The last week has been a full one. We went sightseeing in Savannah with Caroline and Art last Sunday. We did a hop-on hop-off trolley so we could see the sights but also learn about the history of Savannah. In the 1730's, England founded the last of its colonies in North America. The project was the brainchild of James Oglethorpe, a former army officer. After Oglethorpe left the army, he devoted himself to helping the poor and debt-ridden people of London, whom he suggested settling in America. His choice of Georgia, named for the new King, was also motivated by the idea of creating a defensive buffer for South Carolina, an important colony with many potential enemies close by. These enemies included the Spanish in Florida, the French in Louisiana and along the Mississippi River, and Indian allies throughout the region. In 1732, the King chose twenty trustees who received funds for overseeing the colony. They could make laws, issue land grants and elect governing bodies for the c...
Warning...this post contains a lot of pictures (again). Hope you enjoy! Heartland RV Park in Hermosa, SD was our home for almost 2-weeks. We enjoyed it there, also had some crazy weather. Last Thursday night it rained with a mix of hail and a wind gust of 49 miles per hour. Thank the Lord it wasn't worse, it did drop the temperature for Friday though. We also did some sight-seeing in those 2-weeks and that was a lot of fun. So, if you are ready, hang on to your seat, here come the pictures! The sky and land are just so beautiful in SD, God is just so creative. He gave us a beautiful rainbow to see while Gus and I were out for a walk. "And He was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardis in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance." Revelation 4:3 (NASB). We found a drive through park where we saw elk, reindeer, bears, big horn sheep, lynx and many other animals. Here are just a few pictures of us at Bear Country USA. If yo...
Let me start off this blog with wishing my father-in-law a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, Dad! It was good to talk with him on the phone and wish him well. We will see him in October, that will be good. The birthday boy, Juan Lozano (91 years young) and hubby. We are staying in Woodstock, not the Woodstock that would first come to your mind, but Woodstock, New Hampshire. We are here for two weeks, week one done. It is a very beautiful state with mountains, rivers, lakes, trees and lots of green. Our site for two weeks. Woodstock became a village in 1763, colonial Governor Benning Wentworth named the town "Peeling" after an English town. Many of the first colonists were originally from Lebanon, Connecticut. In 1771, his nephew, Governor John Wentworth, gave it the name "Fairfield", after Fairfield Connecticut. The town was renamed "Woodstock" in 1840 for the Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, possibly due to the popularity of the 1826 Wa...
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