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- Dag 1
- søndag den 24. december 2017 kl. 11.34
- ❄️ 1 °C
- Højde: 62 ft
Forenede StaterCutter Square42°23’28” N 71°7’35” W
Lesson in tolerance [Providence]
24. december 2017, Forenede Stater ⋅ ❄️ 1 °C
Seemed appropriate to start the year with a lesson in tolerance. On Christmas Eve we visited the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI. It's also a National Historic Site and the oldest synagogue in theLæs mere
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- Dag 11
- onsdag den 3. januar 2018 kl. 09.34
- ☀️ -7 °C
- Højde: 456 ft
- Forenede StaterClarks Crossing38°54’17” N 77°17’19” W
Ice-Nine [Boston]
3. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ -7 °C
For those who don't remember their 60s popular literature, ice-nine was a scary chemical in Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Cat's Cradle." Anyway, it's taking over the East Coast. When we left Boston onLæs mere
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- Dag 13
- fredag den 5. januar 2018 kl. 11.55
- ☀️ -8 °C
- Højde: 377 ft
- Forenede StaterAsh Grove38°55’57” N 77°15’6” W
Friends on ice [Vienna]
5. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ -8 °C
In stopping off in the DC area we were reminded of the only thing that makes us second guess our decision to move-- the good friends we left behind. Impossible to replace decades-long friendships.
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- Dag 15
- søndag den 7. januar 2018 kl. 16.55
- ☀️ -5 °C
- Højde: 171 ft
- Forenede StaterStrawhorn Creek37°39’41” N 77°20’47” W
Crazy [Richmond]
7. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ -5 °C
Sometimes it's the smallest detail that sticks when you visit a historical site. Cold Harbor, Va. was a sprawling landscape of carnage that included several major battles in one June 1864 fortnight.Læs mere
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- Dag 18
- onsdag den 10. januar 2018 kl. 15.48
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Højde: 30 ft
- Forenede StaterJeanette Sedge35°15’14” N 75°31’58” W
Hatteras/obx
10. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Winding down the obx (Outer Banks) basking in the warm 60's weather. Saluted the Wright Bros at Kitty Hawk, pondered the lost colony at Ft. Raleigh (whatever happened to Virginia Dare?), and enjoyedLæs mere
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- Dag 19
- torsdag den 11. januar 2018 kl. 12.49
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Højde: 13 ft
- Forenede StaterSilver Lake35°6’58” N 75°59’11” W
Bank Hopping [Ocracoke]
11. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Got a taste of island commuting as we worked our way down the Outter Banks. We spent half a day either waiting for a ferry or riding one. Along the way we picked up a hitchhiker/commuter who worked onLæs mere
Linda MahanGlad to see you are enjoying the ferries, islands and local color. We worked our way up the islands with our bikes 14 years ago. Great memories of shrimp picnics on beaches.
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- Dag 20
- fredag den 12. januar 2018 kl. 18.41
- 🌧 15 °C
- Højde: 39 ft
- Forenede StaterBeaufort32°26’7” N 80°40’43” W
Before Jim Crow [Beaufort]
12. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We covered a lot of ground today but most of it was wet and obscured by incessant rain. Our only stop was one of the newest parks in the system. The Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort,Læs mere
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- Dag 21
- lørdag den 13. januar 2018 kl. 13.51
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Højde: 26 ft
- Forenede StaterFort Frederica National Monument31°13’26” N 81°23’27” W
Fort-itude [Savannah]
13. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
We visited the first of a string of forts dotting coastal Georgia and Florida. First up, Fort Pulaski. With a drawbridge, allligator patrolled moats, two-foot thick walls and the guiding hand of aLæs mere
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- Dag 22
- søndag den 14. januar 2018 kl. 10.59
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Højde: 56 ft
- Forenede StaterGarden Creek30°26’23” N 81°26’18” W
Forts and Plantations [Jacksonville]
14. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Three more forts today-- Caroline, Castillo de San Marcos and Matanzas. Plus Timucuan, an ecological and historical preserve. The forts told various stories of colonial mahem and hegemony between theLæs mere
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- Dag 23
- mandag den 15. januar 2018 kl. 17.26
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Højde: 20 ft
- Forenede StaterDe Soto National Memorial27°31’25” N 82°38’41” W
Canaveral seashore/ De soto [St Pete]
15. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Started out the day exploring the Cape Canaveral seashore donated to the NPS by NASA in the 60's. One of the last wild Fla seashores, terrific 30-40 foot Indian oyster shell middens. On to BrandentonLæs mere
John LovaasI keep wondering when you’ll find the fountain of youth?! Have you hit St. Augustine yet?
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- Dag 24
- tirsdag den 16. januar 2018 kl. 20.16
- 🌙 16 °C
- Højde: 23 ft
- Forenede StaterTurner River Indian Reservation (historical)25°52’1” N 81°6’53” W
Gators and manatees [Everglades]
16. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Today we began the final push to complete the last few Florida parks we haven't seen before the looming government shutdown Friday night. So today was spent in Everglades NP. Awed with the amazingLæs mere
John LovaasThese. Guys look well fed, probably not very interested in a couple of thin bikers!
