Travel Life
Completing The Loop!
Captain Jim, Sir Walter, and Mary are completing 5306 miles of their loop of the Eastern US via Intercoastal canals, lakes and rivers. This is the last installment of their journey. Courageous souls all, they are at the end of their very unique adventure. (This is the third installment – you should read their story from the beginning!)
Looping another 2200 miles!
Note: My friend, Mary, is a “Looper” and she is going to share her adventures with the rest of us. This is the second installment of several as she “loops” the Eastern United States in the Proud Mary accompanied by her husband, Jim, and Walter, their intrepid Cairn terrier. She has taken some wonderful photos […]
Hogg Heaven!
For decades, Houston children have laughed and delightedly mocked the Hogg family girls: Ima Hogg and Ura Hogg.
Who would name their children thus?
The First Thousand Miles of The Loop
Note: My friend, Mary, is a “Looper” and she is going to share her adventures with the rest of us. This is the second installment of many as she “loops” the Eastern United States in the Proud Mary accompanied by her husband, Jim, and Walter, their intrepid Cairn terrier. She has taken some wonderful photos […]
LOOPING ?
Note: My friend, Mary, is a “Looper” and she is going to share her adventures with the rest of us. This is the first installment of many as she “loops” the Eastern United States in the Proud Mary accompanied by her husband, Jim, and Walter, their intrepid Cairn terrier. INTRO TO LOOPING, By Mary For […]
Edelweiss
The Sunday night Oscars paid tribute to The Sound of Music‘s 50th anniversary, and it was wonderful to see the very gracefully aged Julie Andrews and to hear her distinctive clipped English again. Traveling through Austria recently, everyone in our party was all Gaga about The Sound of Music. Oohs and ahs about Maria and […]
Traveling Louisiana’s Cane River
A group of friends and I recently drove from Texas’ Lake Toleto Bend to visit Louisiana Civil War battlefields and plantations along the Cane River. Leaving just a little after sunrise, we visited the Mansfield Historic Battlefield -the last battle in the Civil War. Although the Confederates won this battle, they had already lost the war. Following the […]
It’s Very SADD !
You would think you would be ‘safe’ from a drunk driver if you were in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, and, of course, you would be wrong. This week, Jeff King, four time Iditarod winner, was hit by a snowmobile drunk driver in the middle of his race. One of his beloved dogs was […]