Recent Treks

We knew that when we left Koinonia that we would be heading in a westerly direction, with Yuma Az being our ultimate destination for this leg of our trip.  We made the decision to head to Birmingham, Al. to visit the Civil Rights Museum.  The Civil Rights Museum documented the time line of the civil rights movement from it's beginnings to the end of the Civil Rights Movement.  In Erin and Andrea's words "it was brutal".  The Museum did a very good job of illustrating the injustices and brutality that characterizes the civil rights movement.  It was particularly moving for Erin as one of her good friends is African American.  I asked her to imagine how it would have been for her friend.  She made the astute statement that "We probably couldn't even be friends.  It's so unfair that just because of the color of her skin she'd be treated differently.  She can't control that!" It was a good learning experience. 

We spent the rest of the day taking care of routine stuff, like haircuts and a much needed chiropractic appointment for myself.  We also visited the Sloss blast furnace (see Doug's blog http://finelineroadtest.blogspot.com/) for details of that. 

We then continued West and spent the weekend at the Triple Creek RV and music camp.  We were greeted by a friendly group of musicians, who invited us to their potluck and jam session.  Doug pulled out his guitar and Erin and I did some singing.  We ended up staying for the full weekend as the next day was raining and we didn't want to traverse the three miles of very muddy road to get to the highway.  It was a fun weekend.

San Antonio was our next stop.  We met us with Erin Herschberger and she showed us the sights.  We went to The Alamo.  I was somewhat disappointed, mostly because of how many people were there.  Much of the historic mission has been lost to the city of San Antonio.  We went to some of the other historic missions in the area and really enjoyed seeing them.  Taco Haven provided us with a great meal and we really enjoyed our visit with Erin. 

(I'm having trouble adding photos for some reason.  If you want to see them check them out on flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/60375761@N00/  They're all friends and family so if you want to see them and you're not one of my friends/family on flickr you'll have to send me a request to approve you)