Louisiana - The Pelican State

State Motto  -  "Union, Justice, and Confidence."

The purchase added to the United States a region very different from others on the American map. The United States government made Louisiana residents go through a trial period before admitting Louisiana as a state.

On April 30, 1812, exactly nine years after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase, Congress admitted Louisiana as the eighteenth state in the Union.     http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/

Louisiana Art & Science Museum    www.lasm.org/planettower

Maryland - The Old Line State.

The state flag of Maryland was officially adopted in 1904

State motto:  "Manly deeds womanly words" ( Fatti maschil, Parole femine)

  The Maryland State government began when the 9th Provincial Convention adopted the first constitution of Maryland on November 8, 1776.  On April 28, 1788,  Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the federal Constitution.

 October 1, 2001, the calico cat became the official cat of Maryland

www.msa.md.gov/cat

Walking became the State Exercise of Maryland on October 1, 2008

 
The C&O Canal was proclaimed a national monument in 1961 and named a national historical park in 1971.

 
The C&O Canal Association sponsors a  hikes on various weekend mornings throughout the year. www.candocanal.org/ www.mdvolks.org/

Just a Little Elbow Grease

                

I grew up surrounded by brick. And I think it should show! When I bought my little house the brick stoop was . . . painted!!  So the chore of the month is to uncover the beauty of the brick! 

stoop  (stLp)

n. Chiefly Northeastern U.S.

A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.

[Dutch stoep, front verandah, from Middle Dutch.]

Regional Note: Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, a few items of Dutch vocabulary have survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, "a small porch," comes from Dutch stoep; this word is now in general use in the Northeast and is probably spreading.

Home Sweet Home

Finally . . . a door mat that says HOME SWEET HOME! 

I have been looking for this for a very Long Time!

Publix . . . Now in Town!

I Y Grocery Shopping. 

Final Four - the College Plan

The College Plan - to finish my last two years of college 
     . . . all over the place! 

So, I’ll be parking my Airstream and living on semester time.  Four months is a nice chunk of time to get to know a particular city and its people. 

Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.vcu.edu/
Metro Richmond Zoo 
http://www.metrorichmondzoo.com/
Maymont Foundation
http://www.maymont.org/

Mansfield is the town that includes the Village of Storrs, the home of University of Connecticut.

http://www.uconn.edu/
www.mansfieldct.gov/content/
www.discovermansfieldct.com/




 I do Love a Pool! 
http://www.mansfieldct.gov/

www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhhome.html

This is a Quill box from the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History.

Wow! This is The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana.

www.childrensmuseum.org/

 Two spaces for a Power Walk:

Butler University is along the way on the Central Canal Towpath

http://www.indygreenways.org/Towpath

http://www.butler.edu/

White River State Park is America's only cultural urban state park.

visitindy.com/white-river-state-park

University of Kentucky is in Lexington. 

http://www.uky.edu/

Lexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World!http://www.visitlex.com/

Kentucky has a bunch of Horse Farms Tours   

www.horsecapitaltours.com

Dark Chocolate Thoroughbreds that you can eat! 

www.oldkycandy.com

Here Comes The . . .

Sunflower!