History

A Solemn Day in OKC

On our winter road trips, we usually just pass through Oklahoma on our way west. But this trip we decided to stop. There we found an excellent memorial to an event in 1995 that I remember like it was yesterday. Click on the first photo in each group and scroll to see the square photos […]

A Soggy Day in Baton Rouge

The end of our 2023 winter road trip offered an opportunity to see a nice chunk of the Great River Road on our way back to Wisconsin. Although the weather forecast looked pretty dreary, our next three nights were already booked so we headed out for parts unknown up the Mississippi. Too bad we didn’t […]

The Big Easy Revisited

As our 2023 winter trip winds down, this post is a compilation of several days of exploring during our second visit to New Orleans in as many years. We dug a little deeper into its history and it was nice to see the city from this new perspective. Click on the first photo in each […]

A Day on the Mighty Mississippi

We moved into our new digs in New Orleans and the very next morning departed for a day trip to Darrow, LA with my cousin. Just one stop included a massive Great River Road Museum, an authentic southern lunch buffet, and a gorgeous plantation home with lovely gardens. Click on the first photo in each […]

A Return to PCB

Last time we were in Panama City Beach was at the start of our winter trip in mid-January 0f 2020. We walked on the beach in our winter coats and gloves, and vowed to do our next trip southeast in reverse – giving the panhandle a chance to warm up a bit more before our […]

1 2 3 6