Tagged With "Chuck Wagon"
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#325)
Here are your final clues. Words stenciled on the wagon and a house located within the building of mystery should clarify the answer. Remember, we are looking for the mysterious place and the city/town/village in which it is located.
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #371
Some type of wagon with displayed contents and a dab of printed foreign language.
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Re: Road Trip: The Movies and the Cars
I always liked that goofy Vacation Station Wagon. Mainly though I like it when they use regular cars.We have an Edsel and got a kick when we saw one in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
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Walla, Walla: “So nice they named it twice!”
What’s a Walla Walla? It’s a Indian name meaning “many waters”. It’s also the name of a charming city in southeastern Washington; nestled close to the Columbia and Snake River valleys, and with a river of its...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan 24, 2014: Saddler at Bar U Ranch, Alberta
Nestling in the rolling plains leading to the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains beyond is the National Historic "Bar U Ranch". First established in 1881, today Bar U Ranch continues to be a living showpiece of the daily life and skills of...
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Keep it to yourself! Selfie-stick bans spread
Selfie sticks, those extensions that let you photograph yourself at arms' length—and possibly poke your neighbor in the eye, have been banned from a number of museums and concert halls in the past year. Now, two major U.S. music festivals have...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 4, 2015: Modern-day Cowboy
Thank God there are still cowboys in the world! Tough, hard-working guys -- real men. I came across this fellow I'll call "Roy" at the Bar U Ranch in Alberta. The Bar U is a Canadian Historic Site that every summer...
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Route 66 - Pasadena to Needles
Last summer I had the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do - drive a significant portion of Route 66. Having spent 4 days in LA, I started a drive to Albuquerque to meet up with The Amazing Ms. D. Instead of rushing down the...
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Brooklyn's Prospect Park Greenmarket
By a quick count, I’ve photographed markets in nearly three dozen cities in the U.S. and Europe; they’ve often appeared here on TravelGumbo. And yet the market I visit most often, and where my wife shops almost weekly, hasn’t found...
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Death Valley National Park
Death Valley is one of the most desolate place I have been. Others include central Greenland and the Dead Sea. Death Valley is the lowest place in the western hemisphere at 282 feet (86 metres) below sea level. The Dead Sea in Israel is 1,370...
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Luray Valley Museum, Virginia
George G takes us on a tour of the museum that was the site for last week's Where In The World puzzle.
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Bar U Ranch, Alberta (Where Gumbo was #368)
Gumbo was visiting the historic Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, once one of the largest ranches in Canada. The ranch preserves buildings and the historic period when large herds of cattle roamed the prairies, before they were fenced in.
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May 20, 2020: Twenty Mule Team Wagon, Death Valley
DrFumblefinger visited Death Valley National Park and spotted these old wagons used to pull borax more than a century ago.
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Chicago's History Museum knows the city's story
When it comes to the great Chicago Fire of 1871, seen in a diorama above, the Chicago History Museum knows all about it: The museum, founded in 1856, was destroyed in the fire and had to start again from scratch—only to burn again in 1874....
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January 11, 2018: A Disappearing Prairie Icon
DrFumblefinger discusses how changes in grain storage have transformed the prairie landscape, with the old iconic wooden elevators all but having completely disappeared.
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A visit to the Jack Daniel's distillery: Lynchburg, Tennessee
One of the favorite travel destinations in south-central Tennessee is the Jack Daniel’s distillery situated in the small town of Lynchburg. It’s about an hour and a half drive south of Nashville and an excellent...
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Road Trip: The Movies and the Cars
I can't tell you how many "road trip" movies I've seen, some of them full of tense drama and some just hilarious...(one of my favorites, I have to admit, is "The Long Long Trailer," with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, which everyone says I'm not old...
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Cave and Basin National Historic Site, Banff National Park (Where Gumbo Was #178)
Gumbo was visiting the Cave and Basin National Historic Site, the original site around which Canada's first National Park -- Banff National Park -- was created.
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December 12, 2016: Percheron Horses, Alberta
Percheron horses are a powerful and ancient horse, probably dating back to Roman times. Modern Percherons originated from Normandy. These horses live at the Bar U Ranch in Alberta and are descendants of these sturdy, hard-working animals.
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Rolling Sculpture Car Club Show, Canmore. Part V, 1969 - 1982
Our series on the great Rolling Sculpture Car show concludes with the newer cars, mostly from the 1970s.
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The Bay Area by "Clipper"
PortMoresby turns misfortune into adventure when, after almost 6 decades of dependence on her car, discovers public transportation from one end of San Francisco Bay to the other.
