Cross Country Richmond to San Diego and Back: Days 8-9. We were crossing the Colorado River, on Arizona Rt.#72N when suddenly, like magic, it appeared: The Modern Day Iron Horse emblazoned with the screaming red and yellow Santa Fe Railroad logo pushing across the Mojave desert. One could almost hear Judy Garland singing “The Atchison, […]
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Normandy, D-Day-June 6, 1944-“Operation Overlord”
Honoring the Flag at Omaha Beach. I had a pit in my stomach, chills running up my spine and goosebumps all over. Zeb and I were entering the hallowed ground of Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. My anticipation had been building for 46 years. During my military stationing in Germany, in the early ’70s, the French/American […]
1968–Nothing but Bad.
1968, one volatile, violent, disturbing year.
From Daniel Boone to Memphis Rock n Roll!
Come join us on a driving vacation from the Cumberland Gap, home to Daniel Boone’s crossing into Kentucky, along the Wilderness Road. Visit a couple of Civil War site pertinent to that part of History. And then head to Memphis where they say ya’ll. A historic city of Civil Rights, BBQ and Rock n Roll. We are Rock n Roll history here. Sun Records, Stax Records, Scrumptuous Ribs, BBKing, Elvis, Otis, Jerry Lee, Isaac Hayes and Johnny Cash. Home to the National Civil Rights Museum and Dr. Kings assassination site–The Lorraine Motel. A must city on anyone’s bucket list.
Relating Hurricane Isabel to Florence
As the Hurricane known as Florence has dominated news over the past week, it caused me to reflect on what occurred when I traveled to North Carolina to work as a FEMA disaster inspector during the aftermath 14 years ago. I was commissioned to write an article for the American Society of Home Inspectors regarding […]