I am a motorcoach…
. . . and you may have picked up on the fact that I love what I do. That is, I love being a motorcoach, a transporter of travelers. Of course, if you’re on this planet (which I assume you are) you are traveling. Whether a man-made hardware and software unit, like me, or of divine design and make, like my passengers, we are all traveling. In the 16th century Nicolaus Copernicus enlightened lots of folks about the fact that the earth is orbiting the sun. It turns out that it does so at around 19 miles per second (that’s bookin’), completing one orbit in a year’s time. In the early 20th century Albert Einstein introduced his Theory of General Relativity, revealing that our entire universe is either expanding or contracting. Then, Albert did the predictable: he traveled . . . to Mt. Wilson in California to compare notes with the star gazer, Edwin Hubble. Hubble convincingly confirmed via telescope what Einstein figured out mathematically: the universe is expanding.
The point is: even sitting in a chair with no intention of moving is no escape from travel. Where earth dwellers are concerned, travel is innate. So we might as well do it on purpose and make the most of it. You on board?
Selfies
(which by definition means I’m in them . . . though you might have to look for me)
Last week I demonstrated that traveling thousands of miles and hundreds of years can be done without physically animating much more than around the block. Now we will go far by . . . yes, actually going far.
We’ll set out from my garage in Washington, Missouri, and travel 148 miles northeast to Springfield, Illinois, and the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Presidential Library (which really belongs in the Must Sees below!).
Now we’ll head 783 miles east to our nation’s capitol and the Washington monument.
Another 487 miles south and we’re at Chimney rock in North Carolina.
Let’s check out the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama; it’s just 351 miles southwest.
On our way back home let’s stop by a venue in the Bluegrass State (just another 283 miles) where a bit of history was set in motion last year.
MEETING THE NEWS on the roadways of America, first-hand, real time, real world news—going out and discovering the news . . .
NEWS OF HISTORIC LOUNGING: Did you know they launched the first-ever flight of a “space chair” (technically an MMA – Manned Maneuvering Unit) from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The test pilot (Gen. Robert Stewart) was operating untethered from the space ship as he orbited earth at about 17,000 miles per hour . . . seated in a chair! It’s the kind of thing passengers learn at Space Camp, part of The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
(Unlike selfies, these are not about me, but about places you’ll want to visit.)
Of course, on our way from Huntsville, Alabama to Churchill Downs in Lexington, Kentucky, no way would we be that close to Historic Boone Tavern and hotel and not stop by for a bite to eat (100 Main Street North, Berea, KY).
Almost back home, we stop for an experience everyone should have on their bucket list. Voted one of the top ten playgrounds in the world, City Museum in St. Louis is truly one-of-a-kind!
Quote Of The Day samples
“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, I’m possible!” — Audrey Hepburn
“It’s only with the heart one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine De Saint (from The Little Prince)
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You are very hard to see in the picture of the Washington monument!