Last day of the fam trip was Sunday. We made one stop en route to the airport. The Brown Vs Board National Historic Site. It’s housed in the old Monroe School building. Contrary to common belief this is the Black school not the white school the children in the class action suit wanted to attend.
The [...]
Archive for September, 2008
End of the Trail
Posted in Travel Writing, Uncategorized on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following Freedom’s Trail II
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning started out great. After a generous continental breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Independence, we headed for Harrisonville. We arrived at an 1835 log cabin/museum maintained by the Harrisonville Historic Society. We enjoyed a short play preformed on that small log cabin porch. It portrayed the Younger family’s plight in pre-Civil War [...]
Following Freedom’s Trail
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I’m going to paste my schedule in to show you what we are doing here.
Of the places we visited yesterday, the Arabia Museum impressed me the most. All of them were interesting and a vital part of history but the hands on do it ourselves attitude of, Dave, our guide and one of [...]
And Now The Finale
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TMS goes barreling on. Meeting all morning beginning right after the 8 am breakfast with one morning break and then lunch.
John Percy from Niagara, NY Travel Board spoke there and enjoyed it immensely. Wrote a piece partially based on my visit to Elmira, NY on the post trip and previous visits to Andersonville, [...]
TMS Moves Onward
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, this is the first full day of Travel Media Showcase. We started off with breakfast at 8 in the convention hall at the Hyatt. It was really good, or else I was really hungry. Both I think. At 9 the convention began. My first meeting was with Huntsville in booth 201, 13 fast [...]
Arrival at Travel Media Showcase
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, travel, travel media showcase on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Heart and Soul of Travel Writing
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged Georgia, Macon, Space Center, travel media showcase, Travel Writing on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I am headed for the airport and Travel Media Showcase. I thought this might be a good point to discuss what makes travel writing different from any other kind of writing.
Now matter how far you roam; successful travel writing is governed by what you carry within your soul not what you see with [...]
The Life of a Travel Writer
Posted in Travel Writing, Uncategorized on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hard as it is to leave Martin, Romeo and the cats on their own, I’m hitting the road for six days. Martin needs to keep his own website, www.cajuntreasures.com, updated, handle any promotion and/or orders ( if we get lucky) for Wild About Florida, and most important, feed all the animals. Tomorrow I’m off to [...]
