Today was all about Pilgrims. I’ll start off with the Mayflower II ship we visited, a replica of the actual Mayflower used by the Pilgrims, build in England. Mayflower II is a reproduction of the original Mayflower, built in England around 1955, in a collaboration … Continue readingPilgrims in Plymouth, MA
It started raining last night and it’s not supposed to stop until after midnight tonight. It is a cold 64 degree rain. This is the view I looked at most of today… rain drops on the bus window. A bus first took us to North … Continue readingA Rainy Day and Monday… in Boston
Our tour’s first day was Thursday, Sept 14, 2023 and we had an Orientation meeting. About 1/3 of the group is new in that this is their first tour. The rest are more seasoned having gone on at least one tour, to 2 couples on … Continue readingPortsmouth, NH
As Willie Nelson sings… On the road again Goin’ places that I’ve never been Seein’ things that I may never see again And I can’t wait to get on the road again I left yesterday from South Carolina and traveled through North Carolina and Virginia. … Continue readingOn the Road Again
I finally made it back home. I left Tupelo, Mississippi at 8 AM and did a double day of driving and pulled into my driveway at 11:30 PM. I just couldn’t sit in the campground another day knowing I was so close to home. It’s … Continue readingBack Home
Yesterday’s drive was from Sayre on the west side of Oklahoma to Cheotah on the east side, with Oklahoma City in the middle. There was a number of places I could stop, but as one of my friends on the caravan said, I’m just museum-ed … Continue readingCowboys and Marilyn
Yesterday I decided to sight see in Albuquerque because it didn’t seem like there was much between Albuquerque and the rest of New Mexico. I went to Piedras Marcades Canyon and took a 1-1/2 mile hike to see Indian petrogylphs. They said there were over … Continue readingTexas
Remember the Eagles song “Take it Easy” where he sings… Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, And such a fine sight to see It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford Slowin” down to take a look at me. Since … Continue readingAlbuquerque
What a day! We went on a one-day rafting tour with the Hualapai Indians on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. I didn’t have my camera for the first half of the trip because we went down some serious rapids. We all thought it … Continue readingGrand Canyon
Today was another travel day. We had 3 hikes planned. The first one was Wire Canyon, a slot canyon 8 miles off the main road on Cockscomb Road. At first I didn’t want to go down the road because it was a dirt, but I … Continue readingHorseshoe Bend