by Papi | Oct 29, 2025 | Topeka, KS, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Yes, the Great Lakes themselves are now far away in the rear view mirror. But as in the journey to them, the journey from them has brought more than its share of interesting and at times surprising finds. Unexpected places to visit that...
by Papi | Oct 27, 2025 | Kansas City, MO, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Or in English, the “End of the Beautiful Era”. Such was the case for Europe with the onset of World War I which, as we all know, was not the “War to End All Wars”. In addition, for much of Europe it resulted in a lost generation going...
by Papi | Oct 25, 2025 | Saint Louis, MO, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, St Louis, Missouri is known as the “Gateway to the West” as it was the jumping off point for westward bound wagon trains back in the decades prior to the completion of the transcontinental railroads. Nowadays it is celebrating the 60th...
by Papi | Oct 22, 2025 | Evansville, IN, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Evansville, Indiana hosts a true maritime rarity – a museum ship that is still capable of getting underway on her own power and in fact does so on an annual basis. That ship is the USS LST-325 and is also my last museum ship of this road...
by Papi | Oct 19, 2025 | Indianapolis, IN, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, The Indianapolis 500 is known as the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” while its venue, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the “Racing Capital of the World”. The onsite museum, I believe should well be referred to as the “Cathedral of...
by Papi | Oct 16, 2025 | Wheeling, WV
Greetings Family and Friends, Sometimes, when plans go awry something special steps in. Such was the case as I made or rather attempted to book accommodation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As happened, my stay would overlap a Pittsburgh Steelers home game against a...
by Papi | Oct 13, 2025 | Harrisburg, PA, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, The bloodiest war that the United States has been involved in was the American Civil War with an estimated 750,000 deaths. During that war was also the bloodiest battle that the United States has been involved in – the Battle of...
by Papi | Oct 10, 2025 | Albany, NY, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, The National Pastime, as baseball is referred to even to this day, has its Hall of Fame in a quite rural setting, Cooperstown, New York, which is quite fitting given its origins were from a time when the United States was a much more...
by Papi | Oct 7, 2025 | Buffalo, NY, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, The waterworks would be the breathtaking Niagara Falls. Found roughly a half hour north of Buffalo, New York, the falls provide a spectacular power surge to the water streaming from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. In Buffalo itself, resides...
by Papi | Oct 5, 2025 | Cleveland, OH, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, When in Cleveland, Ohio, one can easily visit not just one, but two Hall of Fames. In Cleveland itself, down on the waterfront, is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while an hour south in Canton, Ohio is the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And...