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Celebrity Car Museum, Branson (Part 2)
DrFumblefinger concludes his visit to the Celebrity Car Museum in Branson with more photos and stories of unusual cars.
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The James Madison Museum, Virginia (Where Gumbo was #325)
Gumbo was visiting the James Madison Museum in the city of Orange, and exploring its broad and often unique exhibits.
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Studebaker National Museum, South Bend Indiana
Jonathan L takes us on a tour of classic cars at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend IN
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Aln Valley Railway, Northumberland.
Ian Cook shares some great classic train photos and the story of the Alnwick-Almouth line, recently reopened!
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East Texas Oil Museum, Kilgore
When oil was first discovered in East Texas, it changed life for everyone. Marilyn Jones takes us to see what the Oil Boom looked like.
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December 2, 2015: Wagon at Piney Lake
A classic and almost timeless scene from the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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A weekend...I don't know where...
Wonder Tour is offering cheap weekend breaks in Europe...but you don't find out where you're headed until just before you go.
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Those famous Cuban cars, behind the scenes...
Cuba's fleet of classic American cars is legendary, and as with most legends, the truth is actually more interesting than the shiny story.
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Cuba's Cars: Varied, surviving, fascinating
More of Cuba's unusual cars, and some further notes on them...
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June 7, 2016: Horsemen of the Puszta
These Hungarian horses, once trained for battle, still learn not to fear sounds such as gunfire or cracking whip...and can lie down on command!
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Cuba's 'Senior Citizen' Cars
Perhaps less glamorous, and certainly less numerous, these older cars still have a place on the road along with the flashier entries from the mid-1950s.
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October 14, 2018: World's largest Radio Flyer Wagon
DrFumblefinger visits the world's largest Radio Flyer Wagon. Situated in Spokane, Washington, it is a popular stop in the city's Riverfront Park.
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Money for nothing and your chicks for free!
Bob Cranwell, the Amateur Emigrant, shares colorful thoughts on what it's like to lead a dozen or so travelers through remote areas of the world.
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A long weekend in historic Charlottesville
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger shares a trip that takes in not only the town itself, but the nearby home of Thomas Jefferson.
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Take a road trip in Elvis's 'last Caddy'
Up for sale, a custom Cadillac that Elvis drove on a cross-country road trip. It started as a sedan, but he had it turned into a station wagon.
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Quetta, Train to Chaman
Bob Cranwell shares a story of a memorable train journey in high altitude Pakistan.
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Re: British "Ramblers" celebrate 80 years
I guess collecting a walk is sort of like bagging a peak. Good for the Ramblers. They've certainly put the name to better use than American Motors did with its car series.
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Re: Road Trips with Kids: 5 Things that Will Help You Make Them Safe and Fun
Thanks! Not only a bunch of good ideas, but also revived memories of years ago, traveling with our 4 kids in an undersized Ford Fairmont station wagon. We joke that we had to stop every half hour to let the hostility out, but the truth is that an assortment of fruit, nuts, songs and especially games made it work. The games includes not just alphabet and license plate spotting, but free-range imagination games such as "I'm going abroad, and with me I am taking..."
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Re: Where in the World is Travelgumbo #368
Here are the final clues for this week's travel puzzle. The type of horses pulling the wagon are an uncommon breed that this place is known for. Review all the clues and hopefully you'll be able to figure out where Gumbo is visiting this week.
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Alfaro Castro Hermanos, Sarchi, Costa Rica (Where Gumbo was #378)
Gumbo was visiting a traditional ox cart factory. Ox carts were historically used to haul farm products and goods, and you can still spot some on rural roads to this day.
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Foodie Fun in Watkins Glen, New York
Passing through a lakeside resort, PHeymont ran into two noticeable if not notable food spots.
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The Car and Carriage Caravan Museum, Luray, Virginia.
George G takes us along on a visit to a mecca for classic car fans, full of the ones we all wish we could have.
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13 Bad Tips For The Perfect Autotrip
Susy offers some suggestions on how to enjoy your next roadtrip (sponsored content)
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Chuck the Channel Catfish, Selkirk
DrFumblefinger spotted this gigantic catfish in the town of Selkirk, situated on the Red River.
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Firefighting Museum: Through the Ages
At the Firefighting Museum in Hudson, New York, a short but rich look at the long history of fighting fires.
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The Remington Carriage Museum, Cardston, Alberta
Gumbo visits the interesting collection of horse-drawn transporation at the Remington Carriage Museum in the small southern Alberta town of Cardston.
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Steptoe Butte State Park, Washington state
DrFumblefinger visits Steptoe Butte State Park in eastern Washington state. It provides some of the finest views of the Palouse available anywhere.