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It’s hard to pass up a sign that says anything about smashed-in heads. For me. This place is a UNESCO world heritage site, but mostly for the sign I imagine. It’s an ancient native American site. Apparently the braves on top of the cliff would get the buffalo riled up, then chase them over the [...]
Which is a little misleading in that I stopped in Chicago and spent the night at my brother’s place, then stopped the next night in Spearfish, So. Dak. and stayed at my other brother’s place. I also stopped at some gas stations, some fast food restaurants, and bought a new tail light off of Amazon. [...]
“Fort Necessity” is arguably the answer to the question of “Where did George Washington become George Washington?” No one ever asks that, but maybe they should. Definitely they should. It’s where George Washington sort of took over from aristocratic old-school British General Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. Supposedly Washington also sort of [...]
Went there in early February with HC12 and allotted kids, thereby concluding my series of visits to local presidential libraries. Never again to slip the surly bonds of earth (probably). Pros: Air Force One on permanent display (the *old* Air Force One). It’s like a museum of my life from 1981-88. And I kind of [...]
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