We are on our way to The Big Apple but there are two stops we want to make first- Amish country and chocolate land. It is still raining as we drive through Lancaster, PA which has a large population of Amish- about 31k. The horse & buggy looks like an impressionistic painting via our wet…
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Architects may come and Architects may go and Never change your point of view When I run dry I stop awhile and think of you Architects may come and Architects may go and Never change your point of view – Simon & Garfunkel Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the greatest American architect of all time…
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What does the word “Shenandoah” mean? Well there is a well known American folk song, that at least Douglas claims to never have heard of (“Oh, Shenandoah, how I long to hear you, Far away, you rolling river”). It could be the long running Civil War campaign in the Shenandoah valley running north and south thru Virginia. Or…
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Smokey Mountain rain keeps on fallin’ I keep on callin’ her name Smokey Mountain rain I’ll keep on searchin’ I can’t go on hurtin’ this way She’s somewhere in the Smokey Mountain rain- Ronnie Milsap The Smoky Mountains get about 85″ of rain every year, so I guess we should not have been surprised that…
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In and out and on and on Everybody goes And where the fun with finally stops Everybody knows Girls it’s me and you Doing what we do Just one way to lose Those happy birthday blues . – B.B. King It’s another trip around the sun for me today so Douglas and I will be…
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This last King of Memphis was B.B. King- “The King of the Blues” or one of the three Kings of the Blues along with Albert and Freddie King. His real name was Riley B. King. He went from cotton field hand, to radio DJ to Blue’s force over his long life. A museum celebrating his…
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There are 3 major ‘Kings’ in Memphis- you’ve got Elvis- The King, B.B. King the blues guitarist and singer (see Blues and BBQ blog entrée), and finally, the last King is Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK). In no way should they be compared to one another. Our next stop was the Civil Rights Museum which…
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The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a National guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war I’m going to Graceland Graceland – Paul Simon About half way between El Dorado and Graceland, we had a nice stop at Craig’s BBQ in Malvern, AR. Way off the beaten…
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We are sick of stifling 105 degree heat in Texas so our Traveler Blue’s van is headed north to Maine. How do you get from Texas to Maine? One little town at a time. I moved a bunch of my stuff from the shack in Austin to the rental house in Houston in preparation for…
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“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” ―John Muir Nothing can prepare you for the beauty and majesty of the granite cathedral rocks as you come out of the mountain tunnel and enter Yosemite National Park’s valley. Just, two days ago we were enjoying Jazz Fest in NOLA…
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It’s like the Grand Canyon And we’re out here on the edge But we’re still standin’ Baby we haven’t fallen yet – Trace Adkins The Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River and geologic activity about 6 million years ago. Today, about 5.9 million people visit the park each year and it…
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Driving through Gallup, NM and humming about getting our kicks on Route 66 a’la Chuck Berry and heading towards Winslow, Az with an eye out for a “girl in a flatbed Ford” a’la The Eagles, we pull-off the road outside of Holbrook, Az to check out Petrified Forest National Park . Long gone are the high…
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It takes a good, long while to escape the State of Texas. After all, it is about as big as France and its economy is the same as Canada. We stopped in Amarillo to eat at a famous Burger joint, The Golden Light Cantina— a must on any burger-dive beer joint bucket list. Here’s some…
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The stars at night Are big and bright Deep in the heart of Texas The prairie sky Is wide and high Deep in the heart of Texas Gene Autry After a month long hiatus, the Traveler Blues van is on the road again traveling thru west Texas on our way to the Grand Canyon and…
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We are winding down our Florida tour with a bit of beach time on the Emerald Coast…also called the Cajun Riviera where the Gulf of Mexico sparkles like emeralds. This is the stretch of coastline from Pensacola Beach to Panama City Beach. If you grew up in New Orleans, and wanted to visit a beach,…
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