tranters travels: TO THE SOUTH

RED MILE RACEWAY PENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE LITTLE BROWN JUG

PART OF THE HUGE TRAINING RACING AND SALES COMPLEX AT KEENE RACECOUSE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY

KEENE RACECOURSE

CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE HOME OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY.ARRIVED FOR THE LAST RACE. BACKED THE WINNER AT ONE OF TOHUSANDS OF COMPUTER BOOTHS THEN HAD TO GO TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF ONE OF THE GRANDSTANDS TO FIND A HUMAN TO CASH MY TICKETS.

SPENT THREE HOURS TOURING THE GETTYSBURG CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD AFTER THE EXTENSIVE MUSEUM .THERE ARE HUDREDS OF STAUES,MEMOIALS,PLAQUES COMMEMORATING EVERY CORPS THAT FOUGHT AT THAT SITE WITH CAUALTY,WOUDEDE INFO. THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE FINAL BATTLE ON THE THIRD DAY. CONFEDERATES UNDER PICKETT CHARGED THE HILL DEFENSES OF THE UNIN. 25000 DEATHS LATER LEE RETREATED AND THE CIVIL WAR SWUNG THE UNION WAY.

NEARLY CAUSED AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. THIS IS THE MAIN GATE AT FORT KNOX. I FRONTED TO THE VISITOR'S CENTRE HOPING TO GET A DISTANT GLIMPSE OF THE BULLION STORE. NOT A THING TO DO SO WHEN LEAVING WENT THE WRONG WAY AND HAD GURDS YELLING AND BLOWING WHISTLES. THEY TOOK IT IN A GOOD SENSE AND I EMBARRASSEDLY SCARPERED.

MAMMOTH CAVES.INTERESTING TOUR .SALTPETRE WAS MINED HERE BACK IN THE 1812 WAR TO MAKE GUNPOWDER. IT IS THE LONGEST CAVE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD AND MANY MORE MILES DISCOVERED EACH YEAR.

LOTS OF WEIRD SECTS FOUND SANCTUARY IN THE US. THIS IS A SHAKERS (BREAK AWAY ANGLICANS IN EARLY 1800'S. THE BUILDINGS ARE MIRROR IMAGES MALES TO THE LEFT AND FEMALES TO THE LEFT. THEIR BIG THING WAS CELIBACY . SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY SLOWLY RAN OUT OF RECRUITS.

GATEWAY TO THE WEST (AND RELOCATION AND ANNHILATION OF THE INDIANS) ST.LOIS MSSOURI

HARRY TRUMAN'S HOUSE INDEPENDENCE KANSAS CITY

JESSE JAMES FAMILY FARM. THE FIRST BANK THE GANG ROBBED IS ALSO A MUSEUM.INTERESTING CASE STUDY OF HOW SOUTHERNERS AND SLAVE OWNERS WERE TRATED BY UNION STATES AFTER THE WAR.THEY WERE DISENFRANCHISED.

AT THE HELM!

COTTON FIELD NEAR THE END OF THE CHISOLM TRAIL WHERE CATTLE WERE DROVED TO THE RAILHEADS OVER HUNDREDS COF MILES.
S

OKLAMOMA CITY SITE OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING BOMBING

ONE OF THE BEST MUSEUMS I HAVE EVER VISITED .THE COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS IS BUFFALO BILL.

HOTSPINGS ARKANSAS .BIRTHPLACE OF BILL CLINTON AND HOME TO MAGNIFICENT VICTORIAN BATHHOUSES. WE INDULGED IN THE ONLY PUBLIC ONE STILL OPERATING.

LOVE BLACK CYPRESS IN ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR TACOMA INDIAN MOUNDS. THERE VERSION OF STONEHENGE.

TO MEMPHIS. THIS IS SCHWABS STORE ON BEALE ST AMONG THE BLUES BARS AND RESTAURANTS.A TIME WARP BACK TO THE 1850'S. I BOUGHT THREE SCREWS FROM TRAYS AND TRAYS OF STUFF FOR 10CENTS. I AM SURE IT IS THE SAME STOCK FROM WHEN WE VISITED 13 YEARS AGO!!

INSIDE SCHWABS

BEALE ST

THE INNER SANCTUM AT GRACELAND.ELVIS PLAYED ON THIS PIANO THE NIGHT HE DIED.

FLORISTS ARRIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVERY DAY DELIVERING FLOWERS AND GIFTS TO HIS GRAVE.

GRACELAND. PLEASED WE CAME BACK. THE HOUSE WAS CLOSED WHEN WE LAST VISITED.HE WAS TRULY THE KING!!

ELVIS BIRTHPLACE TWO ROOMED HUT TUPELO.MISSOURI

CAFE DES AMIS CAJUN RETAURANT NEAR LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.SAT MORN CRAWFISH OMELETTE AND GRITS WITH THE BAND PLAYING AND LOCALS AND Y'ALL DANCING. THANKS CRAIG HARRINGTON FOR RECOMMENDING. HAD A BALL.