tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3945829567708405707..comments2024-03-29T02:32:07.583-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Travel Day...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35913233744638492412021-06-02T06:29:42.072-07:002021-06-02T06:29:42.072-07:00Um, yeah, hands down.Um, yeah, hands down.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37893051257361498082021-06-02T06:24:08.795-07:002021-06-02T06:24:08.795-07:00Oddly enough, I spent a lot of time on the drive c...Oddly enough, I spent a lot of time on the drive contemplating the history of the areas I passed through (while staying focused on driving of course). We passed near the area where Forts Lee and Washington once stood. The long trip across "the Jerseys." Then in Maryland and Delaware I remembered the extremely good regiments which those two colonies provided for the Continental Army. Lots of history in this great nation of ours, we forget it at our peril. Which is of course, precisely what our Chinese, er, Progressive leaders want us to forget.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50786387768513151102021-06-02T06:09:09.907-07:002021-06-02T06:09:09.907-07:00What? The dog ate my homework?
I hate it when tha...What? The dog ate my homework?<br /><br />I hate it when that happens. 😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65473280020898642502021-06-02T06:08:34.281-07:002021-06-02T06:08:34.281-07:00Glad that the surgery went well, prayers for fast ...Glad that the surgery went well, prayers for fast healing!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37962101783733738572021-06-01T18:11:07.247-07:002021-06-01T18:11:07.247-07:00Glad you made it home ok. My surgery went well to...Glad you made it home ok. My surgery went well today. Hand still feels like a hunk of wood, but slowly getting feeling back.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6830663844558292682021-06-01T16:23:26.972-07:002021-06-01T16:23:26.972-07:00(Don McCollor)...It must have meant even more in t...(Don McCollor)...It must have meant even more in the older days of the Transcontinental Railroad. There was a pleasure excursion before the tracks met. In a day and a night, they had traveled to their destination at Milepost 700 - an empty spot that was seven hundred miles west of Omaha...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14671949869231335352021-06-01T15:10:39.243-07:002021-06-01T15:10:39.243-07:00It's alive!It's alive!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51901329929571597362021-06-01T09:45:19.177-07:002021-06-01T09:45:19.177-07:00The thought of traveling at the speeds we do these...The thought of traveling at the speeds we do these days does come to mind every now and then as I am complaining about traffic on the Freeway only moving at 50 mph.....and it dawns on me that in 15 minutes at that speed, early travelers spent an entire day. The distance I can drive in 8 hours at 70 mph on a highway would take a 1800's traveler in a covered wagon over 20 days to accomplish.<br /><br />I am amazed everytime.Coffee Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303759803639176370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34868903402962762852021-06-01T09:24:15.414-07:002021-06-01T09:24:15.414-07:00See you tomorrow or the next day. I pranged my co...See you tomorrow or the next day. I pranged my combonculator and it's going into the shop today. Dang dog and my lack of quick reflexes.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41363871434854140132021-06-01T09:23:22.283-07:002021-06-01T09:23:22.283-07:00Probably, but you can survive a 'snow emergenc...Probably, but you can survive a 'snow emergency' much easier than a 'volcano emergency.' :)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54906839677898940892021-06-01T09:11:35.052-07:002021-06-01T09:11:35.052-07:00Your travel today would have taken at least a week...Your travel today would have taken at least a week, or more, in the times of your latest great story. <br /><br />I am sure you will (at least subconsciously) reflect upon, and appreciate the sacrifices of earlier generations who plodded along at foot pace, or if more fortunate, at the speed of a sturdy horse. <br /><br />You will pass within a few miles of critical locations from the past, largely forgotten (by others, but not you and your readers). The 1643 Swedish settlement at Tinicum, on the Delaware River, before William Penn was even born. Chadd's Ford, site of the Battle of Brandywine (and home of the wonderful Wyeth Art Museum!). Valley Forge where 'Muricans bent on freedom suffered, and Trenton where the suffering freedom fighters routed the Hessian mercenaries. <br /><br />New York, and all the history that is there, albeit eclipsed by its urban decay and crumbling veneer of civilization. Through Connecticut (spelling may vary!) with a rich heritage of settlement and growth of the "Yankee mechanic" industrial revolution. Little noticed by most, but critical to our national interests are the neat things in New London- both submarine related, and our wonderful Coasties who have to go out, but don;t have to come back. On to your neck of the woods, a vital shipping port from the earliest days, landing point of vital French aid during our Revolution, and for nearly a century one of the major U.S. Naval ports with surface on the east side, and airdales on the west.<br /><br />Yup, much to appreciate, as you motor along. So much history out there!<br />John Blackshoe<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64609890283850709412021-06-01T09:09:14.603-07:002021-06-01T09:09:14.603-07:00I noticed the "Snow emergency route" sig...I noticed the "Snow emergency route" sign, I was driving by Packwood WA on Sunday and saw a "Volcano evacuation route" sign. I'll bet there are more show emergencies back there than eruptions out here! :-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62278923814718507542021-06-01T07:05:32.542-07:002021-06-01T07:05:32.542-07:00Safe travels. Hope you had a great time.
-BarrySafe travels. Hope you had a great time.<br />-BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81728527153226233972021-06-01T04:29:49.714-07:002021-06-01T04:29:49.714-07:00Travel safely Sarge. Hopefully the foolish and im...Travel safely Sarge. Hopefully the foolish and impatient drivers left far earlier.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84294670786574762632021-06-01T04:07:28.093-07:002021-06-01T04:07:28.093-07:00Fair travels Sarge.Fair travels Sarge.Nylon12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88238884201018095872021-06-01T03:42:11.501-07:002021-06-01T03:42:11.501-07:00Safe home. Old GunsSafe home. Old GunsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.com