguard yelled at us cause we almost made it to where the ocean drops off into a reef lol. I actually can say that I was in the Bermuda Triangle. The water in some areas was crystal clear to even blue very warm. I visited my last night a private beach there was sea shells...big waves it was awesome I swam till it got dark.
 
I got to see Marino's Bar...Coral Castle...made it almost all the way to Keywest...got to tour most of Miami didn't really get into any of the haunted places so that was a bummer...the gothic club I was going to had been closed down and replaced. I had a great time though swimming other then that Miami is just to lousy of a place to conduct investigations at. I must had seen a million hookers and drug dealers around didn't see much else at night but a lot of clubs and drunks around.
 
I hope to get out by Ember one of our longtime members she is on the west coast of Florida...when I do Ill put out some investigations near her place including her haunted residence hopefully in a couple months.
 
I think the problem really lies in our members and let me explain. I go out of town I come back nobody posted a thing. I think maybe two people wished me a safe trip or were excited about me coming back with some investigations which is lousy considering there are 1000's of you who belong to groups that I operate for you as members. I do not want to have bo bitch during a report but it goes with the territory since its the members who read the content.
 
I also have a lot of members from the Miami area if others came along I may have found the park and maybe been introduced to some places that I could investigate. I had 3 members from Miami who said if I ever visit down there they would like to help out well I came nobody offered to help. Not to sound prudish but its pretty sad when the founder is roaming the big city himself because nobody wants to help investigate or at least get together over coffee and talk.
 
Some of you are lazy and your literally screwing me over whether you see it or not. I see it because I run the show here so the only one who can get hurt is me nobody else since I PAY everything the site...car rentals...investigations...travel expenses...equipment etc unlike some groups like TAPS that make probably a 100,000 if not more a year.
 
I am seriously thinking about saying the hell with it all there is no talking sense into anybody. People need to understand that this is a group, club, forum, organization, business etc etc and without members help we suffer whether its donations or people to help on our investigations with the planning and participation. No founder should have to do all the work himself its unheard of and some of you goddamn know it.
 
I will speak my mind because that is who I am whether people adore me or hate me you always get the truth. You can write me back and get offended and if you do it means I hit a nerve and must be right. I did enjoy my trip my sons got to go snorkeling with tropical fish around them. I had a blasts but our investigations could have been more stellar with help from someone who knew the southern Florida area.
 
The everglades and keys are overrated some parts of the keys the water is very poor not like you see on these commercials other parts are really beautiful. The everglades was a disappointment could not hike there because that is all it is...a bunch of trees growing out of the water no place to hike...except on the other side of them 50 miles away which would have cut into my other events so I only got to drive through the everglades. It was nice and if I could go back again I would.
 
I did hurt my back that is why I did not write this note yesterday because I am pretty crippled right now can barely walk, bend, get in my car or sit at the computer. I got disc and everything out so its been very difficult for me just been resting it so I can get better and move around more.
 
I did however get photos of Coral Castle and I took a lot of underwater photos I probably will include those photos I took on the Coral Castle Prologue page when I put it up on our website since it was part of my adventure with me swimming in the reef and shipwreck. It was paradise...seen my first coconut trees...sunsets were gorgeous. water was like bath water...the fish underwater were amazing I could touch them just about and I hit some of the best beaches in the world. My last day in a tropic storm came on in so I SPENT most of it driving along the ocean and when it broke my ass dove in the water it was rough seas but we jumped in and I found my sons a ton of awesome sea shells on the ocean floor lots of fun.

Coral Castle is a beautiful place it has a gloomy feeling to it because you can feel a sense of sadness. At the same time you can sense the creator energy still present within its walls. Afterall he put years of work into the Coral Castle site so even if his ghost does not remain in a sense his residual essence does. Although they say this is one of the most mysterious sites in the country behind the mystery does lay a good explanation so I am happy to bring everybody this wonderful addition to our site.
 
I would like more to get involved here we can do so much more if we had aid, investigators and team efforts. But going out alone does not get results especially when I come to such a big city like Miami I don't know where everything is or some places I cant go in cause I am short investigators. I also noticed some of you have not signed up under the BBS that pisses me off to don't tell me your my friend and not sign up under something that is part of our organization. These things are not about you or me they are about uniting to make PGS a better place for our fans, members, and people eager to learn about the unknown world we live in today.
 
I am back so sends shall resume but right now things are on thin ice I cant keep doing this anymore I don't like ungrateful people and I don't like to be used either. I would have gladly met anybody in southern Florida and a lot of you members are from that area and not one of you could meet for a simple ghost walk or cup of Joe come on now. I hate when people write me from a place and tell me they don't want to do this alone that they want adventure so I bring it on head first and they cop out like a bunch of ants hiding in the ant hill.
 
Any way's that is all I have to say at this point. Ill have the investigation of Coral Castle...and photos from my trip up in a couple weeks. I got a few photos of myself underwater swimming on the bottom of the ocean and of a few tropical fish and things. I would love to live out that way cause there is so many ship wrecks and things to see problem is though Miami is such a high crime city that historical sites are fortresses so I was only able to put out just the one place but it will be worth the read and seeing the photos. I did capture something at the castle so my trip was well worth the drive just to visit this cool place. peace
Lord Rick
Founder

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