Traveling Across America
Anyone who knows me, knows I love cheese. When a recipe calls for cheese, I don't measure, I dump it in by the handful. The cheesier the better is the way I see it. (My boys disagree.) Legend has it that thousands of years ago, an Arabian trader was crossing a rough, mountainous section of Asia. After many hours of torturous climbing under a hot sun, the tired traveler … [Read more...]
At the tippy top Northwest corner of Illinois, lies a town named Scales Mound, and driving the back roads of Scales Mound you will come to a place named Council Hill Station. Council Hill Station came into existence when the railroad came through in 1854 and a Train Depot/Station was built. Back in the day, it took the train coming through your town for your town to … [Read more...]
Everyone knows I am a map freak. I will sit for hours studying a map as I try to decide where I will go next. In a small town in Western Tennessee lives a man who far surpasses me. Murray Hudson, a life long resident of Halls, Tennessee owns murray hudson Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Globes. When I walked into the first of three buildings, my jaw dropped, and … [Read more...]
December 16, 1811, the mighty Mississippi was changed. The strongest earthquake in American history happened around 2 a.m., and I was told it rang the church bells in Boston. When this earthquake happened in New Madrid, Missouri, it created 12-foot wide cracks in the earth and in one place, the earth dropped down twenty feet. The tree-tops were now even with … [Read more...]
HI! My name is Nanette Cole... I travel. I write. And then there is the food! Life should not be a destination, but a journey that is shared and enjoyed. This is my journey... This … [Read More...]
