The Spring 2013 Edition American Roads
Magazine
American Roads is proud to present the 2013 Spring
Edition of American Roads Magazine.
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As always, there is a wide variety of
destinations.
This issue introduces a new column and a whole new
concept by Renée S.
Gordon called Americans on the Road. This column
takes you on trips overseas that Americans will love.
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Choose from tours around the world, authored
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Adirondack Trail Mix
Wiawaka
Manifesting A Woman’s Dream Of
Renewal For The
Spirit Of All Women
By
Persis Granger
The
Village of Lake George, on the southern fringe of New York’s Adirondack
Mountains, is a Mecca for tourists, poised at the south end of the
32-mile lake for which it is named. Motels and eateries line Canada
Street, along with shops promising everything from T-shirts to tattoos.
On hot summer days, Million Dollar Beach and its smaller counterpart at
Shephard’s Park are packed with swimmers and sun worshipers. The cannon
at Fort William Henry booms at predictable intervals and a calliope
pipes tunes as an old paddle-wheeler filled with passengers churns its
way along a sight-seeing route a few miles down the lake and back again.
There’s no shortage of daytime activities and shopping in Lake George
Village, and at dusk the rollicking nightlife begins.
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Adirondack Trail Mix- Click Here»
Agri Lanes
Funny Food Festivals
by Kathleen Walls
Agri-tourism is an important new trend in travel.
Taken in its broadest form it is a means promoting any agricultural,
aqui-cultural or ranching enterprise in an area.
One form of agri-tourism has been going on for a long time. Local
food festivals are a way a town or area promotes and brags about its
favorite local agricultural product.
I have gathered a few of the most unusual festivals of this kind.
Read Agri
Lanes_Click Here
Americans on the Road
Smooth
Traveler:
Glasgow, Scotland, Experience the Spirit
by Renée S. Gordon
An old Scottish proverb states, “Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.”
While this is not entirely accurate it is a huge indication of
the character of the people. Their independence has shaped their
character and pride in their shared culture, history and
institutions, is visible everywhere and it is all laced with an
ability to embrace life and laugh at it all. Glasgow, the
largest city in Scotland, is the ideal place to learn about and
experience the real Scotland in all its manifestations.
read Americans on the Road- Click Here»
Art Trails
Wow Delaware:
Wee
state, Outstanding art, Wonderful museums
by Anne Jenkins
Delaware often gets overshadowed by her flashy big neighbors
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the mega-metropolis' of Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New
York
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but don't be fooled, it's no sleepy hollow. Delaware is a feisty,
independent little state with a vibrant art scene.
And the arts are anchored by three top-class institutions, the
excellent Delaware Art Museum (DAM), the edgy and innovative Delaware
Center for the Contemporary Arts (dcca) in the big northern city of
Wilmington and the charming Biggs Museum of American Arts in the
heritage park of the capitol, Dover.
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Art_Trails.htm
Chuckwagon Roundup
They Take the Cake
by Kathleen Walls
Everyone want to enjoy a great restaurant but
sometimes being a great restaurant isn't enough. Bakeries who can
provide a special cake are necessary for birthdays and special occasions
but what about that hearty sandwich or special meal?
However when you combine the two
you have a place you want to visit regularly. That's the case with these
restaurants/bakeries that combine great food with fantastic cakes you
have a sure winner. Here are some of my favorite cafe and bakery
combination.
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Chuckwagon roundup Click Here »
Civil War Trails
The
General
by Kathleen Walls
The outcome of war is often decided by events other
than battles. The Kennesaw/Marietta area was the scene of one of the
Civil War’s most daring spy stories.
It began with a secret meeting in Fletcher House, now Marietta
History Museum on the night of April 11, 1862.
read Civil War
Trails-Click Here »
Cort's Crossroads
Carrabelle~Discover
Old Florida
Where Time Stands Still
by Leigh Cort
I imagined that one day I would find a secret
place in Florida that would capture my imagination with intoxicating
stories and images of the people who were courageous enough to
pioneer its mystical treasures. Driving four hours from northeast
Florida to Carrabelle, an easy journey toward Tallahassee then
southward through the Osceola National Forest to the Gulf of Mexico,
I expected a serious dose of solitude. What I discovered was a
porthole into the rare beauty of the ‘Forgotten Coast’. I couldn’t
recall why I chose to visit this tiny rural community of long-gone
conquistadors, gamblers and tycoons. But by the time I returned
home, I couldn’t imagine why I would ever want to leave again.
read Corts
Crossroads-Click Here »
Exploring With Eleanor
Guten Tag, Texas
By Eleanor Hendricks McDaniel
With all the buzz about the
popular new film,
Django Unchained, many
moviegoers have questioned the presence of the German, Dr. King
Schultz, in antebellum Texas. (Christoph Waltz won an Academy
Award for the role.) Actually, he wasn’t a figment of the
screenwriter’s dramatic license, because beginning in the 1830s,
thousands of Germans migrated to Texas. Throughout the Lone Star
State, traces of German history have been lost, but, of those
who settled in the gritty Hill Country, much of Old World
Deutschland heritage has been retained in Fredericksburg (which
was named for Prince Frederick of Prussia).
