The final place Tom and I visited while we were in Kansas was Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site. This is the preserved schoolhouse where Linda Brown became the first black child to attend a white school in the Topeka Kansas School System. In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially segregated public …
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas
We had to spend the weekend in Junction City, Kansas, as we waited for the installation of our brake actuator. So we decided to head out to the nearest National Park site. This happened to be Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Emporia, Kansas. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was an unexpected delight. Tallgrass prairie once covered …
Hickory Hut BBQ in Salina Kansas
Last week I wrote about traveling across the slow roads to Kansas. When we arrived in Junction City, Kansas, we parked the RV. The brake actuator needed to be replaced. While waiting on the brake actuator, we explored a little further afield than we had on previous trips to Junction City. One of the places …
Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe Point Elementary
Although Tom and I are back in a routine after the government shutdown, there are some things at work that were hurt by the shutdown. Planning – for instance. Our precious two years at Fort Frederica we spent the first couple of weeks of January fitting into our roles and getting a schedule established. That …
God Sightings: Seeing God Every Day
When I was a pastor, the Wedgewood Church participated in a God Sightings Program. For me, it was one of those simple ideas that helped make God personal and real to people. The idea is simple: God appears to us everyday but we don’t see it because we don’t look for God. By looking for …
Second Friendliest Yarn Store in the Universe
It took us two days to drive over the slow roads from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Junction City, Kansas, to get our brakes replaced. As I wrote yesterday, we took time to smell the sorghum and also read every billboard. About an hour away from Junction City we saw this sign: “Second Friendliest Yarn …
Sorghum in the Fields of Oklahoma and Kansas
Yesterday was my last post on New Mexico. As I discussed, way back in October, we had some unexpected difficulty getting back to Ohio. Because we didn’t have any trailer brakes, we took the slow roads to Junction City, Kansas, to get a new brake actuator installed. On the way we passed acres of sorghum. …
Santa Fe Skies RV Park in New Mexico
Before I finish talking about Santa Fe and New Mexico, I want to mention where we stayed during the five days we were in Santa Fe. Santa Fe Skies RV Park was not our first choice for staying in Santa Fe. In fact, we tried two other RV parks before calling Santa Fe. But, because …
Working Again after the Shutdown
Tom and I are working again after the government shutdown. We never imagined the shutdown would last so long. We started the day after the shutdown ended. Many visitors have told us how glad they are to have us back and how they waited to come until the Visitors Center was open and the rangers …
Dismembering and Remembering the Body of Christ
Today is the first Sunday of the month, which means communion for a lot of United Methodist Churches. Over the summer I heard a sermon which I have been saving for a Communion Sunday meditation. It was on dismembering and remembering. When we take communion, the officiant says, “This is my body, broken for you. …