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randyjoss
Jun 26, 20237 min read
Home: Why "Journeys with Joan"?
I love, love, love this picture. Not so much for the photograph itself (which is kind of plain), but for the sentiment. It's from the...
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randyjoss
Jun 8, 202315 min read
Almost Home: Superblooms and Grit
Ok, we'll admit it. We're ready to be done. 27,000 miles is a LONG way and we are both pretty pooped. Yet . . . This was the perfect part...
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randyjoss
Apr 20, 20238 min read
Finding Sanctuary in New Mexico
Sanctuary can be defined as "a holy place", "a nature reserve", or "a place of refuge". For us, New Mexico was all of that. It was just...
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randyjoss
Mar 20, 202311 min read
“Everyone should visit Oklahoma”
Oklahoma turned out to be, even more so than Arkansas, one of the MOST interesting and surprising places we never expected to enjoy....
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randyjoss
Mar 20, 20237 min read
Texas - So many people we love
(Note: Joan's taking the lead on writing this one, so imagine her speaking :-) As we'd crossed over from Louisiana, Texas felt just a...
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randyjoss
Mar 16, 202310 min read
Louisiana, the gateway to the West . . . and Home.
Suddenly the climate, the culture, the food, the music, and the weather scratched an itch we didn't realize we had. Maybe this picture of...
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randyjoss
Mar 13, 20235 min read
NOLA - Art, Music, and Plastic beads!
We arrived in New Orleans expecting a relatively low key, fun time. A break from the intensity of Mississippi. But of course in Nola...
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randyjoss
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Briefly . . . Public Art
We just wanted a placeholder to remember all the amazing public art that we've seen on this trip. There were amazing pieces across almost...
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randyjoss
Feb 17, 202311 min read
Another world, in Mississippi
After Arkansas, we finally headed down into Mississippi, the apex or nadir of the deep south. Excited for the birthplaces of Blues, Jazz,...
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randyjoss
Feb 6, 20238 min read
Arkansas - Not what we expected
Long story short, we liked Arkansas WAY more than we thought we would. Before heading to the Mississippi delta, Joan & I decided to take...
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randyjoss
Feb 2, 20236 min read
A better appreciation for Tennessee
Yet another unplanned, theme-based part of the journey. Essentially, we found ourselves doing an musical archeology dig. From Rock & Roll...
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randyjoss
Jan 29, 202313 min read
Relearning History on the Civil Rights Trail (GA & AL)
We talk a lot about why some places "feel like home" while others are very different. After our experience in Georgia, we thought we were...
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randyjoss
Jan 6, 202315 min read
(SC & GA) - The South is stunning . . . in so many ways.
Maybe it's because we "started" in Wilmington, home of a race-based Coup d'Etat. Or maybe it was just coincidence. Whatever the reason,...
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randyjoss
Dec 6, 202213 min read
North Carolina. California's little sister?
Over the past 3 weeks we've bounced from North Carolina to California and back for the Thanksgiving holiday. The whirlwind nature of it...
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randyjoss
Nov 21, 20224 min read
30 States . . . What have we noticed so far?
Recently, we clipped a small corner of Pennsylvania today, near the town of Washington, PA, so PA became our 30th different state. Wow! ....
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randyjoss
Nov 21, 20224 min read
West Virginia - Not the future they expected
It's a mystery why certain places seem to reach out and ask you to visit, as if there were a string connecting you to the place....
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randyjoss
Nov 21, 20228 min read
TN/KY/OH - Our Intro to Appalachia
After leaving Monticello, we headed east towards the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Great Smokie Mountains, and all that Appalachia has to...
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randyjoss
Nov 13, 20226 min read
DE/DC/VA - Great Houses & Great People
After doing two loop-de-loops through New England, we turned and bolted down to Delaware to catch up with Joan's cousin, Joanie. (yes,...
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randyjoss
Nov 5, 20225 min read
MA, CT, & Lil' Rhodie - The joy of reconnecting
As it turns out, we know a lot of people who've moved back to New England. Combining that with the need to get our boosters, celebrate...
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randyjoss
Oct 17, 20227 min read
Putnam, NY: Family, Family Farms, and good neighbors
Randy's dad grew up working on the old family dairy farm in Putnam every summer. He and his brothers used to take the train out from...
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