The Blogorado crowd are on the move again for our annual get-together in the wilds of Colorado (bloggers + Colorado = Blogorado, if you see what I mean; you'll find past articles about earlier Blogorado gatherings here). Miss D. and I will be joining the fun and games, leaving our home and our cats to the tender mercies of friends, and then taking a few days off for some writing research in the Kansas City area. In particular, we want to see the Arabia Steamboat Museum, which is a time capsule of the early, pre-Civil-War Old West period of American history. The story of the paddle-wheel steamer Arabia, lost with its cargo for well over a century until its rediscovery deep beneath a Kansas wheat field, may be read here.
We'll be away for about ten days, starting this morning. I'll try to blog something every day, but that'll depend on the availability of time and Internet facilities. Normal blogging should resume from about 15 October, if all goes well.
Please keep us in your prayers for traveling mercies, as always. Thanks!
Peter
Have a great trip!
ReplyDeleteTravel safely, not least because you have unpublished stories. Seriously, regards to all the attendees.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels, and have fun!
ReplyDelete"traveling mercies"
ReplyDeletePlease keep is apprised of the dining facilities along the way. I understand there are some really fabulous "Americana" diners along your route.
Fair winds and following seas to you both.
ReplyDeleteyou will absolutely love the museum.
ReplyDeleteYou'll enjoy the Steamboat Arabia museum. Many of the contents recovered are in surprisingly good condition. Some of the preserved foodstuffs were found to still be edible.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels.
ReplyDeleteMay the Lord bless and keep you, and guide & guard you in all your ways. May He bring you home safely again, as well.
ReplyDeleteA little ways north of KC is the town of Weston, MO. Before the river shifted it may have been a bigger port city than KC. Some interesting history there as well. Connie Dover used to live in the area. She worked as ranch cook and trail cook to pick up some cowboy & folk songs. She has also produced some albums of Celtic music.
ReplyDeleteHave fun with he traffic mess in the area around the museum.
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