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return false;" title="see a map">Map</a> + </div> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-05-30T02:12:19" itemprop="datePublished">May <span>30, 2017</span></time> + <span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span> + </div> + </header> + <div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody"> + <p>I grew up spending a lot of time outdoors. Camping, hiking, and later, backpacking, rock climbing, and mountaineering. The latter two activities ended up consuming more and more of my time as I got older. I chose the first college I went to chiefly because it got me closer to some of the best rock climbing and mountaineering around in Joshua Tree National Park, the San Jacinto mountains and, a bit further but still accessible, the high sierra.</p> +<p>All I wanted to do was be in the mountains and, ideally, climb them. Since that wasn’t financially viable for me I did what I considered the next best thing, I worked at the North Face and mostly sat around reading books on Reinhold Messner, Conrad Anker, Edmund Hillary, Alex Lowe, Galen Rowell and others. I even got to hang out with Ron Kauk when he gave a talk at our store. And of course I went climbing whenever I could. There was no “van life” crap back then, just dirt bag climbers sleeping in their cars out in Joshua Tree, the Buttermilks, Horseshoe Slabs, and Deadman’s.</p> +<p>Which is all just a little background on why, rather than writing about what we did for two weeks in the Austin Texas area, I’m writing about how absolutely mind blowing it is that Alex Honnold free soloed El Capitan.</p> +<p>Just in case you’re not familiar with what that means, it means that he climbed a 3000 foot rock face, alone with no ropes, no protection, no margin for error. He climbed it perfectly. You know that he did because if he hadn’t he’d be a bloody smear somewhere up the face of El Capitan.</p> +<p>While the sheer physicality of climbing for three hours and fifty-six minutes with no break is impressive, to me it’s nothing next to the mental strength and absolute confidence it takes to even consider doing something like that, let alone doing it. If that doesn’t blow your fucking mind then I have to say, I think you’re probably not wired up quite right.</p> +<p>Anyway, we drove across more of Texas.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The open road, texas photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="travco dashboard, texas photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="directions, somewhere in texas photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="1969 dodge travco, rest area, somewhere in texas photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>The plan was to spend a while hanging around the Austin area, but we’re not very good planners. We forgot about Memorial day and couldn’t get a place to camp in Austin. We ended up just east of Austin, near Bastrop which had a space and was close enough to drive into town. We tried to take the kids to a children’s museum, but it was so crowded it was no fun for anyone. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="children's museum, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="children's museum, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""Me ready to go.""> + </a> +<figcaption>“Me ready to go.”</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>We bailed out of that and headed out to Pioneer Farm, an all-volunteer effort to preserve a little slice of Texas (and more broadly, American) history with historic buildings, re-enactments and a working farm and blacksmith shop. Much more to the kids’ liking.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="oil lamp, pioneer farm, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pioneer farm, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Given space kids can make a game out of anything, even an open window."> + </a> +<figcaption>Given space kids can make a game out of anything, even an open window.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="building, pioneer farm, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="They don't build them like they used to."> + </a> +<figcaption>They don’t build them like they used to.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pioneer farm, austin, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin_picwide-med.jpg" alt="black and white photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>The rest of the time we hung around camp and sweated.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="riding bike, buscher state park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="wildflowers of texas drawing photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="This time of year Texas roads are flanked by huge fields of wildflowers, which get translated to crayon."> + </a> +<figcaption>This time of year Texas roads are flanked by huge fields of wildflowers, which get translated to crayon.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park_picwide-med.jpg" alt="wildflowers of texas drawing photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>It finally got hot while we were in Bastrop. Really hot. One day the weather said it was 97 degrees and the “feels like” was at 116. What better day to go to a dinosaur park and walk around in the hot sun for a few hours? Made me miss Matt and Debi who would definitely have been up for some heat. Surprisingly though it wasn’t empty, there were more than a few Texans just as crazy as us, which was impressive.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/DSC07525.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/DSC07525_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/DSC07525_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/DSC07525_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/DSC07525_picwide-med.jpg" alt="dinosaur park, bastrop, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/DSC07525.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/DSC07531.jpg " title="view larger image"> 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Youll have to talk to Sam about it sometime. As im typing he is out climbing with his coach at Foster Falls which is one of the best areas in the southeast. His coach is Wills Young who literally wrote the book on bouldering in Bishop, CA. https://www.amazon.com/Bishop-Bouldering-Wills-Young/dp/0982615418</p> +<p>His other coach is Wills’ wife Lisa Rands who was the number one female boulderer in the world </p> +<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5JuQIcJOE</p> +<p>This is insane. +part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQGSFN1rC4 +part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjoGRYFM6ZA</p> +<p>The confidence elite climbers have is second to none. And these climbers confidence is nothing compared to Alex Honnold. </p> +<p>Safe travels.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2533" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">June 08, 2017 at 6:06 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Drew-</p> +<p>Wow, those are some impressive coaches. I was never anywhere near those skill levels. Sam is probably already much better than I ever was. </p> +<p>I was really more into climbing the high peaks and big walls. I liked to be at the top of things when I was done. That was back in the mid to late ‘90s when a lot of first assents were being done in Torres del Paine and other exotic places, which sort of started the world travel desire. I trained twice to do half dome, but both times it didn’t work out. Then my main partners moved away (both because guides, one still is) and I just sorta stopped climbing.</p> +<p>But I’m going to see if my parents can bringing my old climbing shoes out in a couple months when we meet up. I thought I’d see if they still fit 20 years later…</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2535" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew Eldridge" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew Eldridge</b></span> + <span class="when">June 09, 2017 at 9:31 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>It they fit (and you make it back out east) we will get out sometime. Im not much of a climber, but im a hell of a belayer.</p> +<p>Id love to go to Whiteside in NC sometime. Ive never done anything over 1 pitch. We were supposed to climb Castleton tower in Moab this Spring, but Sam had a 102 temp.</p> +<p>Whiteside has some 6-10 pitch stuff. and one line that supposed to be an insanely perfect 500 foot 5.8</p> +<p>https://www.mountainproject.com/v/whiteside-mountain/105965576</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2537" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">June 09, 2017 at 7:40 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Definitely. Multi-pitch 5.8s are pretty much what I chased all over the place. A nice crack with couple traverses, maybe a bit of 5.9 here and there… that was my happy stuff.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + </div> + + +<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border"> + +<div class="comment--form--header"> + <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> + <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> +</div> +<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> + +<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> + + + <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="200" id="id_object_pk"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833402" id="id_timestamp"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="05e829335bf68e8b503f89548cb90472d84ea912" id="id_security_hash"> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_name">Name:</label> + <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> + <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_url">URL:</label> + <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> + <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> +</textarea></div> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset style="display:none;"> + <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> + <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> + </fieldset> + + + <div class="submit"> + <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> + <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> + </div> +</form> +<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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Camping, hiking, and later, backpacking, rock climbing, and mountaineering. The latter two activities ended up consuming more and more of my time as I got older. I chose the first college I went to chiefly because it got me closer to some of the best rock climbing and mountaineering around in Joshua Tree National Park, the San Jacinto mountains and, a bit further but still accessible, the high sierra.
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+All I wanted to do was be in the mountains and, ideally, climb them. Since that wasn't financially viable for me I did what I considered the next best thing, I worked at the North Face and mostly sat around reading books on Reinhold Messner, Conrad Anker, Edmund Hillary, Alex Lowe, Galen Rowell and others. I even got to hang out with Ron Kauk when he gave a talk at our store. And of course I went climbing whenever I could. There was no "van life" crap back then, just dirt bag climbers sleeping in their cars out in Joshua Tree, the Buttermilks, Horseshoe Slabs, and Deadman's.
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+Which is all just a little background on why, rather than writing about what we did for two weeks in the Austin Texas area, I'm writing about how absolutely mind blowing it is that Alex Honnold free soloed El Capitan.
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+Just in case you're not familiar with what that means, it means that he climbed a 3000 foot rock face, alone with no ropes, no protection, no margin for error. He climbed it perfectly. You know that he did because if he hadn't he'd be a bloody smear somewhere up the face of El Capitan.
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+While the sheer physicality of climbing for three hours and fifty-six minutes with no break is impressive, to me it's nothing next to the mental strength and absolute confidence it takes to even consider doing something like that, let alone doing it. If that doesn't blow your fucking mind then I have to say, I think you're probably not wired up quite right.
