Three recent day (or…early afternoon) trips: 1. Sloss Furnaces. One of the places I drive by almost every day, sometimes twice. It’s a relic of what brought Birmingham into existence: the confluence of coal, iron ore and limestone that made the steel industry possible here. It’s interesting to know that after the business was [...]
Say, everybody have you heard
August 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
This post starts with the USS Alabama. Which we didn’t visit. But I thought we might, so, okay, we’ll start there. We just (today – 8/18) returned from a week down on the Gulf Coast – a rental in Fort Morgan, to be exact. I didn’t have any plans except for BEACH BEACH BEACH. It [...]
The Beach
August 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
We were walking last night, and I was asked, “What’s your favorite beach you’ve ever been to?” I thought about it, and had to answer…the one I’m on when I’m asked the question, I suppose. Right now it’s this one: I do like them all, though. When I consider where I could see myself spending [...]
Santa Fe (1)
August 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On our July trip to New Mexico, we went to Santa Fe twice – once on the Saturday after we arrived, and then on July 4th. I’ll work backwards, and start with the latter. And then next time offer some general Santa Fe thoughts. Garnered from my all of seven hours spent in the city, [...]
7 Quick Takes Comes to Booked
August 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Since all of my takes seemed travel related this week…I thought I would do this thing over here… — 1 — Yes, we are travelling this week. It’s not exactly the most relaxing journey I’ve ever taken in my life. I was talking to my neighbor on Sunday. He noted the unfailing signal that we [...]
At the Bridge, on the River
July 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
Another local road trip today: to one of the swimming areas near the Swann Covered Bridge, which cross the Locust Fork of the Warrior River. The bridge was constructed in 1933, is very long (for a covered bridge), and is the oldest surviving covered bridge in Alabama. It’s about 35 miles from my house – a [...]
El Santuario de Chimayo
July 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
They call it the “Lourdes of America.” Here’s why: El Santuario (The Shrine) was built between l8l4 and l8l6. The “miraculous” crucifix of Our Lord of Esquipulas was found around l8l0. There is no written testimony concerning the apparition of Our Lord in the Chimayo area. What we have is tradition passed from [...]
Roadside Attractions!
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Never having been to New Mexico before (in recoverable memory, that is), I didn’t have a good sense of distance. In that, I thought everything – I mean everything would be hours apart, and we’d be very limited in how much we could do in a single day. Well, as per usual, my expectations were confounded. [...]
The Rio Grande – high and low
July 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is partly a post about the limits of GPS. I don’t have a separate GPS unit. I use my phone – which is a Droid, so the app is GoogleMaps. I also don’t use to navigate, turn by turn – I find that annoying and dangerous. I mostly use it to, well, map out [...]
La Lomita
July 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
Why not just stay in a hotel? I get that sometimes. I’ve talked about “why” before. And we do stay in hotels – on this trip to New Mexico, the last two nights were in a Residence Inn in Albuquerque, and there’s no question it was the right decision – close to the airport for [...]
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