Monday, August 12, 2013

The Butterfield-Overland Stagecoach Line

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Formally it was known as Wells-Fargo, but the stagecoach portion got the nickname "Butterfield Line" because John Butterfield was ...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Cibola - The Seven Cities of Gold

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The tremendous wealth of gold that the Spaniards stole from the Aztec of Central America and the Inca of South America led them to hope more...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Picacho Pass

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Some folks in the New Mexico Territory (which included the now-states of New Mexico and Arizona) felt that they were treated like step-child...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Arizona at Last!

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Arizona became the 48th state (and the last of the 48 contiguous states) to join the United States on February 14, 1912 (Valentine...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

New Mexico's Flowering Landscape

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Here it is, August, the hottest month of the year in America's desert southwest.  But it is also monsoon season.  Sometimes that means a...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The Mission Church of San Jose de la Laguna

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Finished in 1699, the Spanish mission church of San Jose de la Laguna was built to minister to the Laguna Native American people.  This t...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Volcanos of New Mexico

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According to the New Mexico Natural History,  http://nmnaturalhistory.org/volcanoes-of-new-mexico.html , the top recommended places for begi...
Monday, August 5, 2013

For All Military Personnel

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This is written, and copied here by permission, by a friend we made while on contract in North Dakota. A Trip to Nowhere by vetswriting ...

Into New Mexico and Beyond

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You have to admit, the Interstate highway system in America is going above and beyond in their construction of bridges and overpasses:  ...
Friday, August 2, 2013

On The Road to Kingman, Arizona

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We left East Texas yesterday and spent the night with one of our sons north of Dallas.  Lil' Miss GPS then directed us to head due north...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Posting to the Blog

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Home ownership means responsibility.  We're home, but it's not like we're sitting in our easy chairs waiting for the next contra...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Shuffle Off to Buffalo (Texas)

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Tomorrow Granpa and I are going to shuffle off to Buffalo (Texas) to meet our Hawaiian friends for lunch.  Buffalo is kinda in Central Texas...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Paperwork

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Being a medical traveler requires a LOT of paperwork.  Think if you changed jobs every 13 weeks (give or take) how much paperwork you'd ...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Finding a Home in Kingman, Arizona

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When we have a new contract I use several methods to find housing.  This time I first tried VRBO.com.  That's Vacation Rentals By Owner....
Sunday, July 14, 2013

End of Contract?

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Friday is the end of Granpa's contract.  We've been preparing for that by very carefully planning meals so as to end up with as litt...

Kingman, Arizona

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Just prior to the Civil War, in 1857, Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale was ordered by the War Department to take his Corps of Topographical ...

Yet Again - - - Home!

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We are back in our little log cabin in Texas - for two weeks...  We were greeted at the corner of our land by the remnant of our flock of Gu...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Mount Mitchell State Park - The Highest Point East of the Misssissippi River

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On our way home from Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina, we moseyed up the Blue Ridge Parkway.  (See our post http://thetravelerstwo....
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Tobacco Plant

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Friday Granpa went out and took pictures of the beautiful flowers atop the tobacco plants.      That was a really good idea, becau...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Flowers of the Blue Ridge

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Yup, the flowers of the Blue Ridge have been around for a long, long time.