+
+Anyway, we drove across more of Texas.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-23_120942_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-527" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-23_124322_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-528" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-23_124340_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-529" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-23_125431-1_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-530" class="picwide" />
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+The plan was to spend a while hanging around the Austin area, but we're not very good planners. We forgot about Memorial day and couldn't get a place to camp in Austin. We ended up just east of Austin, near Bastrop which had a space and was close enough to drive into town. We tried to take the kids to a children's museum, but it was so crowded it was no fun for anyone.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_111801_austin.jpg" id="image-531" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_120617_austin.jpg" id="image-532" class="picwide caption" />
+
+We bailed out of that and headed out to Pioneer Farm, an all-volunteer effort to preserve a little slice of Texas (and more broadly, American) history with historic buildings, re-enactments and a working farm and blacksmith shop. Much more to the kids' liking.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_140003_austin.jpg" id="image-533" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_140629_austin.jpg" id="image-535" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_140141_austin.jpg" id="image-534" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_145633_austin.jpg" id="image-536" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-26_151611_austin.jpg" id="image-537" class="picwide" />
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+The rest of the time we hung around camp and sweated.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-27_095800_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-538" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-28_095941_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-540" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-28_095918_buscher-state-park.jpg" id="image-539" class="picwide" />
+
+It finally got hot while we were in Bastrop. Really hot. One day the weather said it was 97 degrees and the "feels like" was at 116. What better day to go to a dinosaur park and walk around in the hot sun for a few hours? Made me miss Matt and Debi who would definitely have been up for some heat. Surprisingly though it wasn't empty, there were more than a few Texans just as crazy as us, which was impressive.
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return false;" title="see a map">Map</a> + </div> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-05-03T11:50:25" itemprop="datePublished">May <span>3, 2017</span></time> + <span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span> + </div> + </header> + <div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody"> + <p>From Fort Pickens we headed inland, through Pensacola and up around Mobile Bay before heading back down to the coast and out to Dauphin Island.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>I was not a fan of Dauphin Island. I mean it’s an island in the gulf, it’s not that bad. The beaches are nice enough, though nothing like what you’ll on the other side of Mobile Bay, in Florida. The ocean is brown here, from the rivers, but you can’t help feeling that it might be, as my daughter put it, “because Alabama is dirty?” No, it’s just the river, I swear.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_162216_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-02_161610_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Left to our own devices we’d have stayed one night and moved on, but we’d already made plans to meet up with some family who were nearby on a trip of their own. We ended up staying for four days. Sometimes it’s good to spend time in a place you’re not that fond of if only to better understand why you like the places you do. In this case it might just be a luck of geography, Florida got better sand and clearer water. But it might also be because Florida’s beaches have been better cared for and protected.</p> +<p>If you need any firsthand insight into the advantages of turning land over to federal management — currently very unpopular — head to Dauphin Island. There is no federally managed land on Dauphin Islands, just county land and in the grand scheme of tax money, counties typically don’t rake it in. To see the difference a generous budget can make, head over to Gulf Islands National Seashore, which, as the name suggests, is managed by the National Park Service. </p> +<p>Forget the part where the non-federal owned one is covered in houses and garbage while the federally owned one features relatively pristine beaches without a house in sight, all I want to contrast are the facilities and what you get for your money. For $28 in Gulf Islands you get a nice clean, level camp site with 50 amp, 30 amp and 20 amp hookups, along with good fresh water, a spacious picnic table, and a fire pit. Every day at 9 AM ranger comes and cleans the bathroom. This more or less the same as every other national park in the U.S.</p> +<p>For $42 a night at Dauphin Island Park & Beach Board you get a tiny sliver of land that hasn’t ever been leveled, will more than likely have giant roots you’ll need to navigate and a picnic table so small my three children under five barely fit on one side of it. Your neighbor’s RV will be just beyond arm’s reach. The electric service will max out at 30 amps and stop working at the first hint of rain. You’ll need to bring your own fire pit and the last time the bathrooms were cleaned at Dauphin Island RV Park Jimmy Carter was president<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup>. The beach, which could be quite nice, will, inevitably, courtesy of your neighbors, almost every single one of whom will be from Alabama, be covered in trash, beer cans and whatever refuse happened to be used while said neighbors were at the beach. Because to an Alabaman Alabama is nothing so much as a giant trash can.</p> +<p>This actually extends from top to bottom from what I can see. Not only is trash everywhere, it gets celebrated in exhibits. About 25 percent of the local aquarium is more or less a pro-oil propaganda exhibit that spends most of its time highlighting all the ways in which oil can be cleaned up without ever showing a single picture of what an oil spill of the size of the Deep Water Horizon disaster actually looks like when it rolls ashore, nor mentions the devastation it has done to the local fishing industry which as more or less gone belly up and had to sell out to multinational corps since the accident. It’s so breathtakingly one-sided that you notice it.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_151434_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_151452_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_163925_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165147_dauphin-island.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165147_dauphin-island_pic66.jpg" alt="laughing gulls photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165147_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165106_dauphin-island.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165106_dauphin-island_pic66.jpg" alt="brown pelicans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165106_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165116_dauphin-island_ye4Xyt4.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165116_dauphin-island_ye4Xyt4_pic66.jpg 820w" alt="brown pelican photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165116_dauphin-island_ye4Xyt4.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-04-30_165554_dauphin-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Of course it’s not like we sat around miserable the whole time. As you can probably tell from the pictures we had a pretty good time. It’s not the worst place on earth after all, but there’s certainly many better in this world and we couldn’t wait to get to them.</p> +<div class="footnote"> +<hr> +<ol> +<li id="fn:1"> +<p>The bathrooms are technically cleaned every day, they just don’t actually get any cleaner. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p> +</li> +</ol> +</div> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/gulf-islands-national-seashore" rel="prev" title=" Gulf Islands National Seashore">Gulf Islands National Seashore</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/davis-bayou" rel="next" title=" Davis Bayou">Davis Bayou</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">6 Comments</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2478" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Linda Norman" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Linda Norman</b></span> + <span class="when">May 11, 2017 at 8:01 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>So glad you stayed so we could see you!! 24 hours of bliss for us!!</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2489" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 12, 2017 at 9:19 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Linda- Things got better when ya’ll got there.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2483" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for classical_liberal" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>classical_liberal</b></span> + <span class="when">May 15, 2017 at 10:02 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Following along on your adventures. I’ve heard pretty good things about the Biloxi/Gulfport area. Are you continuing west on the coast? I’d be interested to read a contrast vs the disappointing Alabama coast. </p> +<p>As always, great photos! I’ve been considering giving photography a shot as a hobby since I, evidently, lack any artist ability with my hands. Photos have always spoke to me. What would you recommend for a frugal beginner to start?</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2484" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 15, 2017 at 10:57 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@classic_liberal-</p> +<p>Thanks for stopping by. So we did find some cool stuff in the Gulfport area, particularly Ocean Springs was nice. That’ll be the next post. Been too busy in New Orleans to get anything up lately, but I’ll get back to it this week.</p> +<p>For photos, I really don’t know. A lot of people say the gear doesn’t matter, which is true in the sense that a skilled photographer can make a great photo with any camera, but not entirely true in the sense that different size sensors are capable of different things.</p> +<p>That said, I would suggest getting something cheapish off ebay, not a point and shoot, but don’t spend a ton until you’re sure you like it. Micro 4/3 camera’s are a great place to start, lenses are cheap and work regardless of maker (i.e. panasonic lens work fine on Olympus cameras and vice versa, which is not true of other sensor sizes).</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2487" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for gwen macallister" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>gwen macallister</b></span> + <span class="when">May 16, 2017 at 9:13 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>My only context for Dauphin Island before reading your post is a poem of the same name that I love by southern poet Jeff Hardin. You have kind of destroyed the lovely image I had of it due to the poem. At least I know not to visit now! Enjoying following your journey and the great photos.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2488" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 16, 2017 at 9:42 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@gwen- Hey, thanks for stopping by. That’s a nice poem. Not a Dauphin Island I recognized, but then I came very close to not publishing this because I hate to be negative about places. I should probably keep my mouth shut so to speak and say nothing so other people can discover for themselves without my coloring things ahead of time. It could just be me. It probably is just me. So don’t take my word for it :) In fact, I’d be sorta curious to go back, though I wouldn’t camp there. The campground is definitely a dump, I stand by that.</p> +<p>By the way, finished up Travels with Charley while I was at Dauphin Island, thanks for the recommendation.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + </div> + + +<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border"> + +<div class="comment--form--header"> + <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> + <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> +</div> +<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> + +<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> + + + <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="193" id="id_object_pk"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833409" id="id_timestamp"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="8985e4f5a98d6cd3a5003f93c193ee5f4241cc31" id="id_security_hash"> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_name">Name:</label> + <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> + <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_url">URL:</label> + <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> + <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> +</textarea></div> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset style="display:none;"> + <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> + <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> + </fieldset> + + + <div class="submit"> + <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> + <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> + </div> +</form> +<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-02_163720-1_dauphin-island.jpg" id="image-406" class="picwide" />
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+I was not a fan of Dauphin Island. I mean it's an island in the gulf, it's not that bad. The beaches are nice enough, though nothing like what you'll on the other side of Mobile Bay, in Florida. The ocean is brown here, from the rivers, but you can't help feeling that it might be, as my daughter put it, "because Alabama is dirty?" No, it's just the river, I swear.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-02_161659_dauphin-island.jpg" id="image-404" class="picwide" />
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+Left to our own devices we'd have stayed one night and moved on, but we'd already made plans to meet up with some family who were nearby on a trip of their own. We ended up staying for four days. Sometimes it's good to spend time in a place you're not that fond of if only to better understand why you like the places you do. In this case it might just be a luck of geography, Florida got better sand and clearer water. But it might also be because Florida's beaches have been better cared for and protected.
