This is an exciting blog to write. We have had several events that have made us happy: Happy, Happy, Happy! The biggest and happiest of them all is the birth of our first Our grandson, Ryan, and Amber had a baby boy on Oct. 4th. His name is Henry Max Wilder Knapp. Of course, hes the cutest baby ever. A new generation has begun in our family. Whew! Does that mean we are super old now? Nah. Age is Read on...
We had an early start – and a long day but we made the entire narrow part of the loop before dark, so that was a success. What was NOT a success was that, after promising the kids we would all swim in the 7 sacred pools at the end – we found out that it was no longer allowed. Covid? Insurance liability? Dont know, but it would have been nice to have known. Davids photos show some of the beauty Read on...
States with the highest life expectancy were mostly in the Northeast and West states while states with the lowest life expectancy were Southern states.
The fact that there can be such large differences in life expectancy within one country, thats what I find most interesting, Dr. Elizabeth Arias, director of U.S. Life Tables at NCHS and first author of the study, told ABC News.
Rounding out the Read on...
Aber ich bin doch etwas berrascht ber den Zimmerservice hier im Lande. Die Zimmer werden nmlich nicht gemacht. Zuerst hatte ich das nicht gemerkt, weil ich eh nur eine Nache blieb. Aber dann in Lutsk war ich verblfft, weil ich zwar vier neue Handtcher bekam aber das Bett nicht gemacht war. Hier im Ibis war dann die Steigerung: keine Handtcher, kein Bett gemacht, kein Abfalleimer ausgeleert, der Se Read on...
As of today, here are the State Department warnings regarding travel to my destinations in May. Serbia: Reconsider your need to travel. It has not been updated since Oct, 2021. Belgrade is only 320 miles from the Ukraine border! Croatia: Exercise a high degree of caution. (Mar 2022) Greece: Same as Croatia France: Same as Greece Germany: Same as France So, what am I going to do? The cycling portio Read on...
This iconic mural was painted in 1990. It was based on an actual photograph of Honecker and Brezhnev kissing. I photographed this just as these two guys kissed in front of the mural. The funny thing is, many conservatives today would probably be saying variations of My God, help me survive this deadly love in the face of marriage equality and rising LGBTQ visibility.
Like many other people my age Read on...
Veliko Tarnovo. Notable at left center is the Cathedral of the Birth of the 1844 and reconstructed 1913. EE1975117
From Bucharest, travel would by land through the Balkans all the way to Zagreb. The groups motorcoach crossed the Danube River over the long Friendship Bridge at Ruse, leaving Romania and entering Bulgaria. Thence on to Grabrovo via Vielke Tarnovo for overnight.
Near Gabrovo is the Read on...
Yesterday was another public holiday here. It was Archbishop Janani Luwum Day. On Feburary 16th 1977 Luwum was killed at the orders of Idi Amin shortly after delivering a speech to protest Amin for his arbitrary killings and unexplained disappearances of civilians and soldiers. Though the official account is that he was in a car crash
Acts like these are still happening under the current ‘Presi Read on...
Hello there - it is usually the navigator who writes these blogs . She waffles on about where we have been to, what she thought about it and where we were going to next . What about me ? Have you forgotten me? Gabby . Yes Gabby the motorhome . Last time she let me loose on a blog I was new . I told you all about my weight , my height , my new toys and everything I could think of . Since then well Read on...
San Augustine was founded by Thomas McFarland in 1832 and was named after Presidio de San Agustin de Ahumada. It is located on the El Camino Real (Old San Antonio Road) that was started in 1691. In 1717 a Spanish mission was established by Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, after he established the mission in Nacogdoches in 1716. The mission in San Augustine was abandoned in 1719, and did not lead to Read on...