Category: Journal
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Ninth Day
First, I pulled into a campground just before dark that has little to no internet signal, so I am typing from my I Pad. As for me, it has been kind of a slow day. This afternoon I went through the interpretative canter for Brice Crossing Battlefield. It was toward the end of the war,…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Eight Day
I did a lot of driving, but it was kind of uneventful day, and the weather did not help, since it was warm, but it was drizzling most of the time and it did not show up on the radar. During the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, I studied their journey closely.…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Seventh Day
Today, was really a nice day for November, but maybe the days are all like this down here. Partly sunny, windy at times, and the temperature high was 76 degrees. Today, I reviewed the Shiloh Battlefield and the city of Corinth. What really struck me was the number of dead soldiers. Did they really have…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Sixth Day
It was a nice day here with the temperature at 72 degrees and little to no winds, so it is short sleeve weather, again. Since I had a nice campsite, I thought that I should spend another day there, but the cold weather is coming south, so I drove to the Shiloh Battlefield Site this…
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Journal Entry-Snowbird-Fifth Day
I spent most of the day at Fort Donaldson along the west side of the Cumberland River. Once again, the amount of work that the Confederates put in to protect the fort is awesome. The amount of soil move for tenches and gun parapets is incredible. Sure they had like 16,000 solders, and an unknown…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Forth Day
I started this morning by touring Columbus-Belmont State Park. There was a large number of kiosks describing the Battle of Belmont on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. Before the battle, the confederates had troops on both sides of the river. Since they were expecting US Grant to come at them from the north…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Third Day
Water puddles everywhere this morning, since the area has had rain. I walked over to Fort Massac this morning and looked around. There is a large story about the fort, or maybe I should stated the two forts. The second fort was built along side of the original fort site, since the original fort was…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Second Day
Today, I woke up with geese honking around my trailer, and I still had the beautiful view of the manmade lake. It was cloudy, with a breeze; so, I got out of there around 9:00 and expect a nice drive for today. But, some time after I got on the interstate, the winds came up…
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Journal Entry – First Day – Snowbird
Although this is not popular with me, I am becoming a snowbird this year. I find it sad, since I enjoy all four seasons, except for muddy April. Without my new home being built, I am heading south. Or, at least far enough south where I can feel comfortable in my trailer. When the temperature…
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Journal Entry – US Air Force Band
What an evening? Can anyone believe that the US Air Force Band was playing in the preforming arts building on the UW-W campus on Veterans Day? Strictly unbelievable. By observing the talent of these airmen and noncommissioned officers (NCOS), any third world country would know that they do not stand a chance against our military.…
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