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+If you need any firsthand insight into the advantages of turning land over to federal management -- currently very unpopular -- head to Dauphin Island. There is no federally managed land on Dauphin Islands, just county land and in the grand scheme of tax money, counties typically don't rake it in. To see the difference a generous budget can make, head over to Gulf Islands National Seashore, which, as the name suggests, is managed by the National Park Service.
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+Forget the part where the non-federal owned one is covered in houses and garbage while the federally owned one features relatively pristine beaches without a house in sight, all I want to contrast are the facilities and what you get for your money. For $28 in Gulf Islands you get a nice clean, level camp site with 50 amp, 30 amp and 20 amp hookups, along with good fresh water, a spacious picnic table, and a fire pit. Every day at 9 AM ranger comes and cleans the bathroom. This more or less the same as every other national park in the U.S.
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+For $42 a night at Dauphin Island Park & Beach Board you get a tiny sliver of land that hasn't ever been leveled, will more than likely have giant roots you'll need to navigate and a picnic table so small my three children under five barely fit on one side of it. Your neighbor's RV will be just beyond arm's reach. The electric service will max out at 30 amps and stop working at the first hint of rain. You'll need to bring your own fire pit and the last time the bathrooms were cleaned at Dauphin Island RV Park Jimmy Carter was president[^1]. The beach, which could be quite nice, will, inevitably, courtesy of your neighbors, almost every single one of whom will be from Alabama, be covered in trash, beer cans and whatever refuse happened to be used while said neighbors were at the beach. Because to an Alabaman Alabama is nothing so much as a giant trash can.
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+This actually extends from top to bottom from what I can see. Not only is trash everywhere, it gets celebrated in exhibits. About 25 percent of the local aquarium is more or less a pro-oil propaganda exhibit that spends most of its time highlighting all the ways in which oil can be cleaned up without ever showing a single picture of what an oil spill of the size of the Deep Water Horizon disaster actually looks like when it rolls ashore, nor mentions the devastation it has done to the local fishing industry which as more or less gone belly up and had to sell out to multinational corps since the accident. It's so breathtakingly one-sided that you notice it.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-04-30_150810_dauphin-island.jpg" id="image-395" class="picwide" />
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+Of course it's not like we sat around miserable the whole time. As you can probably tell from the pictures we had a pretty good time. It's not the worst place on earth after all, but there's certainly many better in this world and we couldn't wait to get to them.
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We’re not fans of long drives — too long for us is about four hours — and getting to Dauphin Island was just a two hour drive. We decided that was about right so we opted not to drive straight from Dauphin Island to New Orleans. Instead we noticed a little slice of the Gulf Islands National Seashore sitting roughly midway between the two.</p> +<p>We pulled into Davis Bayou around mid day and figured we’d spend a night or two and move on, but we wound up spending a week.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="marsh, davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>There is something very relaxing about marshes, or bayous as they call them down here. There’s a rhythm to life that lulls and comforts. The tide goes out, the tide goes in. The periwinkles go up the cordgrass, they go back down. If it’s sunny the alligators are on the log, if it’s not they’re in the water. You almost get the feeling that life is predictable. And then you watch a heron wading in the mud, like herons always do, when suddenly it trips and falls face first in the water and you remember that nothing is totally predictable, just rhythmic, one foot in front of the other.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="trail, davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="boy on trail, davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_173406_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_171805_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_171805_davis-bayou_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-04_171805_davis-bayou_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="hiking in davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-04_171805_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Some places are like that, they lull you and keep you longer than you think. It wasn’t that there was much to do, there was a nice enough beach that the kids liked because this part of the Gulf is flat like a lake and has a long, shallow shelf so that you can walk out a hundred yards and only be in shin deep water. Annoying for people my size, perfect if you’re two.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="eating a peach, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="kids playing on the beach, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_121441_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>There was also a playground that proved popular, more popular than the beach in fact.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playground, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="kids on a bench, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_140009_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="kids playing on playground, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_140502_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_143933_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="One day we got some ice cream from a store. The owner basically shooed us away from the bench outside and gave us towels "so I don't have to clean up". To be fair, Elliott can be messy with his ice cream, but the guy didn't need to be an asshole."> + </a> +<figcaption>One day we got some ice cream from a store. The owner basically shooed us away from the bench outside and gave us towels “so I don’t have to clean up”. To be fair, Elliott can be messy with his ice cream, but the guy didn’t need to be an asshole.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>Ocean Beach was pretty nice, but like most places these days it had tons of rules signs. Pretty sure if you combined all these rules all you’d be able to do is still perfectly still until you died.</p> +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_135340_davis-bayou.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_135340_davis-bayou_pic66.jpg" alt="rules, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_135340_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_141321_davis-bayou.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_141321_davis-bayou_pic66.jpg" alt="rules, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_141321_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + +<figure > + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="rules, ocean springs, ms photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_141139_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="One of the problems with so many rules is people tend to ignore them all, when there's one that's actually a sound rule to have."></a> +<figcaption>One of the problems with so many rules is people tend to ignore them all, when there’s one that’s actually a sound rule to have.</figcaption> +</figure> + + +</div> + +<p>About half way through our stay we were chatting with the ranger who suggested we visit the children’s museum down near Gulfport. It ended up being really fun for the kids, with a ton of stuff tucked away in a massive old schoolhouse, even some face painting.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing vet at the children's museum photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_151229_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""Sorry, not enough money". Our children are into very realistic health care games."> + </a> +<figcaption>“Sorry, not enough money”. Our children are into very realistic health care games.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="kids playing at children's museum photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_160543_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Lilah giving one of her rare interviews."> + </a> +<figcaption>Lilah giving one of her rare interviews.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Playing talking head photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_160741_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing drums at the children's museum photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_153001_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="face painting photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_162953_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="face painting photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_162846_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>A fair bit of the time we hung around the campground, I got some work done, the girls learned to ride bikes, explored the nature center, went on a hike and watched the random wildlife that stopped by our camp. All in all a pretty good week, but by the end we were ready to hit the road again. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing in bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_160435_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""We're baby sea turtles running to the sea.""> + </a> +<figcaption>“We’re baby sea turtles running to the sea.”</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="old time car with trailer photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_101735_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="If I had that car I'd sure as heck get a cooler trailer. Still pretty cool though."> + </a> +<figcaption>If I had that car I’d sure as heck get a cooler trailer. Still pretty cool though.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_191932_davis-bayou.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-06_191932_davis-bayou_pic66.jpg" alt="rabbit, davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-06_191932_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-03_141657_davis-bayou.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-03_141657_davis-bayou_pic66.jpg" alt="raccoon, davis bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-03_141657_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_kO3BLEB.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="This is Jumpy. He or she was a pet for a few hours before making a dramatic escape."> + </a> +<figcaption>This is Jumpy. He or she was a pet for a few hours before making a dramatic escape.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The bus in Davis Bayou photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_134519_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="eating bananas in the bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112907_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""Hey dad, take my picture.""> + </a> +<figcaption>“Hey dad, take my picture.”</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou_picwide-med.jpg" alt="eating bananas in the bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-07_112919_davis-bayou.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""No, take *my* picture". Clearly they already understand depth of field."> + </a> +<figcaption>“No, take *my* picture”. Clearly they already understand depth of field.</figcaption> +</figure> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/dauphin-island" rel="prev" title=" Dauphin Island">Dauphin Island</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/new-orleans-instrumental-number-1" rel="next" title=" New Orleans Instrumental Number 1">New Orleans Instrumental Number 1</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">5 Comments</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2490" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Jeena" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://jeena.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeena</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 17, 2017 at 3:34 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Very nice writeup and cute pictures!</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2498" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 22, 2017 at 11:10 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@jeena- </p> +<p>Thank you.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2499" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew Eldridge" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew Eldridge</b></span> + <span class="when">May 22, 2017 at 11:18 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Your DOF is awesome. Love keeping up here.</p> +<p>Your text under the photos looks like it is right centered. It cuts off the last couple of letters on full sentences on my screen- but that may just be mine.</p> +<p>Safe travels.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2500" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Arva C Weinstein" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Arva C Weinstein</b></span> + <span class="when">May 22, 2017 at 4:47 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>LOVE love love the pictures!!!</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2501" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">May 22, 2017 at 6:24 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@drew-</p> +<p>Thanks, I went from micro 4/3 to full frame and I’m still a little obsessed with the DOF potential a huge sensor gets you. Most of these were shot with 50mm Canon f1.4 I got off ebay for $40.</p> +<p>And yeah, I’ve been unhappy with the caption design for a while anyway, I’ll make changing that a priority.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + </div> + + +<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border"> + +<div class="comment--form--header"> + <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> + <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> +</div> +<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> + +<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> + + + <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="194" id="id_object_pk"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833407" id="id_timestamp"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="bc0b9b563fcced2ae10d5610fd88eec36f950838" id="id_security_hash"> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_name">Name:</label> + <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> + <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_url">URL:</label> + <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> + <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> +</textarea></div> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset style="display:none;"> + <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> + <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> + </fieldset> + + + <div class="submit"> + <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> + <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> + </div> +</form> +<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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+One thing that we did like about Dauphin Island was the drive there. We're not fans of long drives -- too long for us is about four hours -- and getting to Dauphin Island was just a two hour drive. We decided that was about right so we opted not to drive straight from Dauphin Island to New Orleans. Instead we noticed a little slice of the Gulf Islands National Seashore sitting roughly midway between the two.
