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Photo Friday: Marengo Cave

Driving East on highway 64 in Southern Indiana, I came to the town of Marengo. [caption id="attachment_3359" align="aligncenter" width="900"]

Mirror Lake[/caption] On September 6, 1883, two children, Orris and Blanche Hiestand, were exploring in the woods near their home in Marengo, Indiana, and found a sinkhole. With...

Parke County, Indiana, is known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World" and in a time gone by, there were 52 covered bridges in an area of less than 450 square miles. Today, Parke County has 31 covered bridges, and I was on a quest to find them all. Read more

Adventure, Back Roads, Featured, History, Indiana, Life, Nature, Photography, Simple Life, small towns, Time, TravelJune 6, 2013Nanette2 comments Permalink

Photo Friday: Fort Morgan, Alabama

After the War of 1812, the United States started a program to strengthen its seacoast defenses, and in 1818 Benjamin Hopkins was contracted to build a large masonry fort on Mobile Point. Less than a year later Mr. Hopkins died...

They are still standing!

...visit a long-time friend, Patricia, and her three amazing sons. When I left New York, I left four hours later than I had planned. The drive time from Southold, New York, to Chesapeake, Virginia was over 9 hours. This was avoiding the toll roads. HATE THEM! You pay to drive on some of the crappiest roads...

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Photo Friday: Marengo Cave

The Bridges of Parke County

Photo Friday: Fort Morgan, Alabama

They are still standing!

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