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- Dag 25
- onsdag den 17. januar 2018 kl. 18.16
- 🌙 18 °C
- Højde: 36 ft
- Forenede StaterCity of Florida City25°23’50” N 80°39’24” W
Bike to Nature [Everglades]
17. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Deployed our folding bikes this morning for a 15-mile ride through the Everglades. This no-autos trail gives a good feel for the Everglades sea of grass. And it is loaded with wildlife. We broughtLæs mere
Linda MahanGreat to see the adventures continuing on the east coast. Guess you escaped the snow on this leg.
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- Dag 27
- fredag den 19. januar 2018 kl. 10.39
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Højde: Havoverfladen
- Forenede StaterFort Jefferson Seaplane Base24°37’40” N 82°52’21” W
Another Fort & Ferry [Dry Tortugas]
19. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Up early to catch a two-plus hour ferry ride to one of the largest forts on the E coast; Dry Tortuga Nat'l Park. Huge frigate birds gliding over this island reef; at least 100 of them. PrettyLæs mere
John LovaasMuch prettier at St. Pete Beach this week. How long will you be confined at Dr. Kidd’s Dry Turtles?!
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- Dag 28
- lørdag den 20. januar 2018 kl. 10.35
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Højde: 16 ft
- Forenede StaterPalm Island24°42’35” N 81°6’5” W
Turtle Rescue [Florida Keys]
20. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Having notched the last of the ten Florida National Parks on Friday we headed back to the mainland to visit our friend Krista Eaton in Miami. By chance we passed Florida's first sea turtle rehabLæs mere
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- Dag 33
- torsdag den 25. januar 2018 kl. 14.27
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Højde: 49 ft
- Forenede StaterHomosassa Springs28°47’57” N 82°35’14” W
In search of the wild manatee [Ocala]
25. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Drove up to Crystal Springs, Fla. in search of manatees. The ranger station, empty like the park, had a flyer telling us to go to Homosassa Springs State Park if one wanted to see manatees. We droveLæs mere
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- Dag 34
- fredag den 26. januar 2018 kl. 09.07
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Højde: 105 ft
- Forenede StaterMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park29°28’50” N 82°9’38” W
Yearling [Cross Creek]
26. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Visited Marjorie K. Rawlings home at Cross Creek, Fla. Just one of my favorite books! (Debra and Krista, this one's for you too!) She captures rural, old Florida; it's quirky neighbors, the hardshipLæs mere
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- Dag 35
- lørdag den 27. januar 2018 kl. 14.00
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Højde: 43 ft
- Forenede StaterSan Carlos Beach30°20’55” N 87°17’52” W
Fort-Weary McClearys [Pensacola]
27. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
More coastal forts. Fort Pickens, built by slaves and, briefly, prison-home to the Apache chief, Geronimo. Ft McRee, which we fortunately didn't have to see because it was swept into the ocean decadesLæs mere
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- Dag 36
- søndag den 28. januar 2018 kl. 19.56
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Højde: 587 ft
- Forenede StaterHorseshoe Bend Battle Ground32°58’18” N 85°44’15” W
Ethnic Cleansing [Auburn]
28. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Horseshoe Bend Nat'l Battlefield is one of those parks you want to hurry through. The things that happened there are that horrendous. Andrew Jackson learned the art of ethnic cleansing here where overLæs mere
John LovaasThis is one of the Indian stories one hears litttle about....too little it seems.
John LovaasAre there any remnants of the Indians who survived, if there were any, in the region? Monuments to them? Who best tells their story?
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- Dag 37
- mandag den 29. januar 2018 kl. 10.01
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Højde: 449 ft
- Forenede StaterCarver Museum32°25’46” N 85°42’22” W
Bama, Tuskegee
29. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A 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 allLæs mere
John LovaasWhat is Tuskegee area like? Has anyone written the story of the airmen after the war?
RejsendeThere 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.
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- Dag 38
- tirsdag den 30. januar 2018 kl. 12.51
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Højde: 118 ft
- Forenede StaterSelma32°25’39” N 87°1’4” W
Selma
30. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
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 theLæs mere
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- Dag 39
- onsdag den 31. januar 2018 kl. 14.41
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Højde: 59 ft
- Forenede StaterHistoric New Orleans Library29°57’25” N 90°4’1” W
The big easy [New Orleans]
31. januar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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 isLæs mere
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.
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- Dag 40
- torsdag den 1. februar 2018 kl. 13.30
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Højde: 43 ft
- Forenede StaterUnatex30°28’50” N 92°31’15” W
Cajun Resilience [Lafayette]
1. februar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Spent 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 hadLæs mere
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- Dag 41
- fredag den 2. februar 2018 kl. 14.39
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Højde: 20 ft
- Forenede StaterAyres Island28°10’59” N 96°51’9” W
Whooping it up [Corpus Christi]
2. februar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Took 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 inLæs mere
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- Dag 42
- lørdag den 3. februar 2018 kl. 14.13
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Højde: 46 ft
- Forenede StaterLas Flores Colonia26°1’0” N 97°28’44” W
Manifest white destiny [Brownsville]
3. februar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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 thatLæs mere
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- Dag 43
- søndag den 4. februar 2018 kl. 11.29
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Højde: 587 ft
- Forenede StaterBergs Mill29°21’39” N 98°28’46” W
Mission Mania [San Antonio]
4. februar 2018, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
In 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 aLæs mere
RejsendeBeautifully said...