Being where History was made.

WE have traveled because there were things we WANTED to see, places of repute to see some area of fame or History.

WE made it to:  Tombstone, Cochise’s Stronghold, Deadwood, DeSmet (SD),

(Ma and Pa Ingalls, DeSmet re:Little House on The Prairie)

The Corn Palace, the Bad Lands, Cape Cod, Plymouth Rock, The Liberty Bell, Niagara Falls, Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Crazy Horse, STURGES , Devil’s Tower, Lake Louisa, Dawson Creek, Chicken, Fairbanks, Tok, The Pecos, Grand Canyon, Pike’s Peak, The Kenai, Las Vegas, Key West, Fisherman’s Warf, Hollywood, Nawlins, The Alamo, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Rockies, The Canadian Rockies, Hoover Dam, and so many more I can’t remember.

Most places were intentional, but some of the most fascinating were the ones we hit accidentally. Just west of San Antonio we found Bandera (Cowboy Capitol of the World), there was also a neat, small museum.

Then on the way to the Chiricahua Monument we drove through Willcox, AZ. Lo and behold the name Rex Allen popped up. So, a must-see was the Rex Allen Museum. I liked Rex and in reality he was one of the few Cowboy stars who was a cowboy. Did you know at one time he sang with the Sons of the Pioneers? Yep.

Once we volunteered for a job to repair  a  church in LaPanto, AR. Driving into the small town we saw a sign, ‘Home of the Painted House’. Readers know John Grisham, he is from Arkansas, well Lapanto is where the movie of his book was filmed. We got a personal tour of the house and the story.  We also got to see Johnny Cash’s home that was near by.  I love these surprises.

This week while driving around we passed a marker:

Squire & Sarah Boone, parents of Daniel, are buried here in Mocksville, NC. I love being in an area of History. Doing little research I learn: Daniel was #6 of 11 children born into the Quaker Family.

(An attempt to preserve the sandstone markers)

Squire moved his family from Pennsylvania to the banks of the Yadkin River partly because his family had been excommunicated from the Quakers because his eldest sons married non-Quakers.  The Boones returned north because the dangers of Indian wars, later returned.

As an adult, Daniel was captured by the Shawnee and adopted into the tribe, he lived with them a while. I was honestly surprised to learn that Daniel lived to be 86 (1734—1820). Now if you  take a look at HIS DASH, there was a lot of living and adventure in between the birth and the death.  Daniel died in Missouri, was buried in Frankfort, Kentucky beside his love, Rebecca.

It is fun to know we are on the banks of the Yadkin, the area Daniel hunted and lived. I like that.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

No matter where you are, someone famous or well known who made history, has been there.(Imma looking for Daniel’s ghost tonight!)

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Also a part of History

1960 Desota

1960 Dodge Polara

Cow Lick

Do cow licks go away?  Well first of all I guess I should ask: Do you know what a cow lick is? The definitions is:

cow·lick (koulk) n.

A projecting tuft of hair on the head that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and will not lie flat.

I remember growing up Mama said I had a cow-lick toward the back of my head.  I could ‘grease’ it down.  Nephew Stevie, had a cow lick in front, you couldn’t tell it now because he hasn’t had a hair cut in 30-40 years.

And then there was a time everyone wanted a cowlick, This is GS Luke’s School pic in Grade school, now, no more wild hair.

My cowlick is gone permanently, (along with the rest of my hair) but I think it went away after I was 18-19 years old.

I guess the most famous ‘cow-lick’ was on one of the ‘Little Rascals’: Alfalfa

 

In finding this picture I learned a sad story. Alfalfa (Carl Switzer) never earned anything on all the reruns of OUR GANG. He was killed at the age of 32 trying to collect $50 over a hunting dog incident. What a sad end to a comic’s life.  Proving once again to us looking in on life, “Life isn’t always fair!”

Anyway his was the most famous cow-lick I remember.

Ever feel like this:

Oh well, we live life, do the best we can and if we try hard enough, we can be happy.  At times though, we would like to out shout some things  just to prove we are here!!!