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+We pulled into Davis Bayou around mid day and figured we'd spend a night or two and move on, but we wound up spending a week.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-04_174750-1_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-414" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-04_170210_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-409" class="picwide" />
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+There is something very relaxing about marshes, or bayous as they call them down here. There's a rhythm to life that lulls and comforts. The tide goes out, the tide goes in. The periwinkles go up the cordgrass, they go back down. If it's sunny the alligators are on the log, if it's not they're in the water. You almost get the feeling that life is predictable. And then you watch a heron wading in the mud, like herons always do, when suddenly it trips and falls face first in the water and you remember that nothing is totally predictable, just rhythmic, one foot in front of the other.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-04_173126_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-411" class="picwide" />
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+Some places are like that, they lull you and keep you longer than you think. It wasn't that there was much to do, there was a nice enough beach that the kids liked because this part of the Gulf is flat like a lake and has a long, shallow shelf so that you can walk out a hundred yards and only be in shin deep water. Annoying for people my size, perfect if you're two.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-06_121105_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-416" class="picwide" />
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+There was also a playground that proved popular, more popular than the beach in fact.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-06_133902-1_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-417" class="picwide" />
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+Ocean Beach was pretty nice, but like most places these days it had tons of rules signs. Pretty sure if you combined all these rules all you'd be able to do is still perfectly still until you died.
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+About half way through our stay we were chatting with the ranger who suggested we visit the children's museum down near Gulfport. It ended up being really fun for the kids, with a ton of stuff tucked away in a massive old schoolhouse, even some face painting.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-07_150230_davis-bayou.jpg" id="image-434" class="picwide" />
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+A fair bit of the time we hung around the campground, I got some work done, the girls learned to ride bikes, explored the nature center, went on a hike and watched the random wildlife that stopped by our camp. All in all a pretty good week, but by the end we were ready to hit the road again.
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I have some thoughts on driving in Texas, but I am not going to air them until I leave.</p> +<p>A while back someone asked what we do when it rains. At the time I didn’t know because, despite having some big storms come through in various places, it still hadn’t really rained during the day. In Huntsville it rained most of the day so now I know. When it rains, we put on raincoats and play in the rain.</p> +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_092931_huntsville-tx.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_092931_huntsville-tx_pic66.jpg" alt="Playing in the rain, Huntsville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_092931_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_093007_huntsville-tx.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_093007_huntsville-tx_pic66.jpg" alt="Playing in the rain, Huntsville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_093007_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +<span class="row-2"> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_093026_huntsville-tx.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_093026_huntsville-tx_pic66.jpg" alt="Playing in the rain, Huntsville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_093026_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_092934_huntsville-tx.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_092934_huntsville-tx_pic66.jpg" alt="Playing in the rain, Huntsville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_092934_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="inside the bus in a storm, huntsville, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="rainy windshield photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>When that gets old we drive into the nearest town, have lunch, and check out the sights.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="huntsville, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="huntsville, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="huntsville, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="First Lenin statue I had seen since Eastern Europe."> + </a> +<figcaption>First Lenin statue I had seen since Eastern Europe.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Aligators exist photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Yes, but are they happy? Fulfilled? Satisfied?"> + </a> +<figcaption>Yes, but are they happy? Fulfilled? Satisfied?</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>Then we do something I’ve been pondering ever since Taylor and Beth served us cornbread waffles — would chocolate cake waffles work? Yes, yes it would<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="waffle cake! photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="waffle cake! photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="waffle cake! photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Eventually the rain stops and then it’s back to life as usual exploring the outdoors.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="visitor squirrel photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_155613_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="scooter ride photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_160813-1_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg" alt="dock, hunstville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_161218_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="dock, hunstville state park, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_161340_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="bus, huntsville, tx photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_183940_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx_picwide-med.jpg" alt="grumpy eaters photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-22_183955_huntsville-tx.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Not every dinner is enthusiastically received."> + </a> +<figcaption>Not every dinner is enthusiastically received.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="footnote"> +<hr> +<ol> +<li id="fn:1"> +<p>Our oven doesn’t work, so actual chocolate cake or cupcakes or whatever aren’t possible. 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I have some thoughts on driving in Texas, but I am not going to air them until I leave.
+
+A while back someone asked what we do when it rains. At the time I didn't know because, despite having some big storms come through in various places, it still hadn't really rained during the day. In Huntsville it rained most of the day so now I know. When it rains, we put on raincoats and play in the rain.
+
+<div class="cluster">
+<span class="row-2">
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_092931_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-508" class="cluster pic66" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_093007_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-510" class="cluster pic66" />
+</span>
+<span class="row-2">
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_093026_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-511" class="cluster pic66" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_092934_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-509" class="cluster pic66" />
+</span>
+</div>
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_122445_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-513" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_122348_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-512" class="picwide" />
+
+When that gets old we drive into the nearest town, have lunch, and check out the sights.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_140945_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-514" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_141229_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-515" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_142707-4_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-516" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_143216_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-517" class="picwide caption" />
+
+Then we do something I've been pondering ever since Taylor and Beth served us cornbread waffles -- would chocolate cake waffles work? Yes, yes it would[^1]
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_150233_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-518" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_150519_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-519" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-22_150535_huntsville-tx.jpg" id="image-520" class="picwide" />
+
+Eventually the rain stops and then it's back to life as usual exploring the outdoors.
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Heading south would mean more beach time, but a long road back up to Austin and then Dallas where we’re scheduled to meet up with Corrinne’s family. We decided to skip the Texas beaches for now. Temperatures have been rising beyond comfortable in the afternoon anyway, and one of the big appeals of Texas beaches is boondocking, which we can’t do yet because we still have no water tank.</p> +<p>So westward we go.</p> +<p>I’ve recently realized through a few internet conversations I’ve had with friends and family, that no one believes that we drive (whenever possible) back roads. It seems that when I say back roads people think I mean staying off the interstate in favor of state roads (usually two digit highways with four lanes). But no, that’s not how we roll, so to speak.</p> +<p>Admittedly, sometimes those highways are the only option, but when possible we go much smaller than that, stringing together routes using county roads, random streets and the occasional barely-a-road dirt track. I generally feel like a driving day should include at least one moment where we collectively think “there’s no way this is right” and then continue on anyway. To give you some flavor of what it’s like here’s an otherwise not very good photo from somewhere along our drive out of Palmetto Island, through Louisiana:</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Driving the Atchafalaya basin photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Traveling this way is unquestionably slow (that 35 mph stretch above was probably at least 15 miles, not exactly covering ground in a hurry), but the advantage is that you get to stumble unto things you’d otherwise never find, like the wonderful railroad museum in DeQuincy Louisiana. </p> +<p>Coming into the otherwise unremarkable DeQuincy LA, I spotted a couple of train cars under a large metal covering. It looked interesting, but it was late in the day and I was pretty sure everyone was tired. I drove on past the first obvious turn toward it. A couple of red lights later though I saw a sign that said “railroad museum” and I thought what the hell, this is why we’re out here, randomness, even when you’re tired. I pulled down a small side street and parked the bus. </p> +<p>I popped in the Iron Horse pub where what turned out to be a few off duty railroad workers were enjoying a drink, or ten, and asked if the bus was okay where it was. Now, the thing I know about the bus is that it’s really hard to tow so it’s not like I’m worried about it disappearing, but I dislike offending the local citizenry so I always like to ask when I park it in places where it takes up a good bit of the available street.