History
National Museum of the Pacific War…
NOVEMBER 8, 2014 FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS. This was our second day-trip to Fredericksburg, located just 25 miles east of our winter home in Kerrville. Today we returned to visit the National Museum of the Pacific War. It is a prominent nationally significant institution, despite its location in the little rural Texas town of Fredericksburg. The museum … Continue reading
Kerrville’s Museum of Western Art…
NOVEMBER 6, 2014. Today was the day for our visit to the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, “our hometown for the Winter.” (Typically, RV’ers who spend the winter in a warm climate state are called “Snowbirds.” In Texas, however, we’re called “Winter Texans.” Why? Don’t know. Doesn’t matter. Just interesting. Even though I’ve got … Continue reading
Day trip to Fredericksburg, Texas…
OCTOBER 30, 2014. LOTS TO SEE. There is a lot to see near our winter home in Kerrville. There are about half a dozen little towns in the area, each with its own distinct personality. The LBJ Presidential Library is located in nearby Austin, the state capital, and The Alamo in San Antonio sounds interesting, … Continue reading
Tularosa, New Mexico…
OCTOBER 9, 2014. TULAROSA, NEW MEXICO: CITY OF ROSES. Our drive from Roswell to White Sands today took us along State Route 70, through uninterrupted fields where you could see for miles and then over a 7,500 foot mountain pass before we descended in the driving rain toward Alamogordo and White Sands National Monument. The … Continue reading
Las Vegas, New Mexico…
OCTOBER 4, 2014. NEW MEXICO HAS A LAS VEGAS, TOO. It’s a little town about 65 miles east of Santa Fe, and it’s as far as we were able to drive today from our last stop in Colorado Springs. The town is separated by the Gallinas River into two sections. The west part of the … Continue reading
Cheyenne, Wyoming…
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014. CHEYENNE, WYOMING is the cow capital of Wyoming. It all began when the Union Pacific Railroad selected it as a company townsite in 1867. Settlers rushed in even before the railroad began to sell building plots. Within a matter of months, the population was 4,000, and thousands of tents, shacks, dugouts, and … Continue reading
Casper, Wyoming…
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014. CASPER, WYOMING is about 300 miles down the road from Billings. We made it all the way there today…quite a day’s drive for us. Another “new” state and another sticker goes on our United States map. I’ll take a picture of it and post it soon…we’re definitely making progress on our trip … Continue reading
Billings, Montana…
SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 We’re spending about a week in Billings. Even though we’re now anxious to make our way to Texas, there are things I’ve been postponing and I simply must spend some time and get them done. I need to finish our tax returns and deal with some paperwork to get insurance reimbursement for … Continue reading
Whitefish, Montana…
SEPTEMBER 14, 2014. Just a few miles from our campground is the quaint town of Whitefish, where Florence and I spent the afternoon poking around, learning some local history and generally just being tourists. Located on the shore of beautiful Whitefish Lake, the town boasts its own Amtrak station, a busy switching yard where freight … Continue reading
Mennonites in Idaho…
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014. WHO ARE THE MENNONITES? Having seen quite a few Mennonite women in the area…everywhere from the check-out line at Walmart to walking in the woods, I realized I knew next to nothing about them or their religion. Here’s what I’ve learned. They are Christians, believing in the Trinity of Father, Son and … Continue reading
Sandpoint’s Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center…
AUGUST 28, 2014. NEAR SANDPOINT, IDAHO. THIS IS NO ORDINARY MUSEUM. And it has nothing to do with flying animals or aviaries. Rather, the museum memorializes the life, times and accomplishments of Dr. Forrest Bird, currently 93 years of age, who personally welcomed us to the large hanger where many of the collections are displayed. … Continue reading
Mt. Rainier, Washington…
JUNE 1, 2014 Our stay in Washington with John and Jude is about to end. We decided to take a day trip to Mr. Rainier. I’ve been wanting to go there for years. Ever since I took Steph to the University of Puget Sound many years ago for her first year at college and saw … Continue reading
Mt. St. Helens, Washington…
MAY 30, 2014 Today dawned warm and sunny…a perfect day for a trip to Mt. St. Helens to witness the beauty of the snow capped mountain and see the devastation still remaining from the volcanic eruption which occurred there in May of 1980. Mt. St. Helens is an active volcano located in Washington state about … Continue reading
Columbia River Highway… Scenic Byway Route 30…
MAY 16, 2014 AN AFTERNOON SPENT DRIVING THE BYWAY. The drive along this road, which is the old route along the Columbia Gorge now “replaced” by Highway 84, is absolutely spectacular. Any way you look at it, this Historic Columbia River Highway Scenic Byway is a marvel—for its visionary engineering, incredible scenery, and rich history. … Continue reading
Leaving Sedona…headed to the London Bridge.
DECEMBER 18, 2013. Leaving Sedona was kind of hard to do. It’s certainly the most beautiful place we’ve stayed so for on this short leg of our Journey. We even found a residential community with some houses that looked very appealing. Who knows, we might end our Adventure and become permanent Arizonians some day. We … Continue reading
Verde Canyon Railroad, Sedona…
DECEMBER 17, 2013. Located near Sedona, the Verde Canyon Railroad is a heritage railroad running between Clarkdale and Perkinsville in Arizona. The passenger train operates on 20 miles of tracks of the Arizona Central Railroad, a short-line. Two FP7 locomotives, of only twelve remaining in North America, are the muscle that pulls the passenger cars. … Continue reading
Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee, Arizona…
The hotel… For Thanksgiving dinner, we drove to the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee. Construction of the hotel began in 1898 and was completed in 1902. It was the product of a booming mining camp called Bisbee. Once the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco, it is now a beautiful, quiet getaway. The … Continue reading
