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Travels with Otto: Making friends in the Magic Valley
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Making friends in the Magic Valley. Marce and Lester, great friends. We’re sitting on a tour boat on the Snake River in Idaho, sipping great coffee as the storied 1000 Springs. Area unfolds before us. Waterfalls erupting from the canyon walls. It looks like the mountains are weeping. And those birds! Mud swallows by the thousands. Flocks of black and white ducks? I expected a narrative from him. All I get are notes. Until Lester sits down. Marce says little. She just grins as L...
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Travels with Otto: Rutted in history
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Saturday, July 18, 2015. The half-circle at left is a modern road. The historic ruts are perpendicular. I think. Can't tell if I'm gullible or humbled to be standing here, on a windy hill, staring down at deep ruts in the mesa. And digging deep down into my heart to believe these ruts were made by the wagon wheels of pioneers who suffered amazing tragedies while following the Oregon Trail. It's just that those ruts . They perfectly align themselves with the route of electric lines heading up the same...
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Travels with Otto: The good wait
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Sunday, June 22, 2014. Reason 748 why traveling with friends is so much fun. We are in an RV repair shop near Ocean Shores, WA, because our new-to-us fifth wheel's braking system failed. So we have to wait a while for repairs. Usually, while waiting for repairs, I'd lease up the dog and go for a walk, then return to wander around the repair shop, read posters on the wall, flip through repair manuals. Yawn a little. Julie, the mom of the three boys traveling with us, had other plans. Subscribe in a reader.
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Travels with Otto: Meager beginnings
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. This little mound is of historic significance. I’m staring at a mound of rock and dirt, maybe 50 feet at its highest. It’s nothing to look at. Just volcanic rock thatched with brittle-dry grasses and weeds. It’s quite small. Nothing spectacular at all, nestled in the shadows of magnificent rolling and folded hills just outside Kamiah, Idaho. But it is important. Historic. It is the Heart of the Monster,. It’s laughably small, big enough for one person to step foot on. I...I think...
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Travels with Otto: Discovering racism on the Gold Rush Highway
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Monday, July 6, 2015. Discovering racism on the Gold Rush Highway. The history placards inside this historic Idaho building tell of how the land it is sitting on was stolen from the Nez Perce. http:/ www.history.idaho.gov/pierce-courthouse. Then I run smack into the hatefulness of yesterday. Signs, tiny museums and a diorama along the route document how it took about 70 years for the White man to befriend the Nez Perce, then infiltrate the area, steal from them, chase them away, kill them. I'm Nancy Faso...
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Travels with Otto: What a difference a crowd makes
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Saturday, July 25, 2015. What a difference a crowd makes. The famous Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park. We went to Mesa Verde today, a massive national park in the southwestern corner of Colorado. It has more than 4,500 archeological sites, 400 of which are cliff dwellings, where the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians lived. The Anasazi. Usually I love being in intense crowds. But Wednesday's experience at less well known parks spoiled me. Like I said, magical. Today, I imagined nothing. And I wa...
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Travels with Otto: The lap of Cambodian luxury
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Monday, February 9, 2015. The lap of Cambodian luxury. Ve been waiting for months for this journey. I've been preparing for the poverty. For the less than stellar accommodations I'd be living in for 2 weeks. For the fish and rice I'd eat each day. Well, here is my reality. I am living at the Bou Savy Guesthouse, in the lap of Cambodian luxury. I'm sitting here writing on a well appointed veranda a few steps from my simple yet lovely room, 15 steps up from the road. In a few hours, I will enter poverty wh...
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Travels with Otto
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. Our Menu for our Haitian Table. 2 to 5 pm. Hillcrest "Jephson" estate in Cazenovia, NY. Sos pwa: Traditional red beans and rice. And we'll have tropical fruits and fresh lemonade. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm Nancy Fasoldt. This blog documents my journeys, most often with my husband, Al, and Jacob, our Standard Poodle. Otto is what we called our first RV. The name is now synonomous with adventure. Come along. Pretend someone left the gate open. Subscribe in a reader.
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Travels with Otto: Making memories
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Sometimes, we do things more for the memory than the experience. For instance, we’re riding bikes around Jekyll Island. Off the coast of Georgia and it’s lovely. But it’s suffocatingly hot. We swim through moisture thick air. At home, we would NOT be riding bikes. The kid stays down with the crab cages and the older guy (gotta be grandpa) comes over near us to check on some fishing lines they have in the water. 8221; he insists! What a great memory. I'm Nancy Fasoldt. This...
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Travels with Otto: Beautiful Cambodia
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Monday, February 16, 2015. Life is familiar yet different here in Cambodia. In this tourist town of Siem Reap, the people speak English and spend US dollars. However, they also speak Khmer and accept Reil, traditional Cambodian currency. People love their dogs, but not as pets. They guard their homes. Not from other people, but from ghosts. These are a very superstitious people. So they honor the aged. At 60, I am old to these people. And the show me much love and respect. Enter your email address:.
