by lorry | Feb 16, 2020 |
From guest writer, Abbe… Our first trip of this year was, as these study trips are, filled with information, nice people, and fascinating places. One of those places was the illegal immigrant detention camp at Atlit. It was here that Jews who were attempting to...
by lorry | Jan 28, 2020 |
The first driver to stop for us was heading to Sheffield, a city more than 2/3 of the way to York. We were very happy with the offer and piled into the large vehicle with a mother and her two small children. After answering the mother’s standard questions, the...
by lorry | Sep 21, 2019 |
There were even hearths in some of the rooms. I began to dig around in the ground with a stick. “Hey, look what I found! I think it’s coal. Can anyone tell?” “Let’s try burning it and see what happens,” said Terry. It did, so we burned it that night for warmth. Having...
by lorry | Jul 17, 2019 |
Travelogue: June 30 – July 15, 2019 When we left the Minnesota Airstream Park, we continued north to Bemidji, which is a quiet area that attracts tourists in the summer because of its proximity to Itasca State Park, the site of the headwaters of the Mississippi River....
“Let’s go take a look at more of the town,” I suggested to Terry after we’d descended the endless staircase. “I’d like to see what the ‘normal’ town looks like.” We walked around the downtown area, stopped at the local Boots drugstore for some essentials, and found a...
It felt weird to be on our own again. We both missed the guys. Before long a small pickup stopped and the driver waved us forward. We both heaved our packs over our shoulders and ran to the vehicle. “Hello, girls. Where are you heading?” asked a mid-40s construction...