Albany, Georgia

Albany, Georgia

After leaving Pensacola, I headed straight north to visit the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Site, in Tuskegee, Alabama. I spent the afternoon here, visiting Hanger 1 and Hanger 2, learning so much about these brave men and women. So many people thought they weren’t capable of learning to fly or maintain the planes, they had to deal daily with the blatant racism of other military personnel, and after serving honorably they came home to repressive Jim Crow laws and more. I…

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Pensacola: Wish I Was There

Pensacola: Wish I Was There

I returned to Pensacola for the winter; the same place I stayed for a month in February 2022 was available. I booked a month, then added on another month, then another month. After a couple years of full-time travel, it’s been nice to unpack and relax and do nothing but take long walks with my wonderful dog Boo in my East Hill neighborhood or on one of the many hiking trails in the area and enjoy a nice leisurely meal….

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World History: The Explorer’s Class

World History: The Explorer’s Class

In the many years I’ve been wandering the world, I’ve been so lucky to see amazing sites. I do think travel is a wonderful way to learn, about other people, other cultures, and, of course, world history. All of these sites were amazing; interesting museums, beautiful castles, ancient ruins. I recommend each and every one. History Museums Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy Musee Marciano, Venice, Italy Musee Civico Correr, Venice, Italy Musee Storico Navale, Venice, Italy Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt Conciergerie,…

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The Lincoln Trail: From Kentucky to Illinois

The Lincoln Trail: From Kentucky to Illinois

There are Lincoln sites in Kentucky, his birthplace, Indiana, where he lived from 1816 to 1830, and Illinois, where he married and lived until leaving for Washington in 1861. There are 1000s of books about this amazing man, of course, but the NPS offers a nice summary timeline of his life. Kentucky In 2019, I stopped in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on the way to Savannah to see my old friend Jodie. During that visit, I went to Mammoth Cave. I stopped again…

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North American History: The Explorer’s Class

North American History: The Explorer’s Class

I retired September 2019 and that winter I spent six weeks in Savannah and a week in New Orleans. I sold my house and went on the road full time in September 2020. All these great, leisurely road trips have allowed me to visit amazing historical sites and museums across the US and several Canadian provinces. While many, like the Gettysburg battlefield, the National WWII Museum or Smithsonian museums, are well-known and busy tourist attractions, others are not sites I…

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Quebec City and Montreal

Quebec City and Montreal

Quebec City The first morning in town, Boo and I headed out to Battlefields Park and the Plains of Abraham. We walked through the park, viewing the Martello Towers, stopping to read the signs, then around the Citadel walls and onto the Terrasse Dufferin for great views of Old Quebec or Vieux Quebec. We walked back along the Rue Saint Louis and Saint Louis Gate to Esplanade Park and Parliament. Tours That afternoon I had booked the Free Walking Tour of…

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Maritime Provinces: New Brunswick

Maritime Provinces: New Brunswick

After 3 days in Fundy National Park, I spent a week in the lovely Saint Andrews by the Sea. Saint Andrew’s Charlotte County Archives and Old Jail. From 1831 all the way to 1979 the stone jail held men downstairs in 10 cells with only narrow slits for light. Women and children were held upstairs. Two men were hung in the back, one as late as 1942. They found the scaffolding for the second hanging during remodeling and updates; that…

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Fundy National Park

Fundy National Park

I stopped at Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park on my drive from PEI. I arrived about an hour after low tide but found the path down to the beach. Very muddy. Very weird looking. The stairwell down to the rocks on the other side blocked off but I found a path later that led down but by then tide was coming in. I went back a couple days later to see the difference at high tide. Fundy National Park is a small…

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Maritime Provinces: Prince Edward Island

Maritime Provinces: Prince Edward Island

I took the Northumberland ferry from Caribou, Nova Scotia to Woods Island, PEI. I stopped in Pictou for lunch before going to the ferry terminal. I saw Mrs. MacGregor’s Shortbread with a large open sign on the sidewalk so stopped for some cranberry orange shortbread. I also asked them for a recommendation for a lunch place where I could sit outside. They told me to try Harbour House. Boo and I sat on the patio despite it being a little cool but we…

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Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Hurricane Fiona moved through Atlantic Canada when I was in Halifax. Boo and I stayed safe in our AirBNB even if we were both worried and a little frightened with the wind and rain. Neither of us got much sleep Friday night from the noise. Our power went out around 2230 but was out for less than a day. Cape Breton was harder hit, as was Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Power was restored to my rental in Ingonish before…

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