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Exploring With Eleanor- Click Here»
Fork in The Road
The Mint: It's Solid Gold
By Kathleen Walls
Dining at the Mint Restaurant in Ridgeland just
outside Jackson is a treat that is hard to beat. When I went there
for dinner, I
fell in love with the decor
before I ever put a bite of the food into my mouth. It was so
impressive. The huge glowing red chandelier over the bar would do
justice to a exclusive 19th century brothel in the old Crescent
City.
read Fork in the
Road - Click Here »
Happy Trails
Revolutionary War Trails:
Ninety Six
By Tom Straka
Photographs by Pat Straka
Which state can claim the most Revolutionary War
battle sites? Probably Massachusetts or Virginia came to your mind.
South Carolina can claim that distinction with 250 Revolutionary War
battle sites. One of the major battle sites is Ninety Six. In the 1700’s
it was at the edge of the frontier, strategically located at the
intersection of major Indian trails and, supposedly, 96 miles from the
Cherokee Indian village of Keowee. The location made it a trading hub.
In 1760 frontier friction between Indians and settlers developed
and a stockade was quickly built at Ninety Six. Fort Ninety Six offered
protection from two Indian attacks.
A peace treaty allowed settlement up to the Keowee area.
read Happy Trails -
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Inn Roads
Beau Rivage:
Everything
You Want
By Kathleen Walls
Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi is a city within a city.
Whether you want to pull
the slot leaver, flip a blackjack card or play high stakes poker, The
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino can accommodate you. In fact, even if you
have no interest in gaming, you can shop, swim, surf or pool, get a
massage or loll in a spa, dock at the marina or dine, be it snack or
elegant cuisine, the Beau Rivage can accommodate travelers of any
stripe. It fits anyone to a “T.”
read Inn Roads - Click
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Music Row
The Father of Country Music
By Kathleen Walls
Jimmie Rodgers was born on
September 8, 1897, in Meridian, Mississippi, with a love of
music in his heart. His mother died when he was very young and
he was shuttled
off to relatives until his father remarried and brought him
back to Meridian. Perhaps he had a premonition that his life would
not be long so he started early to follow his dream. By the time he
entered his teens, he had already run away twice to do a musical
tour.
read Music Row-
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Pot Luck
Pioneer Foods Inspired by Sarah
Jane
By Mary Emma Allen
As I wrote my current
Vagabond Traveler article for American Roads,
about
Plymouth, NH's 250th Anniversary, I wondered about foods grown
and served in those days, foods you might find in other parts of the
country, too, as you travel. Then I recalled my story about Sarah
Jane.
read Pot Luck - Click
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Product Review
Lightload Towels
By Kathleen Walls
These towels prove the old saying "good things
come in small packages." They come as a deceptively tiny flat round
package. However, when you wet them, they open up to show their true
character, a full size towel capable of many useful functions.
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Review - Click Here »
Renée's Route
Delaware's Corridor of Courage
by Renée S. Gordon
The course of both slavery and abolitionism in Delaware was directed
largely by three factors, its geographical position as a border state,
the fact that no labor-intensive year round crop flourished there and
the religious influence of the Methodists and the Quakers. There were
never the large plantations, or numbers of enslaved, that developed
deeper south, the largest owner having less than 70 enslaved workers. A
single slave arrived in 1639, “Black” Anthony, the first black
documented resident, aboard the Vogel Grip. At some point he was freed
and by 1648 he was serving as the assistant of Governor Printz. By 1750
the number increased to 1,000 and on the eve of the American Revolution
there were 2,000. The 1779 federal census records 8,887 slaves and 3,899
free blacks. Immediately prior to the Civil War there were less than
2,000 slaves and 19,829 free blacks in the state.
read Renee's Route- Click Here»
Scenic Route
Falling for the Park
By Kathleen Walls
The Falls of the Big Sioux River has been the heart
of the area even before the founding of its namesake city of Sioux Falls
in 1856. There is evidence that Paleolithic tribes used the falls area
for much the same purpose it is used today, as a recreational area. The
Lakota, who were the native people in the area when the white settlers
first arrived, visited the falls for that purpose and told stories of
them to European explorers.
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Vagabond Traveler
Enjoy Plymouth's 250th
Celebration
By Mary Emma Allen
Experience the excitement of
celebrations in various towns, villages and cities as you
travel. These may commemorate historical events or present day
festivities. However, they'll bring enjoyment to your visits in
those locations.
Read Vagabond
Traveler - Click Here
Warren's Bi-Ways
See the USA in your Chevrolet
Part Two
by Warren Resen
After more than a month on the
road, it was time to turn around and start heading back east.
Leaving Cody, Wyoming, we headed for Devils Tower in eastern
Wyoming, a must stop before entering South Dakota. This
remarkable monolith, the remains of an extinct volcano, was used
as a focal point in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third
Kind.” It was also this nation’s first national monument so
declared by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
read Warren's
Bi-Ways- Click Here»
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