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Fools, clowns, madmen & wandering mystics

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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Dinner in Columbus, NM. A potluck with a new community there--members of The Fourth Order, an interfaith non-order of "fools, clowns, madmen, troubadours and wandering mystics" they described themselves, "inspired by the life and teachings of ...

The town he destroyed celebrates Pancho Villa Day!

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... army against the village of Columbus, New Mexico and nearby U.S. military Camp Furlong. Villa's troops razed the town of Columbus, killing 17 Americans, burning buildings and destroying the landmark clock in the town square. One day each spring hundreds ...

Poncho Villa State Park

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... at the Migrant Resource Center, we ran smack into the Pancho Villa Celebration at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus. When the United States grabbed Texas away from Mexico, Pancho thought he'd take it back and organized a counterattack. U.S. forces ...

Making friends and Influencing Border Patrol

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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When I arrived in Palomas on Holy Saturday, first thing I noticed was that the Border Patrol property's flood lights were still on at 10AM. So after hauling our donated food to the Migrant Resource Center (MRC), I double-backed to talk to the guy in ...

What's in the desert? Life in a bordertown

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... hit 72 degrees this week.) Not much traffic on Highway 9. A couple of cattle crossings lend a "washboard effect" to the concrete. Columbus, NM taught me that "border town" connotes "fringe" or "margin" or the opposite of "mainstream." People choose to ...

Houseguests

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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Helena, a new artist-friend, invited us to overnight at her house for Easter weekend. It was the most unique and wonderful place I've ever slept. I'm entranced by the desert, and her home begs for a magazine shoot, because it is charming and beautiful no ...

Mountain Climbing in Las Tres Hermanas

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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Fortunately for us, some Desert Humanitarians invited us to join them for a hike in the Tres Hermanas mountains near Columbus. We took along some water and a lunch to enjoy at the top, and we left water along the way for other hikers who may follow us. ...

The Best and the Rest

A travel blog entry by kimandjohn

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Somewhere along the line, we started keeping track of our favorites in particular categories. So, in no particular order... Best Beach (Caribbean): Playa del Carmen, Mexico Best Beach (Pacific): Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Best ...

Jesus!

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Mon, 16th Four wheels good, two legs bad. Started the day by trying to catch up blog after the weekend. Went to the bank to cash more traveller's cheques. Britney who advised the ill-informed teller the other day seemed to forget how to cash the ...

Test

A travel blog entry by bionicbert

This is a test to see if this will work while I am in ...

about to depart

A travel blog entry by smcollins

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So I'm sitting at the Max & Erama's in the Columbus Airport with my family... about to head through the security check point and take off on my 31 hour journey from first take-off to last landing. I want to thank all of you who came by to say goodbye, it ...

Working again . . .

A travel blog entry by siebz26

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So yep I am out of money and back to work . . . Been in Columbus now for about a month, got a job as soon as I got here which was pretty cool. Working in an asset recovery firm doing some admin work and some sales, pretty laid back so it's pretty ...

Thanksgiving

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Thurs, 23rd Nov Thanksgiving. First job of the day involved preparation for the Thanksgiving's meal. This basically involved Laura sweating over a hot cooker and me sitting around like a bump on a log....I DID offer to help. Honestly! The lady of the ...

my travels

A travel blog entry by bobby.ray

Still struggling to make a living. Got a line number for my 3rd stripe. Gonna be a real ...

Oooooh, Betty....!

A travel blog entry by mihangel

Sat, 25th Nov In the evening, we looked around a couple of stores in the Short North and ate at Betty's. The meal was made more interesting when a guy walked in muttering, "I don't wanna hurt no-one in here" with a coat draped over his right arm. My ...

Here comes winter!

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Thurs, 12th Late morning I was collected by Laura who took me to her place of work at the Ohio Arts Council. The place was pretty empty as various members of staff were away at a work-related something-or-other. Lunchtime I headed off down the road and ...

