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Tag: United States

  • Luggage

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    Luggage

    As we are driving, we don’t suffer the limitations on the amount of luggage imposed by air travel.   There are a few more things we can bring along, including our portable bicycles, more camera equipment, extra shoes, gym clothes, and a cooler with food.

  • The Nature of the Road Trip

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    It has been just over a week of travel and I’m starting to think of a road trip as a different style of travel.  Different than a resort trip, a cruise or even a destination tour (e.g., a tour of Europe). In my experience, a resort trip places emphasis on the resort and while there may be excursions out of…

  • Alligator Meat

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    Alligator Meat

    Johnny Otis and his orchestra produced the  1948 album Blues, Bounce, Beat, Boohgie, Bebop & Balads.  One title on the album was Alligator Meat.   This song has popped up a few times as I run through my play list on iTunes as we coast along the southern side roads.   Along the Gulf Coast…

  • Lost culture

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    The side road to Mammoth Cave National Park took us through a gauntlet of attractions faux: mini golf, dinosaurs shows, antiques, and a water slide. Leeches seeking to draw the attention of those on their way the main attraction. It struck me that it is common to see a similar suite in advance of many…

  • Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

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    Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

    The cave was discovered by a young boy in the 1700’s while hunting bear, although native communities had used the caves for thousands of years beforehand. It gained commercial value during the war of 1812 as the dirt covering the floor of the cave contained high concentrations of Salt Peter, a necessary ingredient of gun…