</p> +<div class="picfull"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0375_01.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, (min-width: 751) 750px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0375_01_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0375_01_picfull.jpg 1500w" alt="travco outside the train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0375_01.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Of course one does not simply point to the bus, ask a question and walk away. So I spent ten minutes or so hanging out, fielding engine questions (Dodge 318, nope, not the 440, that comes along in ‘72, 8.2mpg) and learning a tiny bit about railroad work. Most of the people there were not just railroad workers, but second and even third generation railroad workers. I also noticed a sign that said all canned beer was just $1 whenever a train went by the tracks just out front. This was the second time that having children has forced me to a different itinerary than I would have naturally picked. Left to my own devices I’d have never made it to the museum, but I bet I’d know a lot more about railroad workers.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Eventually I extracted myself and headed across the street to the museum. Corrinne and the kids were already inside what turned out to be the old station house. There were switches and time tables — most people don’t realize this but time zones, and accurate time keeping only exists because railroads demanded it<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> — along with old typewriters, a telegraph, even a Burroughs adding machine.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""Dad, what's that?" "Early email." "What's email?" "A way to write letters without mailing them" "Why?" "No idea.""> + </a> +<figcaption>“Dad, what’s that?” “Early email.” “What’s email?” “A way to write letters without mailing them” “Why?” “No idea.”</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Because of the Poliovirus. Ironically a day later we would discover that Texas SP bathrooms lack soap dispensers. Health codes, hit or miss."> + </a> +<figcaption>Because of the Poliovirus. Ironically a day later we would discover that Texas SP bathrooms lack soap dispensers. Health codes, hit or miss.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>The kids, particularly Elliott, were drawn to the back room with the model railroad set up. Humans have come up with a lot of different ways of moving themselves around, but trains seem to catch kids’ imaginations in some way that most others do not. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Eventually we started to head outside when the woman behind the counter intercepted us and gave us keys to the padlocks. “I have to go pick up my daughter from school,” she said, “just make sure you lock up when you’re done and put the keys in the mailbox.” We had free run of the place, which was cool, but I was more impressed with the trusting of strangers, how often does that happen in America anymore?</p> +<div class="cluster"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_145515_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +<span class="row-2"> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0369.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0369_pic66.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0369.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0371.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0371_pic66.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0371.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01_picwide.jpg" alt="inside of railroad car, dequincy railroad museum photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</div> + +<p>We went in the railcar, poked around the engine a bit and looked in the cabooses as well. The kids seemed most enthralled by the mini train that gets used during the local “railroad days” festival. Sometimes you need something that’s more your size.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving_picwide-med.jpg" alt="train museum dequincy louisiana photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>After looking around we locked up, dropped the key in the mailbox and headed on down the road.</p> +<div class="footnote"> +<hr> +<ol> +<li id="fn:1"> +<p>Most of what I know about what we call “time” — and just how downright strange and culturally-bound it turns out to be — comes from reading the excellent, <cite>A Geography Of Time</cite>, by Robert Levine. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p> +</li> +</ol> +</div> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/palmetto-island-state-park" rel="prev" title=" Palmetto Island State Park">Palmetto Island State Park</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/keeps-rainin" rel="next" title=" Keeps on A-Rainin'">Keeps on A-Rainin'</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<div class="comment--form--wrapper "> + +<div class="comment--form--header"> + <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> + <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> +</div> +<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> + +<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> + + + <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="198" id="id_object_pk"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833402" id="id_timestamp"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="f7ddec5faad8cd9fd69c530c09e15f4795b3630f" id="id_security_hash"> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_name">Name:</label> + <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> + <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_url">URL:</label> + <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> + <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> +</textarea></div> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset style="display:none;"> + <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> + <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> + </fieldset> + + + <div class="submit"> + <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> + <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> + </div> +</form> +<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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Heading south would mean more beach time, but a long road back up to Austin and then Dallas where we're scheduled to meet up with Corrinne's family. We decided to skip the Texas beaches for now. Temperatures have been rising beyond comfortable in the afternoon anyway, and one of the big appeals of Texas beaches is boondocking, which we can't do yet because we still have no water tank.
+
+So westward we go.
+
+I've recently realized through a few internet conversations I've had with friends and family, that no one believes that we drive (whenever possible) back roads. It seems that when I say back roads people think I mean staying off the interstate in favor of state roads (usually two digit highways with four lanes). But no, that's not how we roll, so to speak.
+
+Admittedly, sometimes those highways are the only option, but when possible we go much smaller than that, stringing together routes using county roads, random streets and the occasional barely-a-road dirt track. I generally feel like a driving day should include at least one moment where we collectively think "there's no way this is right" and then continue on anyway. To give you some flavor of what it's like here's an otherwise not very good photo from somewhere along our drive out of Palmetto Island, through Louisiana:
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_141207_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-496" class="picwide" />
+
+Traveling this way is unquestionably slow (that 35 mph stretch above was probably at least 15 miles, not exactly covering ground in a hurry), but the advantage is that you get to stumble unto things you'd otherwise never find, like the wonderful railroad museum in DeQuincy Louisiana.
+
+Coming into the otherwise unremarkable DeQuincy LA, I spotted a couple of train cars under a large metal covering. It looked interesting, but it was late in the day and I was pretty sure everyone was tired. I drove on past the first obvious turn toward it. A couple of red lights later though I saw a sign that said "railroad museum" and I thought what the hell, this is why we're out here, randomness, even when you're tired. I pulled down a small side street and parked the bus.
+
+I popped in the Iron Horse pub where what turned out to be a few off duty railroad workers were enjoying a drink, or ten, and asked if the bus was okay where it was. Now, the thing I know about the bus is that it's really hard to tow so it's not like I'm worried about it disappearing, but I dislike offending the local citizenry so I always like to ask when I park it in places where it takes up a good bit of the available street.
+
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0375_01.jpg" id="image-504" class="picfull" />
+
+Of course one does not simply point to the bus, ask a question and walk away. So I spent ten minutes or so hanging out, fielding engine questions (Dodge 318, nope, not the 440, that comes along in '72, 8.2mpg) and learning a tiny bit about railroad work. Most of the people there were not just railroad workers, but second and even third generation railroad workers. I also noticed a sign that said all canned beer was just $1 whenever a train went by the tracks just out front. This was the second time that having children has forced me to a different itinerary than I would have naturally picked. Left to my own devices I'd have never made it to the museum, but I bet I'd know a lot more about railroad workers.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_143724_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-497" class="picwide" />
+
+Eventually I extracted myself and headed across the street to the museum. Corrinne and the kids were already inside what turned out to be the old station house. There were switches and time tables -- most people don't realize this but time zones, and accurate time keeping only exists because railroads demanded it[^1] -- along with old typewriters, a telegraph, even a Burroughs adding machine.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_143555_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-505" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_144203_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-506" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_144829_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-499" class="picwide caption" />
+
+The kids, particularly Elliott, were drawn to the back room with the model railroad set up. Humans have come up with a lot of different ways of moving themselves around, but trains seem to catch kids' imaginations in some way that most others do not.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_144712_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-498" class="picwide" />
+
+Eventually we started to head outside when the woman behind the counter intercepted us and gave us keys to the padlocks. "I have to go pick up my daughter from school," she said, "just make sure you lock up when you're done and put the keys in the mailbox." We had free run of the place, which was cool, but I was more impressed with the trusting of strangers, how often does that happen in America anymore?
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_145609_train-museum-driving_01.jpg" id="image-507" class="cluster picwide" />
+</div>
+
+We went in the railcar, poked around the engine a bit and looked in the cabooses as well. The kids seemed most enthralled by the mini train that gets used during the local "railroad days" festival. Sometimes you need something that's more your size.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_150432_train-museum-driving.jpg" id="image-503" class="picwide" />
+
+After looking around we locked up, dropped the key in the mailbox and headed on down the road.
