I wrote a series of social media posts regarding waterways along the California Trail and thought I'd share them here as well. Rivers were the highways across the west. As roads were being developed for the western pioneers it made sense to follow the waterways because of availability of water and grass, and as a [...]
Category: On the road
Travel Log: The California Trail Interpretive Center
Yes, even though I work here now, I wanted to do a blog post about the California Trail Interpretive Center. Darlene and I went and visited it as tourists before my first day working there, and, of course, I've learned quite a bit about the place since starting work. This is a truly cool place [...]
Travel update
As the end of summer nears, I thought I'd give you a brief update on our travel plans. My four-month job as seasonal park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers North Springfield Lake will conclude on Friday, September 6. We then leave our summer camp and begin a three week journey west to Elko, [...]
Travel Log – April 2019
We arrived back in Florida on March 27 to spend two weeks visiting our son and daughter-in-law and Darlene's sister, brother-in-law, and great nephew. We spent a lot of time at Disney and got to attend our church in Lake Alfred. We also got to see the Colorado Rockies play the Tampa Bay Rays. On [...]
Travel Log – Southern Louisiana and Mississippi, March 2019
We traveled from Galveston, TX to Lake Charles, LA on March 9, 2019. Lake Charles Sam Houston Jones State Park Sam Houston Jones State Park's campground was crowded and sites are pretty close together. However, it was still a nice place to stay while we explored the area. We met the Patterson's from Alberta. They [...]