Noo Yawk

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Weds, 1st Nov. Called Jenn who said she'd help with flying to NY and so will be heading there on Friday. Laura will be coming for the weekend and I'm rather glad of that as I will probably make seeing Far Rockaway my first job and as I haven't seen the ...

Southern charm...

A travel blog entry by malbet

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... have been found in it in its heyday. It has indeed been a labour of love! We had a great camp site just outside Columbus, another of those State parks we love so much - almost on our own (maybe we're not really sociable people after all!) Malc ...

De-stress

A travel blog entry by mihangel

Tues, 10th Another quiet sort of day today. I'll have no guilt about this however. I am here to get rested and I seem to be doing it very well. I can't believe I am the same person pent-up ball of stress I was just a couple of weeks ago.While Laura was ...

The big move.

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Fri, 27th Today should be the day of the big move so I may not be able to add to this blog for a few days. If that's the case, have fun and I'll be back ...

OHIO

A travel blog entry by timtravels

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I arrived in Columbus at 7am after a 14 hour journey. I was staying with my friend Kasper who I went to school with In Germany and i hadn't seen him in 10 years. It was good to see him again and see how he had changed over the years. That night i met his ...

Columbus, OH

A travel blog entry by ybslob

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Thet all want their pound of flesh!

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Thurs, 2nd Nov. Email from Jenn asking if I have received a receipt for my air eticket. Nothing so far but I shouldn't panic too soon. Left messages for Jenn on her phone and via email. Went for a walk through at Laura's old place with the maintenance ...

Tickets to NJ.

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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... this morning followed by a third email from Da Joizy Goyl which informed me that Laura wouldn't be able to get back on Sunday to Columbus as all flights are overbooked! To cut a long story short, I'll be travelling alone to NY but on Sunday as Jenn was ...

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A travel blog entry by bdgj

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The Pick of Destiny

A travel blog entry by mihangel

Fri, 24th Nov. Ryan went to his dad's for the weekend so we took Taylor to the cinema at Hilliard where the Tenacious D movie ("The Pick of Destiny") was showing, stopping to see the famous John Egg at his place of work. Laura decided to write a note ...

Unneccesary reveille

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Sat, 21st Ryan to football today so we got up nice and early, got to the park, hung around for a while and then found out Ryan's team had a 'by' to the next round and his services weren't required until next week. We headed off to North Market and had a ...

I've seen the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

A travel blog entry by mihangel

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Fri, 20th "Oh my good gourd!" Today it has been decided that we will visit the 100th Circleville Pumpkin Show. Wasn't sure what to expect here. Successfully managed to avoid the North Devon show all the years I have lived there despite the lure of ...

C.O.S.I.

A travel blog entry by snapshots

C.O.S.I. The Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio was a great place for class trips. They did all sorts of experiments and cool stuff like that. They had a pendulum clock that knocked over little domino-like things to mark the hours. There was ...

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING continued.......

A travel blog entry by jodieandandy

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... do happen! We have no idea how she put the extra 10 people into the seats but, hey....we were flying!! Landed in Columbus, Ohio by midnight and took a cab to our motel room I had booked. Nice place with a wood burning fireplace and a ...

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Fools, clowns, madmen & wandering mystics

The town he destroyed celebrates Pancho Villa Day!

Poncho Villa State Park

Making friends and Influencing Border Patrol

What's in the desert? Life in a bordertown

Houseguests

Mountain Climbing in Las Tres Hermanas

The Best and the Rest

Jesus!

Test

about to depart

Working again . . .

Thanksgiving

my travels

Oooooh, Betty....!

Here comes winter!

Noo Yawk

Southern charm...

De-stress

The big move.

OHIO

Columbus, OH

Thet all want their pound of flesh!

Tickets to NJ.

Show

The Pick of Destiny

Unneccesary reveille

I've seen the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

C.O.S.I.

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING continued.......