+
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return false;" title="see a map">Map</a> + </div> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-05-12T14:52:02" itemprop="datePublished">May <span>12, 2017</span></time> + <span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span> + </div> + </header> + <div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody"> + <p>New Orleans is the last living city in the United States.</p> +<p>Every time I return here I am amazed that it is allowed to continue existing, that something so contrary to the rest of America has not been destroyed, locked up and disneyfied. But it hasn’t. Somehow the people here manage to carry their unique way of life on day after day in this amazing place. The people here shame the rest of us with their vibrancy, their community, their music, their love. </p> +<p>Must be hot as hell in August though.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/no-banner.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/no-banner_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/no-banner_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/no-banner_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/no-banner_picwide-med.jpg" alt="new orleans collage photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/no-banner.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We came in from the east, on 90 which takes its time wandering through all the bayous the interstate passes right over. Highway 90 cuts out to the very edge where the last of the bayous gives way to the sea. The islands are thin little wafers out here, you feel exposed and vulnerable just driving them, as if at any given moment the sea is going rise up and take them back. But it doesn’t. Hasn’t yet. There are houses here that are obviously from at least 50 years ago. My favorite was the one with a message that felt aimed directly at today’s AirBnBer: “It’s a camp, not a condo.”</p> +<p>I didn’t track which bridge finally brought us into the city, but I do know that the minute we were at the high point I was hit with a smell so strong for a minute I thought something was wrong with the bus, but no, it was just New Orleans and some curious melange of oyster poboys, truck brakes, shrimp boats, fried dough, flashy new taco trucks and Vietnamese restaurants, all trapped inside a couple bends of the Mississippi by some mysterious force of voodoo. It has it’s own fragrance, unbottleable and only available here.</p> +<p>Driving into the city in the bus was an experience I can’t really do justice to with just words. People everywhere honk and wave and call out to me when I’m driving the bus. It happens half a dozen times every day I drive it, often more. But getting through New Orleans topped everything else before it and I suspect after it. The bus was especially a hit in the Treme, which I’ll be honest, made me feel good. Because yeah, of course I drove right through the heart of the city. How else would you cross it? I even had one woman have a five minute conversation with me at a stop light about camping out west who ended it with a simple, ‘okay, you ahright, you ahright son’. I hope so.</p> +<p>We stayed at Bayou Segnette State Park on the west bank, which is nice enough, but forgettable save the fact that it’s a 10 minute drive from the French Quarter. </p> +<p>The first day we took the ferry in from Algiers in part to let the kids ride a ferry and in part because I’ve been curious to see Algiers ever since I heard the name in a Grant Lee Buffalo song decades ago. It lived up to my vision of it, complete with hundred year old bars possibly full of hundred year old sailors. I didn’t want to spoil the image in my head so I didn’t go in.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Algers ferry, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Algers ferry, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0136.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0136_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0136_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0136_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0136_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Algers ferry, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0136.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Instead we crossed the river to Vieux Carré which still amazes me because it is both itself and a parody of itself at the same time and somehow manages to do both very well. It’s cheesy and full of tourists, but it’s also a really part of the city and full of locals. It might be the strangest tourist destination I’ve ever been to and I love it. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="river front, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Playing on statues, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Playing on statues, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>I also love that I keep coming back here and finding a different New Orleans. All the old ones I’ve found are still there too, I even took a picture of the diner my friend Mike hung out at 20 years ago when we passed through. We had a huge fight about something or other and I left him in the French Quarter to stew for half a day or so. He ended up at the diner below. At least I like to think it’s the same diner. Eventually I came back and found him hanging out here with the largest man I’ve ever met who was named Earl and rather sweet on Mike I believe. There was something about a toothless bum too. He got some good stories out of it, me, all I got was another tank of gas. This time around we got some tater tots and fries.</p> +<div class="cluster"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Diner, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +<span class="row-2"> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0200.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0200_pic66.jpg" alt="at the diner, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0200.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0203.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0203_pic66.jpg" alt="at the diner, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0203.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<p>This was my first time in New Orleans with kids, which changed things a little bit. I like to get a coffee or a drink and just watch the people drift by on the streets, which we did do a couple times, but never for more than about 10 minutes. Because kids. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="eating treats at Envie, New orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="We didn't get to stay long, but we did stop in at one of my favorite people watching spots, Envie."> + </a> +<figcaption>We didn’t get to stay long, but we did stop in at one of my favorite people watching spots, Envie.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01_picwide.jpg" alt="Walking Decatur st new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>While sitting in one place is not their thing, they had no trouble walking. They walked the streets of the French Quarter from one end to the other and back again almost daily. In the heat the of the day. They were enthralled the whole time. And they slept well after ward. I shake my head every time I see someone with a 3 or 4 year old in stroller, what a lost opportunity . There aren’t many places in America with so much going on on the streets. New Orleans is vibrant and alive, like kids. </p> +<p>I tried to get a little history in the kids, we stopped by the Jean Lafitte Museum and the kids got another stamp in their NPS passport books. The museum also has a small courtyard of the sort you find in New Orleans, something I’d been trying to explain for a while, but which is best understood by seeing one. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Listening to New Orleans History photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="She picked up the phone to her left, listened for a minute and said, "hey, this one is just about soup"."> + </a> +<figcaption>She picked up the phone to her left, listened for a minute and said, “hey, this one is just about soup”.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>But mostly they just wanted to hang around Jackson Square, listen to the music and watch the living statues, which the girls developed a minor obsession with for a few days, playing living statue whenever we were back in camp.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Brand playing in Jackson Square, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="The Free Spirit Brass Band was pretty damn good. You can listen to them on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8BSqILHc6k">youtube</a>."> + </a> +<figcaption>The Free Spirit Brass Band was pretty damn good. You can listen to them on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8BSqILHc6k">youtube</a>.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="watching music in Jackson Square photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0213.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pictall-sm.jpg Nonew, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pictall-med.jpg Nonew, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pictall.jpg Nonew, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_picfull.jpg 1500w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pic5.jpg 648w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pictall-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_pictall.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0213_picfull.jpg" alt="Living statue, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0213.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="For a $1 the living statue hands out tiny messages, Olivia's said "enjoy your piece of peace"."> + </a> +<figcaption>For a $1 the living statue hands out tiny messages, Olivia’s said “enjoy your piece of peace”.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pretending to be a living statue photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="The hat is full of little scraps of paper with messages written on them."> + </a> +<figcaption>The hat is full of little scraps of paper with messages written on them.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + +<figure class="pic66"> + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0277.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0277_pic66.jpg" alt="crepes in the french market photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0277.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption=""></a> +<figcaption></figcaption> +</figure> + + + + +<figure class="pic66"> + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0282.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0282_pic66.jpg" alt="crepes in the french market, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0282.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="crepes in the french market, new orleans."></a> +<figcaption>crepes in the french market, new orleans.</figcaption> +</figure> + + +</span> +</div> + +<p>The New Orleans we found this time was all over the map. Along with the French Quarter, City Park turned out to be a huge hit as was their trolley ride up there. There was something called Story Land, which, on our initial visit was closed, which caused much gnashing of teeth, but fortunately playgrounds never close so we were able to salvage the day.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Swings in City Park, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans.jpg" 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+
+Every time I return here I am amazed that it is allowed to continue existing, that something so contrary to the rest of America has not been destroyed, locked up and disneyfied. But it hasn't. Somehow the people here manage to carry their unique way of life on day after day in this amazing place. The people here shame the rest of us with their vibrancy, their community, their music, their love.
+
+Must be hot as hell in August though.
+
+<img src="images/2017/no-banner.jpg" id="image-451" class="picwide" />
+
+We came in from the east, on 90 which takes its time wandering through all the bayous the interstate passes right over. Highway 90 cuts out to the very edge where the last of the bayous gives way to the sea. The islands are thin little wafers out here, you feel exposed and vulnerable just driving them, as if at any given moment the sea is going rise up and take them back. But it doesn't. Hasn't yet. There are houses here that are obviously from at least 50 years ago. My favorite was the one with a message that felt aimed directly at today's AirBnBer: "It's a camp, not a condo."
+
+I didn't track which bridge finally brought us into the city, but I do know that the minute we were at the high point I was hit with a smell so strong for a minute I thought something was wrong with the bus, but no, it was just New Orleans and some curious melange of oyster poboys, truck brakes, shrimp boats, fried dough, flashy new taco trucks and Vietnamese restaurants, all trapped inside a couple bends of the Mississippi by some mysterious force of voodoo. It has it's own fragrance, unbottleable and only available here.
+
+Driving into the city in the bus was an experience I can't really do justice to with just words. People everywhere honk and wave and call out to me when I'm driving the bus. It happens half a dozen times every day I drive it, often more. But getting through New Orleans topped everything else before it and I suspect after it. The bus was especially a hit in the Treme, which I'll be honest, made me feel good. Because yeah, of course I drove right through the heart of the city. How else would you cross it? I even had one woman have a five minute conversation with me at a stop light about camping out west who ended it with a simple, 'okay, you ahright, you ahright son'. I hope so.
+
+We stayed at Bayou Segnette State Park on the west bank, which is nice enough, but forgettable save the fact that it's a 10 minute drive from the French Quarter.
+
+The first day we took the ferry in from Algiers in part to let the kids ride a ferry and in part because I've been curious to see Algiers ever since I heard the name in a Grant Lee Buffalo song decades ago. It lived up to my vision of it, complete with hundred year old bars possibly full of hundred year old sailors. I didn't want to spoil the image in my head so I didn't go in.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_121032_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-440" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_120507_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-439" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0136.jpg" id="image-463" class="picwide" />
+
+
+Instead we crossed the river to Vieux Carré which still amazes me because it is both itself and a parody of itself at the same time and somehow manages to do both very well. It's cheesy and full of tourists, but it's also a really part of the city and full of locals. It might be the strangest tourist destination I've ever been to and I love it.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_122025_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-441" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_122450_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-443" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_122437_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-442" class="picwide" />
+
+
+I also love that I keep coming back here and finding a different New Orleans. All the old ones I've found are still there too, I even took a picture of the diner my friend Mike hung out at 20 years ago when we passed through. We had a huge fight about something or other and I left him in the French Quarter to stew for half a day or so. He ended up at the diner below. At least I like to think it's the same diner. Eventually I came back and found him hanging out here with the largest man I've ever met who was named Earl and rather sweet on Mike I believe. There was something about a toothless bum too. He got some good stories out of it, me, all I got was another tank of gas. This time around we got some tater tots and fries.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-12_162604_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-449" class="cluster picwide" />
+<span class="row-2">
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0200.jpg" id="image-455" class="cluster pic66" />
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+
+This was my first time in New Orleans with kids, which changed things a little bit. I like to get a coffee or a drink and just watch the people drift by on the streets, which we did do a couple times, but never for more than about 10 minutes. Because kids.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_130509_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-444" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-10_131547_new-orleans_01.jpg" id="image-445" class="picwide" />
+
+While sitting in one place is not their thing, they had no trouble walking. They walked the streets of the French Quarter from one end to the other and back again almost daily. In the heat the of the day. They were enthralled the whole time. And they slept well after ward. I shake my head every time I see someone with a 3 or 4 year old in stroller, what a lost opportunity . There aren't many places in America with so much going on on the streets. New Orleans is vibrant and alive, like kids.
