Me plunder is at Treasure Island Mate
The Above Altered Image Is Willfully Made Out there for “Truthful Use” By-product Art .
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Central America Trip #33
The motorhome is parked at Mary’s home in Murphys, California. I’m planning to depart November 30th. While here, I’ll do routine maintenance, minor repairs and major cleaning of the Bronco and motorhome. Since those activities are not particularly intriguing blog subjects, I’m taking you back to my… 2004 Central America trip… This trip ended up
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Bathe like George Washington in this artsy West Virginia town
Yes, you read it right: there’s a tiny town on the northeastern border of West Virginia that can honestly claim to be George Washington’s preferred spot to soak in some suds. With an arts scene that rivals America’s largest cities, and the world’s premier water tasting competition, there’s a lot to see from a warm tub in Berkeley Springs.
As West Virginia’s first arts certified town, Berkeley Springs lives up to its lofty title as a hotbed for arts of all kinds, including fine arts, theater and music. Visit Berkeley Springs State Park in the summer to catch Art in the Park, a semi regular sale of local and regional artists works. The Park is also the location of for Morgan Arts Council's annual Summer Concert Series.
Downtown on Washington Street, art thrives year-round at venues that tout their own unique flair. >Star Theatre shows one movie at a time and pops a signature popcorn recipe in a six-foot tall machine from 1949. Handcrafted jewelry, glassworks and metal sculptures are for sale at >Mountain Laurel Gallery, while original prints and paintings from a local artist family are on display at >Heath Studio Gallery. All in all, this less-than-a-square-mile town is a central location for the county's over 125 working artists.
But before Berkeley Springs became known for its artist-friendly attitude, it was a favorite spot of none other than President Washington himself. While visiting the town in 1748 at age 16, the first president jotted down a note in his journal about what he called “Ye Fam’d Warm Springs.” The invitingly warm H2O had quite an impression on our nation’s young forefather. His bathing visits occured before his presidency, but years later he stopped by Berkeley Springs on his way to the Whiskey Rebellion, bolstering the town’s reputation as a favorite retreat.
Today at Berkeley Springs State Park, you can stop by George Washington's Bathtub, a small stone structure that, weirdly to both our relief and disappointment, is not actually GW’s former spot for getting squeaky clean, but a modern recreation of the tubs that he and other visitors used during their 18th century visits. While you’re there, you can experience what made the president so fond of this West Virginia town yourself by taking a Roman bath in a 750-gallon tub of fresh mineral water heated to 102 degrees.
With presidential bathing quarters to galleries brimming with local art, Berkeley Springs is just another reason why we love the Mountain State!
If you’ve lost your holiday cheer, you’re guaranteed to find it in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia. Check out the stories below for more winter escapes in the mountain state!
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Central America Trip #25
The motorhome is parked at Mary’s home in Murphys, California. I’m planning to depart November 30th. While here, I’ll do routine maintenance, minor repairs and major cleaning of the Bronco and motorhome. Since those activities are not particularly intriguing blog subjects, I’m taking you back to my… 2004 Central America trip… This trip ended up
A Veteran’s Day Tribute to our Homegrown Heroes
Today, we wanted to take the opportunity to recognize all of the homegrown heroes who dedicated their lives to protecting the sacred place we call home.
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Me plunder is at Treasure Island Mate
The Above Altered Image Is Willfully Made Out there for “Truthful Use” By-product Art .
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Investigating the mystery behind Minnesota's Devil's Kettle Falls
For hundreds of years, intrepid explorers and hikers have been mesmerized by Minnesota's Devil's Kettle Falls. Located by Lake Superior's northern shore, where the Brule River forks in Judge C.R. Magney State Park in Grand Marais, lies a geological anomaly. There's a double waterfall. That's not the weird part. One side of the falls clearly continues on into a river. Whereas the other side of the waterfall empties into a hole that goes deep into the earth. No one's been able to figure out where the water drains out to.
The river drops 800 feet over the course of 8 miles, resulting in several waterfalls. But, it's one of these waterfalls that has left geologists and scientists baffled for years. At the Devil's Kettle falls, half of the Brule River goes down some rhyolite rock, but then the falls split and no one knows where the other half of the falls empty out to. Many believe that the pothole must empty out somewhere beneath Lake Superior. So, researchers have tossed so many items into the hole over the years including ping pong balls and dye, but no one has ever found any sign of them anywhere else.
The only thing that scientists seem to agree on is the possibility of a massive subterranean river. But, that would be an extremely rare phenomenon. A more plausible answer is that the falls empty into a millions-year old lava tube, and is deposited into the very bottom of Lake Superior. However, no lava tubes have ever been found in the many "exposed basalt beds" in the surrounding area.
"So where does the water go? So far, nobody knows — but not for lack of trying. Scientists and hikers will keep tossing things into the Devil’s Kettle and watching Lake Superior for any sign of their trinkets, but maybe there are other explanations. If you happen to be traveling, say, somewhere in Eurasia and stumble across a geyser that’s surrounded by pingpong balls, logs, and even a car that locals are reported to have pushed in one night years ago, you might want to call a geologist in Minnesota. You may just have solved the mystery of Devil’s Kettle Falls." - Mother Nature Network
SOURCE: Mother Nature Network
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