Part 36 here When tour to the mine was ended we went back to our car. While heading to the hotel we noticed an appealing advertisement, saying that here we can ride a narrow gauge train.What an attraction! Of course,…
Sabbatical 2016. Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
Part 35 here Today we would like to visit one gold mine in Colorado. In the end of 18 century Mollie Kathleen Gortner and her family, consisting of husband and two kids, lived in Colorado Springs, CO. In 1891 Mollies…
Sabbatical 2016. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Part 34 here One of our little travelers didn’t feel well in the morning, so we decided to stay in the hotel for one more night, to let the kid rest well. By the way, we liked that hotel a…
Sabbatical 2016. White Sands Missile Range
Part 33 here In the morning we were heading to the Missile Range, there is an open-air museum with all types of missiles that had been tested and launched here. We drove by White Sands Dunes and here we learned,…
Sabbatical 2016. Carlsbad Caverns
Part 32 here Texas is huge. To cross it we spent another day. We drove by the Prada store, that has merchandise, but not a cashier or an entrance. Today our destination is Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. As all…
Sabbatical 2016. From Portland, Oregon through Portland, Maine to Portland, Texas
Part 31 here We don’t have a detailed route, usually we have the next couple days destinations in mind. So when we sat in our hotel room after visiting the Science Museum in Oklahoma, a bright idea came into our…
Sabbatical 2016. Science Museum Oklahoma
Part 30 here All Thursday we were driving to Oklahoma City where the Oklahoma Science Museum is located. While driving, we noticed a “first stage” of the unknown rocket near the road and visited an oldest swinging bridge in Kansas…
Sabbatical 2016. Titanic and Fantastic Caverns
Part 29 here There is a Titanic museum in Branson, that was our destination for today. Unfortunately, because there are a lot of copyrighted things inside we were not allowed to make photos. For example, letters and telegrams that were…
Sabbatical 2016. The Mystic Caverns
Part 28 here In the morning we decided to try our luck at the Crater of Diamonds. It is located in the north part of Arkansas, just mud fields where diamonds, amethysts, chrysolites and some other rocks can be found.…
Sabbatical 2016. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
Part 27 here Today we are going to another museum. Right after entrance we saw a giant Sloth and near was the wall with fossils. Next was the hall of fear explorations. Here we had a lot of fun, even…