Carl Henning

Why “goodbye Nacogdoches”? And what’s a “Nacogdoches? Nacogdoches is the oldest town in Texas. And home to Stephen F. Austin State University from which our oldest Texas grandson just graduated. Which is why we bid a fond adieu to the city, the university, and the baseball field. But, we took this last opportunity to visit some sights.

A quarter-ton Giant Armadillo would have had a better chance against Texas drivers. And Mastodon beats human.

My Facebook feed bombarded me with ads for the Terracotta Warriors at the Houston Natural Science Museum. Since it is unlikely that I’ll get to China to see them in situ, the museum was the logical choice. The exhibit included a…

This game at Oglethorpe University was unique. Hermance Stadium looks like a Roman amphitheater. It was dedicated three days before the stock market crash of 1929. No further work was done on this football stadium. Oglethorpe eventually discontinued their football program. So these are now the seats for baseball.

The main purpose of this trip was to see a grandson commissioned as an officer in the Air Force. We found some interesting sights on Maxwell Air Force Base.

Google maps recommended the lighthouse in Biloxi. Discovered on the waterfront a statue; didn’t know who it was until I read the plaque. I thought it was a diver given the helmet, but no, an astronaut.

My old favorite sight finder has gone to a pay model so I turned to Claude for help finding roadside attractions. I specifically asked that offbeat attractions be included so it it gave me the world’s largest rocking chair in Gulfport, Mississippi.

I enjoy history, including history of World War II. My father landed on D-Day in a glider of the 101st Airborne. Finally made it to the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans.

We expected more Halloween displays along the San Antonio Riverwalk. We took the boat ride at night for the first time.

A taxidermist dream of hundreds of animals grace the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio… plus some eclectic history and the included Texas Ranger Museum. Thought this would be a 15-minute museum visit, but turned into 2 hours with quick lunch in the saloon.