Tag: travel
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Journal Entry
I traveled south to stay in my trailer this winter, and that worked until this week. They started stating that a major snow storm was going to come in here at New Iberia, Louisiana, but I did not realize that I would be back in Wisconsin, again. It must have snowed about six inches of…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Highway Bridges
Today, I drove from the southeast side of New Orleans to Grand Isle, Louisiana, and I swear that fifty percent of the highway was on bridges. That might be an over exaggeration, but it felt like during my trip was 125 miles. In New Orleans, a significant number of interstate miles are elevated above the…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Twentieth Day
Today I played bridge engineer. I know it is kind of my passion. But to start with, my trailer is in Baton Rouge being serviced. I feel that these RV service centers must have a racket going on. I took the trailer in with a few concerns, but then they have to tell me that…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Fourteenth Day
Today was a frustrating day. I first go to the Vicksburg Visitors Center, and I find that it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. I am finding that the videos in visitor center really sent the mood for the tour in these parks and they are educational giving everyone something to look for in the…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Twelfth Day
I did not take in any history today, but it was a nice sunny and a little cold. The high was 63 degrees. Trace State Park to Grenada Lake, about 80 miles apart, although they are both manmade lakes, Grenada has a dam that is over a mile long. Longer than the dams in Iowa.…
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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 – 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 – 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…
Deflection 