Category: Travel

#Maps May 21

There are some “Life Lessons” that MAPS can teach us is we study them correctly. Looking at MAPS is something I enjoy doing. If traveling I often stop at a Welcome Center located at...

#Ville April 29

If you live in the south you realize we have a preponderance of towns and cities with names ending in “VILLE”. There is a lot of speculation on the internet on why so many...

#Advantage April 13

In the late 1890’s an immigrant from Mexico crossed into the US. His arrival turned out to be quite an ADVANTAGE for Enterprise AL. The name of our Rio Grande river crossing friend was Anthomus...

#Maine March 8

I often watch a TV show called MAINE Cabin Masters. Watching that show makes me reflect on my late brother Thomas Kenney. He died on June 26, 2019 at his home in Belgrade, Maine....

#Backroads February 26

Dealing with days in February where it is too cold or wet to play golf has left me with a block of time on my hands. I discovered a series of documentaries on Amazon...

#Steamship February 18

Over the past several weeks I have traveled up I-95 to Fayetteville and have driven past the exit for NC 87. Highway 87 can get you from Fayetteville NC to Wilmington NC with a...

#Vanna January 11

North Myrtle Beach (NMB) SC is just 75 minutes away from my house in North Carolina. It was formed in 1968 by merging four beach communities into one. NMB became a reality by the...

#Jersey January 2

I write about different places but mostly North Carolina. I was born and raised in New JERSEY so that would be # 2 on my list. A few days before Christmas I stumbled on...

#Abandoned September 28

There are a lot of fabulous civil engineering works in the United States. Examples include highways, bridges, railroads, dams, and canals. Some of those works are still in use but some are ABANDONDED. When it...

#Texas September 24

Today’s post is on interesting facts about TEXAS. I hope friends Pamela Ritch, Mark Payne, and Newy Scruggs can learn something new about the Great State of TEXAS. I also hope that Todd Anderson now knows that Dr Pepper does not have...