Thursday 6th August`
Heading back to Louisiana Missouri.Had a late night phone call from Shauny. He is at the centre of a 'domestic' and had phoned John to tell him his wife had chucked him out.(Oh my goodness I hear Grandma say!). This conversation brought on one of John's stories about Donny, Shauny, John and Little Engine which was hilarious but perhaps not suitable for a family audience. One of John's milder stories was about the time he heated his van by using an electric heater that needed to be plugged into a mains socket.After a few beers, John and Donny parked up in down town Hannibal and decided to sleep in the van. It was so cold that they were in need of some heating, so Donny parked up next to a coca cola machine unplugged it and plugged in John's heater. The cops pulled up behind them and asked what was going on; they explained that they were just sitting talking. The cops went away totally unaware that coca cola was paying for the heating in John's van!
This is for Tony the Anorak again.Heading north on route 75 just crossed the Swaunee River and stopped at a rest area North of Atlanta in Gordon County. There was a really interesting information notice (see picture)This is what it said:"During the early 1800s northern Georgia was the heart of the independent Cherokee nation. The Cherokees were the most progressive tribe in North American. In 1821 they were the first American Indian people with a written form of their native language, invented by Sequoyah a Cherokee Indian. They had their own national capital 10 miles north (of the rest area). They had a constitutional government and a legislative and judicial system. Once the largest town in the area, New Echota consisted of houses, stores, taverns and a Court House and printing office which published a national bilingual newspaper called The Cherokee Phoenix.Most of the Cherokees were farmers and lived in small log cabins but some owned huge plantations such as Vann House - 27 miles north.In 1838, at gunpoint, the Cherokee were rounded up and imprisoned by state and federal armies. Later that year they were forced to go to what is now Oklahoma. Four thousand Cherokees died on the march west - known as the 'Trail of Tears'.
Thought about you Ma while we were at the rest area. A party of pensioners arrived - it reminded me of tales of Auntie Ann and the Carnegie crew.
Heading back to Louisiana Missouri.Had a late night phone call from Shauny. He is at the centre of a 'domestic' and had phoned John to tell him his wife had chucked him out.(Oh my goodness I hear Grandma say!). This conversation brought on one of John's stories about Donny, Shauny, John and Little Engine which was hilarious but perhaps not suitable for a family audience. One of John's milder stories was about the time he heated his van by using an electric heater that needed to be plugged into a mains socket.After a few beers, John and Donny parked up in down town Hannibal and decided to sleep in the van. It was so cold that they were in need of some heating, so Donny parked up next to a coca cola machine unplugged it and plugged in John's heater. The cops pulled up behind them and asked what was going on; they explained that they were just sitting talking. The cops went away totally unaware that coca cola was paying for the heating in John's van!
This is for Tony the Anorak again.Heading north on route 75 just crossed the Swaunee River and stopped at a rest area North of Atlanta in Gordon County. There was a really interesting information notice (see picture)This is what it said:"During the early 1800s northern Georgia was the heart of the independent Cherokee nation. The Cherokees were the most progressive tribe in North American. In 1821 they were the first American Indian people with a written form of their native language, invented by Sequoyah a Cherokee Indian. They had their own national capital 10 miles north (of the rest area). They had a constitutional government and a legislative and judicial system. Once the largest town in the area, New Echota consisted of houses, stores, taverns and a Court House and printing office which published a national bilingual newspaper called The Cherokee Phoenix.Most of the Cherokees were farmers and lived in small log cabins but some owned huge plantations such as Vann House - 27 miles north.In 1838, at gunpoint, the Cherokee were rounded up and imprisoned by state and federal armies. Later that year they were forced to go to what is now Oklahoma. Four thousand Cherokees died on the march west - known as the 'Trail of Tears'.
Thought about you Ma while we were at the rest area. A party of pensioners arrived - it reminded me of tales of Auntie Ann and the Carnegie crew.
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