I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween.

Here are some new pics from the other night.

-Dave.

Nice!! Those ghosts look good!

Wow, those ghosts look awesome! What are they, and how are they attached?! In the first photo it looks like it's in the tree, but in the second one, I can't really tell with some of the others. Looks great all around. Congrats, and have fun!

Rich

You had your house built upon a grave site? Creeeeeepy!

Very well done.

I can't even imagine how scared the really young trick-or-treaters are when they get to your house! Must be a memory they have forever! Another great looking year!

Great job Dave. My grandkids just had some fun just lookin' at the photos! They want US to try it next year!!

Rich.

The Raven Manor Rocks.

Yea, built on a gravesite. What was that movie (not many here may remember) 1982, "Poltergeist", with Craig T. Nelson where the little girl becomes possessed by the voice in the tv set. Creepy stuff. Happy Halloween!!

Heck yes, most of should remember that, except for the young newbies. I was 15 when that movie came out.

Looks fantastic. I'm having a (very) quiet Halloween in a hotel in Bethesda, but I hope everyone else is having a great time!

That "tree" in Poltergeist freaked me out for a looooong time .

Really creeped me out. It couldn't get more bizzare than when the little vertically challenged lady did the excorcism. There was a real piece of work for ya.

We lived next to an old Jesuit Seminary along the Missouri river at the time. This place was complete with a cemetary that dated back to the 1700's. In fact, now that it joggs my memory, some old grave stones were unearthed when the ground was excavated. Yikes!!

We just got back from a Halloween party at "Camp Holly," a fish camp on the St. Johns river. The highlight of the evening was bobbing for apples. The kids got to go head to head in direct competition with the gators.

The gators generally did better than the kids.

The camp has only been there since 1928.
Rich.

Rich I remember going to Camp Holly way back whenever I was a youngster (raised in Orlando)....wasn't much out that way back then, but of course a lot of places were like that. Glad you all had fun!


Dave your Halloween display is really something else, I bet the kids love it. Kudos!

We don't go nearly to that extreme... but this year's pumpkins looked like this:

Please don't sue, Discovery Channel.

Bren R.

fun game

Yeah, Camp Holly can be lots of fun! They haven't changed much over the years. The old wooden bridge that was replaced by the 192 paved roadway has finally completely collapsed, and is missed. Used to be a good place to sit and go fishin'. And some of the boats for airboat rides are now powered by automobile engines rather than the aircooled aircraft type. But the old main structure is still standing from 1928, with only a few more high and low spots in the floor caused be uneven settling from the river raising and lowering from the hurricanes over the years.

We get over there fairly often since we've known one of the owners really, really well since May of 70.

....like the sign next to the door reads: "No shirt, no shoes, no problem!"
Rich.

Hey Rich, we'll have to meet up with you over there one weekend ... how's that!

That'd be cool!

Rich.

What the heck is "MYTHHUSTEKS" ??

Come a little bit closer, Peter... just a bit closer... just within arms reach.

Bren R.