Last week on a rainy afternoon we drove up the coast from St Augustine to see, the tournament players course near Jacksonville. A group that organized the TPC tournament players championship wanted to have their own course to hold the championship tournament on. They approached a private club At Sawgrass to make a deal, but …
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The Other Veterans Day
We have army’s with various services to protect our country and a way of life we value. This one day a year that we set aside to honor the work they have done. We usually think of this in terms of dealing with other nations. On this trip Marlina and I have been visiting a …
It wouldn’t be a trip without rocks
When it is first mined, it is very soft, so soft, that you can’t build with it. It needs to allowed to dry and harden for several years. Once it reaches the proper hardness it is great for building. In St Augustine, the Spanish built 6 different forts out of wood, each succumbing to rot …
The oldest
We have been in St Augustine Florida for the last 3 days, having driven from Tallahassee Florida. Had rain the first several days and got caught in several,showers, but were dry within 20 mins. Today it was in the 80’s with 93%+ humidity.. You can drink 16 oz of H2O in 30 seconds in this …
Truman and Harper
As we started the trip we were listening to an audiobook called The Furious Hours. It’s the story of a trial in Alabama about a man who had shot and killed a Reverend in front of hundreds of witnesses. This Reverend had been accused and never convicted of killing 4 of his family members for …
Why a memorial to Lynching victims
Yesterday we started to speak about the work of Bryan Stevenson. He begins defending men on Georgia’s death row who cannot pay for an attorney.He moved to Alabama for several reasons,one of which is there are no public defenders for people on death row in Alabama. The only system is if the jurisdiction has a …
Miracle
Today we visited Ivy Green,the birth place of Helen Keller. Her grandfather had bought the plantation in the antibellum and her father had been a Calvary officer in-the confederate army. She was born and healthy until the age of 19 months,when she contracted what was probably scarlet fever. When the fever abated she could no …
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)and The Center for Peace and Justice
It rained last night and is continuing this morning. Scurrying through a downpour we entered the SPLC’s Civil Rights museum. This is an organization that Marlina has supported for the last 35+ years. It’s nice to see where some of the donations have gone. It is a beautiful building with a gracious staff. The rain …
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You Don’t Get To Feel Like This Everyday
Yesterday we started the day by going to The Muscle Shoals Recording Studio also known as the home of the Swampers. 1st let’s back track. In the late 1950’s a guy named Rick Hall starts a company called Florence Alabama Music Enterprises or the FAME studios. He gathers a group of young( less than 24 …
Honoring your ancestors
Yesterday we drove out to the Natchez Trace Parkway. This Parkway runs for over 400 miles from Natchez Mississippi to just south of Nashville Tenn. It is a wide two lane road surrounded by trees and greenery.No buildings except for picnic sites , or park service buildings and bathrooms . There are exits where you …
Pau's Travels 