I just got this cow-lick thing on my mind (missing my hair I guess). Thanks for coming by the log.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

Someone said, it is better to have loved and lost, than never have loved at all.

I guess the same could be said for fame, if that is the goal.

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Our Gang’s Donkey powered Taxi!

What a JOY, Sheila! Also the FUTURE and A NO WHEELS CAR

When I  started a Journal and had my first comment by a sweet lady who is called Lindy, I have wondered about fellows on the Net.

Our Life style is traveling, so what better thing than meet some of these wonderful friends when possible. It has been a thrill and a real JOY to meet some of you wonderful folk. Funny, as I am thinking, I start to say in my mind ‘I have met YOU, but we haven’t, it is that I feel so close to you, I feel like we have met.

Yesterday was a distinct pleasure, we had dinner with Sheila and her hubby, Rick.

 http://southerncomfort-sheila.blogspot.com/ 

This was such a distinct pleasure, they are both wonderful folk, down to earth and understanding of my hearing problem. Sherry of course carried the weight of conversations. Also one reason this was such a ‘sweet’ meeting, if you follow Jean (Sybil) from Alabama http://sybilb.blogspot.com/

Sheila is Jean’s daughter.  Sheila and Rick have lived all over this country and overseas. We can relate a little about roots LOL.  Sheila and Shirl are Lucy’s thorn in the flesh, always dancing for Snow!

Again, Thanks Sheila for giving us a chance to sit and visit with such a pleasant couple.

I hate to miss someone, but so far we have met: Debbie, Terri, Ora, Jean (Sybil), Linda (BR Boomer), Dar, Mel, Shirl (my sister of course), Fred (a breath of fresh air from my past), Yvette (poet & publisher of the other Jack Darnell) ALL have been a pleasure. Of course Sweet Glenda who comments regularly.

NOW THE FUTURE………

Take a look at a levitating car in operation.  I got this from the grand kids other grandma, Joan.

I had a picture of this car on the blog a few days ago when I was featuring future cars.  This was the round car:

Click below to see it in operation in China:

www.flixxy.com/volkswagen-levitating-car.htm

This is neat. No emissions, I thought it was AIR  i.e. fans that kept it up, but no, now I understand it is electromagnetic forces.  So I assume (not sure) that the roads would have to be prepared for this to work, BUT IT IS AMAZING.  (I want one, at first I didn’t, but now I do!)

ENJOY IT.

Thanks for coming by the LOG,

Night Shipslog

PS:

What does the future hold?  I do not think this uses  up our natural resources as fast as present vehicles.

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And then there was the:

1904 Studebaker

The Top Ten

Most of the time I do not find out what they are. Like today, AOL lists the “Top Ten Burgers”, silly me I click on it and it is either a slide show or a video.  Doesn’t anyone write anything anymore?  I don’t have the patience to try to figure what they are saying nor wait for this system to reload with each change of  slides. So I click the little red X.

We have too many out of work reporters trying to win a prize or sell a story. I noticed today there was an entry, “The Ten Ugliest Celebrities.”

But how would you have the gall to decide someone was ‘UGLY’ and post it?

We need more? I saw a “Top ten List” of the ‘Top ten Lists’, I went to it and counted 8?

Okay, I am going to google “Top Ten Songs of all time in the USA”. I have never done this before:

First result: The top all time songs in America are listed in order by the amount of weeks at #1: (Anyone or song I recognize, is in RED)

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1. One Sweet Day-  MARIAH CAREY & BOYZ 2 MEN

2. I Will Always Love You  -WHITNEY HOUSTON

3. Candle In The Wind  -ELTON JOHN

4. Macarena  -LOS DEL RIO

5. I'll Make Love To You  -BOYZ 2 MEN

6. We Belong Together  -MARIAH CAREY

7. End Of The Road  -BOYZ 2 MEN

8. The Boy Is Mine  -BRANDY & MONICA

9. Lose Yourself  -EMINEM

10. Yeah! -USHER, LIL JOHN & LUDACRIS

Now that cannot be true, I never heard any of them. Try again:

