From Coeur d’Alene we pushed our way across southeastern Washington today. We expected to have an opportunity to stop at a visitors center as we crossed into the state but saw no such possibility. We did stop in Sprague for fuel and a geocaching break. That search took is to an abandoned historic building known as The Letter Box right next to the post office. At the end of our drive we pulled into the COE campground at Hood Park in Burbank. We registered for one night on Site 6 and shortly thereafter went back to the office to extend our stay for one more night. We’re on the shore of the Snake River in between the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers and the Ice Harbor Dam. Just after we arrived Karen joined in a conference call with her Dad and her siblings to hear tales of Dad and Alice’s adventures in Ireland this past week!
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
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