Enjoying Travel Things

The greatest life quest is seeking adventure.  It's all around us, taste it, feel it, smell it and grab it.  What a thrill to walk through Castelnaud Castle and it's parapets, it's tall dungeon guarded by a vast round artillery tower.  From it's heights it was the guardian of the Dordogne.  The Castles Medieval War Museum houses actual weapons that were used for protection.  The fortress was founded in the 12th century for protection from invaders. France because of its central location, many rivers, good agricultural land and fairly good weather was continuously being attacked by everybody. The Dordogne is a beautiful must see region.       

This is the modern day New Orleans. A vibrant, busy and the largest river port in the U.S.A. the Mississippi "the Big Muddy" River. Its energy flows from New Orleans 150 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico.  The immense traffic of cruise ships, tankers, military ships, pleasure boats, paddle wheelers and other river traffic has made New Orleans a great modern city.  Slowly cruising along the river we absorbed the cold to warm colors of sunset with the shadows and sounds of river birds. Impressive! We also enjoyed the French Quarter with its freedom of expression, beautiful French architecture, French style food and beautiful people speaking a charming old French.   

Groton, Connecticut offers us the Submarine Force Museum. Its most famous exhibit is the SSN 571 the  worlds first nuclear powered submarine the USS Nautilus. We toured every inch of the boat from the crews quarters, the torpedo room, galley, radar room, the engine room and the command center. The boat was the first to navigate under the Polar Icecap. It was decommissioned in 1980.  We toured the Submarine Museum with all its exhibits including: the "turtle a Revolutionary War submarine, mini subs from World War I & II, see the mines, buoys, missiles, torpedoes,  and aircraft used during our wars. Check out the war flags and banners of all the submarine services foreign and domestic. The museums military staff gives authenticity to the exhibits.  A rare must see museum.