+
+I tried to get a little history in the kids, we stopped by the Jean Lafitte Museum and the kids got another stamp in their NPS passport books. The museum also has a small courtyard of the sort you find in New Orleans, something I'd been trying to explain for a while, but which is best understood by seeing one.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-12_153129_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-448" class="picwide caption" />
+
+
+But mostly they just wanted to hang around Jackson Square, listen to the music and watch the living statues, which the girls developed a minor obsession with for a few days, playing living statue whenever we were back in camp.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-12_165443_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-450" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-12_170144_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-452" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0213.jpg" id="image-458" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-12_185458_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-453" class="picwide caption" />
+
+<div class="cluster">
+<span class="row-2">
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0277.jpg" id="image-459" class="cluster pic66 caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0282.jpg" id="image-460" class="cluster pic66 caption" />
+</span>
+</div>
+
+The New Orleans we found this time was all over the map. Along with the French Quarter, City Park turned out to be a huge hit as was their trolley ride up there. There was something called Story Land, which, on our initial visit was closed, which caused much gnashing of teeth, but fortunately playgrounds never close so we were able to salvage the day.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-11_151109_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-447" class="picwide" />
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+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0178.jpg" id="image-462" class="cluster pic66 caption" />
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+</div>
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-11_150232_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-446" class="picwide" />
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return false;" title="see a map">Map</a> + </div> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-05-15T23:02:43" itemprop="datePublished">May <span>15, 2017</span></time> + <span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span> + </div> + </header> + <div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody"> + <p>There are thin silvery white cracks in the clouds. They burn into the backs of your eyelids when you blink. Thunder arrives before you can count to three. It’s the crisp, crackling thunder that happens when you’re under a mile from lightning. </p> +<p>The bus is a sauna, windows shut tight and fogged, air conditioner already shut off. But I like watching the beads of water run down the vastness of windshield. </p> +<p>I have a bag packed and a rain jacket over it and I should probably go, but there’s something very peaceful about the clattering roar of rain on the roof, the rivulets of water running down the windows. The storm feels closer when you’re in here, you have to confront more of it when your walls are only two inches thick. Even more of it when your walls are made of nylon, which I know several people in this campground are doing right now. Compared to them, this is nothing. But then it is a cozy 105 degrees or so, which ruins the peacefulness. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0245.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0245_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0245_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0245_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0245_picwide-med.jpg" alt="rainbow over the bridge, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0245.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Eventually I go and find Corrinne and the kids in the bathroom with a few other people who had taken shelter, mostly because there was a tornado warning. I have my doubts about how much being in a bathroom would help you in a tornado — have you ever seen what a tornado can do to human structures, even concrete structures? — but I understand the basic human (animal?) need to huddle together in groups for some small sense of protection.</p> +<p>I dislike the whole notion of tornadoes. I’m from earthquake country. I like my disasters to come suddenly without warning and generally be over before you even know what happened. If you die, you probably won’t even know it. Tornadoes? I don’t know the first thing about tornadoes other than you get warned about them ahead of time, which, to me, is like telling some who’s afraid of flying that they’re statistically more likely to die on the way to airport. Thanks, now I have two things to be afraid of. I’m happy in my ignorance of pending tornadoes. I’ve seen what they can do and I don’t think I can outrun one, so why the hell are you “warning” me about them? Where am I possible going to go?</p> +<p>To the bathroom apparently. Which worked out well because we met a bunch of nice people there, particularly Taylor and Beth, some fellow full time RVers who turned out to know the only other person I’m aware of that lives full time in a Travco. We chatted, decided to meet up in New Orleans at some point and then the storm was over and everyone went their separate ways. We headed into to New Orleans to wander the French Quarter some more. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Walking the French quarter photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>More importantly though, a couple days later, we finally made it to Storyland out in City Park. It apparently has the world’s fastest carousel, according to my wife, and the world’s fastest slide according to my kids.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_140027-1_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_140027-1_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" alt="carousel, storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_140027-1_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0254_01.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0254_01_pic66.jpg" alt="carousel, storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0254_01.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0256.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0256_pic66.jpg" alt="carousel, storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0256.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141211_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="three pigs storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141255_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="storyland, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_141432_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt=" photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-13_140925-1_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We couldn’t leave without doing something that’s become a pilgrimage of sorts for me — visiting Marie Laveau’s grave. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_picfull-sm.jpg 750w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_picfull.jpg 1500w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_picfull-sm.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01_picfull.jpg" alt="painting of Marie Laveau photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>The so-called voodoo queen of New Orleans has been growing in popularity over the years, but she’s still a little obscure. The facts in her story are few and far between, but sometimes facts aren’t the most important part of a story. If you know your way around the occult scene at all you’ve probably heard of Marie Laveau. She’s sort of the patron saint of female occult power, because, let’s face it, male dominated religions rule our era.</p> +<p>But Marie Laveau seems to laugh in the face of all that. Born in 1801, mixed blood creole, she became a hairdresser to the wealthy — no small part of her power I’m sure — and was the city’s most famous practitioner of Voodoo. Even if you care nothing about Voodoo, and I don’t really, beyond the mild respect I hold for all animist/naturalist religious systems, Marie Laveau is fascinating because she wielded power in a culture that wouldn’t have otherwise given her any. But by all accounts she held considerable political power as a non-white woman in the early 19th century. Think what you will of the Vodun/Voodoo religion, it takes someone special to completely subvert their culture like that. And I have a fondness for cultural subversives.</p> +<p>I had been reading some books on Voodoo the first time I came to New Orleans in 1996 and was captivated by what little is known of her story. I dragged my friend Mike out to visit her grave in St. Louis Cemetery Number 1. At the time the neighborhood around the cemetery was a bit sketchy, sketchy enough that we had the only working car parked on the street. We also had the entire cemetery to ourselves. Marie Laveau’s grave was clearly visited, but not often, to judge by the flowers around it.</p> +<p>Years later, around 2003 I came back and it was much the same, but when Corrinne and I came in 2010, things had changed. There was a new stop light down the street with a new Valero station just past it. People walked the streets and new buildings were going up. Things were looking, if not quite gentrified, certainly headed in that direction. And now, sadly, the gentrification is complete. St. Louis Cemetery Number 1 is hemmed in on three sides by new construction and, worst part, you can no longer get to Marie Laveau’s grave.</p> +<p>Technically you can, you just have to pay $20 and take a tour with a guide. I’d sooner chew my leg off.</p> +<p>The money is a non-issue to me. Admittedly, it’s a bit steep. I certainly would not have paid $100 to get a family of five in, but I understand that part, it’s the “you must have a tour guide” bit the rubs me the wrong way. I hate tour guides. I hate having my experiences mediated through another person, especially someone who’s a professional mediator. I’d rather walk away and not show the kids Marie Laveau’s grave (despite building it up quite a bit) than have them experience it through someone else’s words. So we did. Walk away that is.</p> +<p>We did a bit of research and it turns out people were desecrating graves, pulling out bones and what not and the Catholic church decided that money and tour guides was the solution to that problem. The thing is, people have always done that. Depending on which occult text you trust Marie Laveau’s bones may not have even been in that grave for more than a couple days before 19th century grave robbers came seeking her bones (or her family moved her, again depending on which shakily documented story you want to believe). I’ve also toured quite a few Catholic churches where the bones of the dead had been dug up and rearranged by the Catholic Church itself, but I guess that’s out of fashion now, current hipster pope not withstanding.</p> +<p>Whatever the case Marie Laveau’s grave is a thing of the past for me. We opted to head to the New Orleans Voodoo Museum instead. Museum is something of a misnomer, it’s really just a tiny two room building with some shrines that (I assume) are actively used by Voodoo practitioners. At least they looked fairly actively used, we let the kids add a wish to one. It wasn’t quite as nice as visiting the grave would have been, but it gave them a sense of the flavor of Voodoo if you will. Or at least I like to think it did.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Voodoo shrines photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_152515_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Voodoo shrines photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-14_152642_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0308.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0308_pic66.jpg" alt="Voodoo shrines photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0308.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0307.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0307_pic66.jpg" alt="Voodoo shrines photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0307.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<p>Back at camp we met up with Taylor and Beth for dinner. Living in campgrounds is a little odd because while you meet tons of really nice people, who are almost always in a good mood (they’re on vacation after all), they never really want to hang out because, well, they’re on vacation. But fellow fulltimers… we meet up for dinner. So many thanks to Taylor and Beth for having us over for some delicious food and teaching us about a million tricks we didn’t know about living full time in an RV. 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They burn into the backs of your eyelids when you blink. Thunder arrives before you can count to three. It's the crisp, crackling thunder that happens when you're under a mile from lightning.
+
+The bus is a sauna, windows shut tight and fogged, air conditioner already shut off. But I like watching the beads of water run down the vastness of windshield.
+
+I have a bag packed and a rain jacket over it and I should probably go, but there's something very peaceful about the clattering roar of rain on the roof, the rivulets of water running down the windows. The storm feels closer when you're in here, you have to confront more of it when your walls are only two inches thick. Even more of it when your walls are made of nylon, which I know several people in this campground are doing right now. Compared to them, this is nothing. But then it is a cozy 105 degrees or so, which ruins the peacefulness.
