Rebel River Run 2014 (RRR14). Day 6: 14 March 2014.
Happy π Day, all. Illinois for just a few minutes then, in Cairo, and Mr Grant’s Camp/Fort Defiance. Ah, the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi: I can hardly wait to see it. I’ve never seen the...
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A couple big events today. First we leave Nashville and head up to the site of the first major Union victory of the war, Fort Donelson (no sign of the Fort Henry site remains). Always feel more secure...
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DAY 6: FRIDAY 14 MARCH (NOTA BENE: Pardon me. I’m just learning how to add photo galleries to WordPress: this is a relatively new functionality they’ve introduced. Should make future posts easier to...
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DAY 7: SATURDAY 15 MARCH Nashville/Stones River/Franklin/Nashville loop. As mentioned yesterday, my original plan to make a counterclockwise driving tour today through (1) Stones River/Murfreesboro,...
View ArticleNotes on RRR’14: Day 8: 20140316.
DAY 8: SUNDAY 16 MARCH Nashville, TN to Metropolis, KY. And today should have been a breeze. A walk in the park. A short jog up the road. But the GPS lady had different ideas in mind. I’d streamlined...
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