by Papi | Sep 10, 2025 | Manitowoc, WI, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, One of the challenges associated with museum ships is that there are times when they are unavailable due to maintenance and in fact may not even be at their usual location. If they still reside on the water (which most do) then at times...
by Papi | Sep 7, 2025 | Baraboo, WI, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Actually, the circus is always in town in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The town is the home of Circus World, part of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Circus World preserves and exhibits artifacts, like posters and wagons, as well as structures...
by Papi | Sep 4, 2025 | Duluth, MN, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Watch the video to the right to see a 65 year old kid. I imagine that for anyone, getting to toot a ship’s horn puts one in touch with one’s inner child. Did for me! More on the ship, SS Meteor, later in this post. This post in general...
by Papi | Aug 27, 2025 | Bloomington, MN, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, Yes. I admit it. I did it. Not sure why. Probably a case of it was there so I had to do it. That would be the Mall of America. Reputedly the largest mall in America. And that would put me in Bloomington, Minnesota, part of the metro area...
by Papi | Aug 24, 2025 | Des Moines, IA, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, A new state, that would be Iowa, and a new capital city, that would be Des Moines. But on the drive in from Omaha, a stop at the birthplace of the Duke, aka John Wayne, that would be Winterset, Iowa. The town lies southwest of Des Moines...
by Papi | Aug 21, 2025 | Omaha, NE, USA
Greetings Family and Friends, First museum ships on the road trip and the order to abandon ship is given as I am driving up to the site. Its August in Omaha, Nebraska. The temperature is in the low 90s with humidity criminally assaulting anyone who dares to venture...