Most Listened To Popular Song of All Time
#10 Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

#9 Hotel California,Eagles

#8 Earth Song, Michael Jackson

#7 Imagine, John Lennon

#6 The Winner Takes It All, ABBA

#5 You Raise Me Up, Josh Grobam

#4 Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin

#3 Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen

#2 White Christmas, Bing Crosby

#1 Thriller, Michael Jackson

(Better, I have heard White Christmas)

One more try gotta be someone I know:

Most Listened To Popular Song of All Time:

#10 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You; Bryan Adams

#9 I’m a Believer, The Monkees; 1966; YES!

#8 Diana; Paul Anka; 1957 (YES)

#7 Hound Dog; Elvis Presley; 1956 (YES)

#6 I Will Always Love You; Whitney Houston

#5 Hey Jude; The Beatles;  (YES)

#4 I Want to Hold Your Hand; The Beatles; (YES)

#3 Rock Around the Clock; Bill Haley and His Comets (YES)

#2 White Christmas; Bing Cosby (YES)

#1 Candle in the Wind; Elton John; 1997

(Most of the red ones I was smooching Sherry, yeah I remember them)

 

Now we are getting somewhere, the third list and I have heard 7 of them. Opinions and different filters get different lists. When I was a builder and Sherry would say, ‘they are calling for bad weather’, I would tell her to change channels. LOL Never trust every thing you hear or read. HAHA!

Thanks for stopping by the LOG. (About knowing the songs, I have never been into music, yeah I lived under a rock)

Nite Shipslog

PS:

Everyone of us has an opinion. Many disagreeing opinions, but that does not make them WRONG.

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An oddity, a Packard Hawk

Below is a Studebaker lark (60’s?)

Were you raised to be ‘too’ nice?

I know folk who would like to be nasty when treated badly, but just don’t know how. And on the other hand I know witty folk who can come up with a perfect ‘put down’ before the perpetrator realizes they have been had.

I wish I had been the one who said, “If I were to agree with you, we would both be wrong!”   “WHAT?”

Most folk are not of a nasty nature. Many of us think, ‘I would like to give him/her a piece of my mind’, but we don’t.’ We swallow the thought and go on about our business, frustrated at ourselves because we were too timid to say anything (Maybe I can’t afford to ‘give’ a piece of my mind. LOL).

Once, ONLY ONCE, did I say the right thing under pressure, location, Istanbul, Turkey.

We were on liberty when a riot developed in Istanbul, just outside the giant Flea market. A buddy and I were caught in a mob that was protesting the 7th fleet’s presence up the Dardanelles. We were wearing Whites (Navy white uniforms). The leader came up to me with a can of spray paint, “You will look good black.” And he brandished a can of black spray paint.

I laughed nervously (of course) because It was obviously a can of US Government Issue spray paint. I knew he understood English because he had spoken English to me. I held my arms out to my side palms up in a gesture of hopelessness and said, “Hey man, Not with my own paint!” He held the can, prepared to spray, then laughed pushed me playfully and  spoke in Turkish to the crowd. They all laughed, but let us pass. CLOSE CALL!  The riot did escalate later to burning cars and buses, but thank goodness we made it back to Fleet landing and our ship.

I admire witty folk. Some of you guys are witty methinks. BUT even the wittiest, know when to cut someone down with a retort and when to keep silent.

I just wish I had that choice, because 30 mins later I say, “I should have said ‘your mama wears combat boots!’ or something cute.” 

Oh well, we all live with ourselves. We should know our capabilities and live at peace.

 Nite Shipslog

PS:

Know your limitations and capabilities, it is very important to your happiness.

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and the latest invention:

Apology shot down!

Ever apologize? Most of us have.  Most of us have apologized for something even if we did not feel it was our fault.  In my book, ‘Why Not Forever’ I opinioned that in a marriage, the one who seems to love most (at the moment)will be the first to apologize.  Humans do that to de-fuse an explosive situation. Knowing if something festers, things get worse.

