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Odd Poems A world in verse.
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Two nights in Albuquerque. Surely we can do something … And we did! We headed for the old part of town. The original centre of town pre-dates the rest of the USA by some considerable degree. Way before 1776. Lots of adobe buildings, craft shops, jewellery and all sorts. You can watch the craftsmen […] So much for Amarillo. It was only an overnight stop, and we wanted to get moving west. We probably missed a lot (according to the Route 66 bumph) but we can only do so much. Pick the bits you fancy. Somehow, in the first write-up, I missed mentioning the Cadillac Ranch. Officially sanctioned vandalism. […] Apologies for the break in sending out the blogs. The Club de Soleil (like so many ‘classy’ resorts in the USA), has a crap WiFi arrangement. Cheap motels have fast (and often, free) WiFi, but the plush resorts have very limited facilities. And they cannot understand why anyone requires access to the Internet. They can’t […] Do you actually NEED a clue for this one? From the film. The city we have just visited. The next tune applies if we had come down the Mother Road from Chicago. But, to be strictly accurate, the person featured in the tune never managed to get there The higher-pitched version. We wandered off […] Just relax. No songs in this one. Just the report on Okla City. The motel claims to be in the Okla quarter called Bricktown. It ain’t! No more than the Dagenham is in Chelsea. The motel was OK, but the area was a cross between a scrapyard and a cement works. Still, it was a […] Back on the road, again. Little Rock to Oklahoma. Half the way north through Arkansas, then half the way west through Oklahoma (the state, that is.) For the first part, yOu could say that this is exactly what we are in this State. By a country folk called Pete. We’ve been in Arkansas […] This isn’t one of the Great USA Song Contest blogs. Just a little write up on Little Rock. To be precise – both of them. There is the city of Little Rock and the city of North Little Rock, where our motel was situated. Motel was ok, despite the belief that blankets are unnecessary on […] Tennessee when it rains, is wet. Very wet! We loaded up our car, and hit the freeway. The Parthenon look-alike will have to wait for another time. Nashville may be the heart of country music, but we had a long way to go, and music has little appeal when the sleet is dripping down […] All good things come to an end, and our week in Maggie Valley is over. The accommodation was fine, and we did enjoy our week. High point of the week (in addition to the Cherokee)? Fat Buddies Barbecue in Waynesville. Fantastic ribs and chicken. We took a trip up to Gatlinburg in Tennessee. Like […] In the case of Maggie Valley? Not very! At least, you’ll get a break from the Song Contest! The weather was cold, but sunny. It only snowed once. It might be spring, but there is not a lot of green showing. If it hadn’t been for the golf course, I think that green would be […] |
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