March 3, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 55 °FTook a break from house hunting in Durango to hike a portion of Canyons of the Ancients outside of Cortez, Colo. Locals know about it but since it is on BLM not NPS land it is actually a hidden gem. It contains hundreds of archaeological sites, most of which you would need a guide to find. WeRead more
February 11, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 34 °FLast week we arrived in Durango for a stay of several months to check it out as a possible retirement locale. So with this post the mobile adventures will abate and resume sometime in the spring.
John LovaasAbated are we?! So, how will we learn about this alleged Durango? From the photo, it looks a bit swampy? Home to alligators, perhaps? Seriously, is there any wildlife in the area? 4-legged variety?
February 7, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
Clovis, NM, silos and the wafting scent of beef feed-lots, yuck. Now driving up into the lovely hills of NM toward CO after a night in the plains of Clovis.
Couldn't resist pulling off the road to visit the grave of Billy the Kid. The interesting part was the tortured travels of his actualRead more
February 4, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °FIn California the 20 Spanish missions were each spaced one day's ride apart up half the length of the territory. In Texas the Comanche were such a constant threat that they crammed six of them into a day's ride apart end to end. Also notably different is the architecture. There is an obvious MoorishRead more
February 3, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
The US honed its country eminent domain skills in the first battle of the Mexican-American War at Palo Alto. US troops baited the Mexican Army into crossing the Rio Grande. What's interesting is that notable Army names such as Zachary Taylor and US Grant were dubious about this adventure.
We alsoRead more
February 2, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °FTook a small boat tour out of Rockport TX to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This is the only place the remaining wild whooping cranes fly to in winter from Buffalo Wood Provincial Park in Alberta (which is way the heck up there). Just an amazing place! Saw not only about 50 cranes with theirRead more
February 1, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °FSpent our last day in Louisiana hop scotching west from one Cajun cultural center to another. Three in all. We were vaguely familiar with their story thanks to Longfellow's Evangeline but really had no clue as to how shunned, shunted and dispersed they were. It's amazing they have retained such aRead more
January 31, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
We could almost say, another ferry, another fort. We visited the swamp hangout of the "entrepreneur" (pirate) Jean Lafitte and the 1815 battlefield of his earstwhile buddy, Andrew Jackson.
Lafitte is quite the mythical figure. We don't quite know when or where he was born. Or when or where he died.Read more
John LovaasAh, New Orleans—-another of those places you are visiting that are on my list in the U.S. Never been there except to pass thru the airport a couple of times coming from and going to Central America. Can you see effects of the Katrina? You should stay fro Mardi Gras! Hope to see more pics.
HerbAvoreDid not see anything obvious from Katrina but then we didn't venture far from the French Quarter. I was here 12 months after Katrina and the affect was astonishing even then.
January 30, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
Up to now, every Park we've visited was history, natural or human. Selma is different. This is our living history. The Selma to Montgomery HistoricTrail recounts in pictures, film and audio the struggle of hundreds of African Americans and some whites to gain voting rights in the 60's!
CourageRead more
January 29, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 55 °FA couple day diversion up to Alabama continues (as New Orleans stuff not open on the weekend). I hate to draw stereotypes, but do see hound and pit bull dogs running loose, heard a hound baying all night, and managed to camp next to a train track with a shrieking whistle and roaring train half aRead more
John LovaasWhat is Tuskegee area like? Has anyone written the story of the airmen after the war?
HerbAvoreThere are apparently two Tuskegees. One primarily African American around the institute and a mostly white town of Tuskegee a few miles away which we did not visit. Economic status hard to gauge. Plenty of books on Tuskegee airmen. They sparked integration of the military by Truman.
John LovaasI meant what became of them as individuals after their wartime experience.
HerbAvoreJudging from the interviews in the visitor center film, many made the military a career. One became the first African American four-star general.
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