               

Have you ever had an apology that was a sort of back door apology, you know the kind, “I’m sorry, but if you hadn’t -----------, then I would not have called you that name, etc.”  In other words it is all you fault anyway.

The right way to apologize is, “I am very sorry, I should not have said or done ------. Forgive me.”

Friend Kevin Wallace published the following poem in the last couple days.

http://kevinwalkerpoetry.blogspot.com/

Kevin can write cheerful and some heart breaking stuff. He expresses how it feels when an apology goes wrong

I enjoy poetry sometimes, my friend Kevin just published this. He expresses a lot of deep thoughts that many have felt but are unable to put into words.

I Don't Accept Your Apology

I don't accept your apology.
It wasn't at all sincere -
with a smirk, and a laugh,
and a heart cold and indifferent
to the hurt you've made me feel,
the pain you've left in my heart.

I don't accept your apology.
And, honestly,
I think it's time for you to leave.
Walk out into the cold rain
as it washes the grime down the city streets
outside of my apartment.

Shiver as a drop of rain drips down your back.

Hear the thunder follow a flash of lightning

as you slowly realize things will never be the same.

This poem © Kevin Walker. Published May 2013.

My 7th grade teacher Ms. Mellissa Grill introduced me to poetry, some of my favorite lines are the same as a lot of folk:

“Miles to go before I sleep…..”

“And I, I took the road less traveled by, and that has made……….”

“Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend………”

“It takes a heap-o-livin in a house to make a home…….”

Do you have a favorite poet, poem, or line?

Nite Shipslog

PS:

“Make a joyful noise…….”

http://kevinwalkerpoetry.blogspot.com/

(today’s is a family poem)

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Now, you know folks are gonna look at me’n Sherry when we pull into an RV park in this dude!

(Once we get that extra couple million! LOL)

Our walk Yesterday

Now we do not have the cold and snow of Gary in NY or Mel and Dar in Wisconsin, but it ain’t warm like it is supposed to be.

Sherry had a great Mother’s day yesterday, Jack Jr. came up and brought Mark’s card. Jack brought her a card and a giant chocolate Cheese cake from the Cheese cake factory.  We put on a pot of Super Frog  Fuel and ate a BIG piece of the Cheese cake to go along with it.

Today it is a little cool but we needed a walk especially after the cheese cake. This is a big park with ample areas to explore in the woods. I took the camera along, Now I don’t know too many flowers, so I don’t know this pretty thing:

Flowers seem to be more beautiful in a rustic sitting. there were only three stalks.

On around the lake and into more woods. My girl can spot blooming Blackberry bushes from a mile away.

These are blooming along this gravel road. This is actually a smaller patch. She is already crying because we won’t be in NC at BB picking season.

I am a thinking this is an Indian paint brush, but I am not sure. It is actually redder than the picture shows.

Winding around the gravel road we came to this tilled bottom land, roughly 20-25 acres. I thought of Dar & Bill and potatoes up in WI (If they ever get spring)  Gonna have some good growth of tobacco or corn here. I took this picture as we turned back into the woods to find our way back to the park. In about 15 minutes guess what we spied:

A small pioneer grave yard. I had seen it on the park map, but I thought it would be really set off as a place of interest. But there it was with this sign that I noticed as we started to leave:

The sign reads:

           Pioneer Graveyard,

          Don’t feed the bears.

I thought that was a nice combination of notices. LOL

One more picture of one more of the ten or so grave markers. I could read 1822. (Elizabeth, an 11 yr old girl)(?)

We had a good walk, Mondays are good days at RV parks, the working folk with children must leave us retirees and do what we used to do, go to work and get kids off to school.

Thanks for coming along on our 3 mile walk.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

One day in your life you  are going to realize, if you didn’t do it, you are not going to.

(I took that from Ma’s Blog awhile back)

           http://onyama.blogspot.com/

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I thought this was cute, the rest of the Smart car.