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+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0245.jpg" id="image-465" class="picwide" />
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+Eventually I go and find Corrinne and the kids in the bathroom with a few other people who had taken shelter, mostly because there was a tornado warning. I have my doubts about how much being in a bathroom would help you in a tornado -- have you ever seen what a tornado can do to human structures, even concrete structures? -- but I understand the basic human (animal?) need to huddle together in groups for some small sense of protection.
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+I dislike the whole notion of tornadoes. I'm from earthquake country. I like my disasters to come suddenly without warning and generally be over before you even know what happened. If you die, you probably won't even know it. Tornadoes? I don't know the first thing about tornadoes other than you get warned about them ahead of time, which, to me, is like telling some who's afraid of flying that they're statistically more likely to die on the way to airport. Thanks, now I have two things to be afraid of. I'm happy in my ignorance of pending tornadoes. I've seen what they can do and I don't think I can outrun one, so why the hell are you "warning" me about them? Where am I possible going to go?
+
+To the bathroom apparently. Which worked out well because we met a bunch of nice people there, particularly Taylor and Beth, some fellow full time RVers who turned out to know the only other person I'm aware of that lives full time in a Travco. We chatted, decided to meet up in New Orleans at some point and then the storm was over and everyone went their separate ways. We headed into to New Orleans to wander the French Quarter some more.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-14_161448_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-469" class="picwide" />
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+More importantly though, a couple days later, we finally made it to Storyland out in City Park. It apparently has the world's fastest carousel, according to my wife, and the world's fastest slide according to my kids.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-13_141119_new-orleans.jpg" id="image-470" class="picwide" />
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+We couldn't leave without doing something that's become a pilgrimage of sorts for me -- visiting Marie Laveau's grave.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-14_151659_new-orleans_01.jpg" id="image-466" class="picwide" />
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+The so-called voodoo queen of New Orleans has been growing in popularity over the years, but she's still a little obscure. The facts in her story are few and far between, but sometimes facts aren't the most important part of a story. If you know your way around the occult scene at all you've probably heard of Marie Laveau. She's sort of the patron saint of female occult power, because, let's face it, male dominated religions rule our era.
+
+But Marie Laveau seems to laugh in the face of all that. Born in 1801, mixed blood creole, she became a hairdresser to the wealthy -- no small part of her power I'm sure -- and was the city's most famous practitioner of Voodoo. Even if you care nothing about Voodoo, and I don't really, beyond the mild respect I hold for all animist/naturalist religious systems, Marie Laveau is fascinating because she wielded power in a culture that wouldn't have otherwise given her any. But by all accounts she held considerable political power as a non-white woman in the early 19th century. Think what you will of the Vodun/Voodoo religion, it takes someone special to completely subvert their culture like that. And I have a fondness for cultural subversives.
+
+I had been reading some books on Voodoo the first time I came to New Orleans in 1996 and was captivated by what little is known of her story. I dragged my friend Mike out to visit her grave in St. Louis Cemetery Number 1. At the time the neighborhood around the cemetery was a bit sketchy, sketchy enough that we had the only working car parked on the street. We also had the entire cemetery to ourselves. Marie Laveau's grave was clearly visited, but not often, to judge by the flowers around it.
+
+Years later, around 2003 I came back and it was much the same, but when Corrinne and I came in 2010, things had changed. There was a new stop light down the street with a new Valero station just past it. People walked the streets and new buildings were going up. Things were looking, if not quite gentrified, certainly headed in that direction. And now, sadly, the gentrification is complete. St. Louis Cemetery Number 1 is hemmed in on three sides by new construction and, worst part, you can no longer get to Marie Laveau's grave.
+
+Technically you can, you just have to pay $20 and take a tour with a guide. I'd sooner chew my leg off.
+
+The money is a non-issue to me. Admittedly, it's a bit steep. I certainly would not have paid $100 to get a family of five in, but I understand that part, it's the "you must have a tour guide" bit the rubs me the wrong way. I hate tour guides. I hate having my experiences mediated through another person, especially someone who's a professional mediator. I'd rather walk away and not show the kids Marie Laveau's grave (despite building it up quite a bit) than have them experience it through someone else's words. So we did. Walk away that is.
+
+We did a bit of research and it turns out people were desecrating graves, pulling out bones and what not and the Catholic church decided that money and tour guides was the solution to that problem. The thing is, people have always done that. Depending on which occult text you trust Marie Laveau's bones may not have even been in that grave for more than a couple days before 19th century grave robbers came seeking her bones (or her family moved her, again depending on which shakily documented story you want to believe). I've also toured quite a few Catholic churches where the bones of the dead had been dug up and rearranged by the Catholic Church itself, but I guess that's out of fashion now, current hipster pope not withstanding.
+
+Whatever the case Marie Laveau's grave is a thing of the past for me. We opted to head to the New Orleans Voodoo Museum instead. Museum is something of a misnomer, it's really just a tiny two room building with some shrines that (I assume) are actively used by Voodoo practitioners. At least they looked fairly actively used, we let the kids add a wish to one. It wasn't quite as nice as visiting the grave would have been, but it gave them a sense of the flavor of Voodoo if you will. Or at least I like to think it did.
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+Back at camp we met up with Taylor and Beth for dinner. Living in campgrounds is a little odd because while you meet tons of really nice people, who are almost always in a good mood (they're on vacation after all), they never really want to hang out because, well, they're on vacation. But fellow fulltimers... we meet up for dinner. So many thanks to Taylor and Beth for having us over for some delicious food and teaching us about a million tricks we didn't know about living full time in an RV. 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It’s a land of wide open fields, rice paddies, blue crab traps, great flocks of snowy egrets wading patiently through marshes. There’s hardly anyone living out here, the roads are thin strips of land barely above water level.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Driving the Atchafalaya basin photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Every now and then there are pockets of swamp, bald cypress trees in a lake of duckweed so thick it looks like you could walk across it.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg" alt="bayou in palmetto island photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Palmetto Island State Park exists just inside one of these pockets of unfarmed land, though it is not full of bald cypress, but, as the name suggests, Saw Palmettos. It was the sort of place you can tell is going to be pretty nice just by the drive in, the road kep getting narrower and narrower, and rougher and rougher, sure signs of good things to come.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="road, abbeville, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We came here just looking for a nice place to get some work done, with little entertainment for the kids, but it turned out to be one of the nicest campgrounds we’ve stayed in. It had the newest, cleanest facilities we’ve seen, there was even a leave-one-take-one library full of kids books that we used to swap out a books.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0327..pg_ " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0327._picwide-sm.pg_ 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0327._picwide-med.pg_ 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0327._picwide.pg_ 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_0327._picwide-med.pg_" alt="painting, Palmetto island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_0327..pg_" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>I got some writing done, the kids played around the campsite in the mornings and then after lunch, when the heat and humidity was becoming a bit much we all headed over to the splashpad to cool off.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Splashpad, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="climbing, palmetto island state park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>And just to liven things up a little, there were plenty of wild pigs running around. And bears. Supposedly, we did not see any.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Wild Pigs, Palmetto Island, LA photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Wait for me..."> + </a> +<figcaption>Wait for me…</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island_picwide-med.jpg" alt="bedroom in the big blue bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>The other part of the reason we came to Palmetto Island was to postpone a decision about our future direction. From here we could still go south to beaches of Texas, the Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston, Corpus Christie, or we could head due west, inland, toward Austin. 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It's a land of wide open fields, rice paddies, blue crab traps, great flocks of snowy egrets wading patiently through marshes. There's hardly anyone living out here, the roads are thin strips of land barely above water level.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_115617_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-495" class="picwide" />
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+Every now and then there are pockets of swamp, bald cypress trees in a lake of duckweed so thick it looks like you could walk across it.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_121751_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-481" class="picwide" />
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+Palmetto Island State Park exists just inside one of these pockets of unfarmed land, though it is not full of bald cypress, but, as the name suggests, Saw Palmettos. It was the sort of place you can tell is going to be pretty nice just by the drive in, the road kep getting narrower and narrower, and rougher and rougher, sure signs of good things to come.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-19_100253_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-493" class="picwide" />
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+We came here just looking for a nice place to get some work done, with little entertainment for the kids, but it turned out to be one of the nicest campgrounds we've stayed in. It had the newest, cleanest facilities we've seen, there was even a leave-one-take-one library full of kids books that we used to swap out a books.
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+<img src="images/2017/IMG_0327..pg_" id="image-494" class="picwide" />
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+I got some writing done, the kids played around the campsite in the mornings and then after lunch, when the heat and humidity was becoming a bit much we all headed over to the splashpad to cool off.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_164119_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-482" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_164458_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-483" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_164929_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-487" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_165416_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-488" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_165037_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-486" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_171636_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-489" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_174137_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-491" class="picwide" />
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+And just to liven things up a little, there were plenty of wild pigs running around. And bears. Supposedly, we did not see any.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-16_172253_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-490" class="picwide caption" />
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-05-18_124039_palmetto-island.jpg" id="image-492" class="picwide />
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+The other part of the reason we came to Palmetto Island was to postpone a decision about our future direction. From here we could still go south to beaches of Texas, the Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston, Corpus Christie, or we could head due west, inland, toward Austin. There are good arguments to be made in favor of both, which is why we postponed the choice and came here. |