The Hurricane and Buc’ee’s in Texas
Thanks to everyone who has sent messages. It’s the coast of Texas that is really suffering right now and it looks as if it is going to get worse before…
Read moreVictoria and Goliad, Texas in the Eye of Hurricane Harvey
Goliad and Victoria, Texas are just about where the eye of Hurricane Harvey is hitting. Just over two years ago I took a trip down to the city of Victoria…
Read moreReading and Pondering: Food for Crossing the Gobi Desert in the 1920s
What did travelers in the Gobi Desert eat on days when they had a thirty-mile trek from one oasis to the next? Four bowls of undercooked noodles with crushed garlic…
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