tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post5036386403920867406..comments2024-01-25T16:55:17.499-05:00Comments on Becky Lower Author: Wagons EastBecky Lowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13491008645768498989noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-5195989063079229082014-02-24T10:06:50.457-05:002014-02-24T10:06:50.457-05:00I've seen the wagon ruts mia spoke of whren we...I've seen the wagon ruts mia spoke of whren we were in Kansas. Hard to believe they are still there untouched by man's obsession for gobbling up land. Catherine Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851018712173847721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-23960649771790531782014-02-24T10:06:10.568-05:002014-02-24T10:06:10.568-05:00I've seen the wagon ruts mia spoke of whren we...I've seen the wagon ruts mia spoke of whren we were in Kansas. Hard to believe they are still there untouched by man's obsession for gobbling up land. Catherine Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851018712173847721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-64393112884782984012014-02-17T19:04:16.564-05:002014-02-17T19:04:16.564-05:00Thanks, Christy. I can't wait. I've always...Thanks, Christy. I can't wait. I've always wanted to travel the Oregon Trail, but always thought I was about 150 years too late. Now, I'm going to get the chance to do so.<br />Becky Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491008645768498989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-54207037948644894162014-02-17T19:02:54.812-05:002014-02-17T19:02:54.812-05:00It is impressive to see the ruts still after all t...It is impressive to see the ruts still after all this time. I saw some when I followed the Santa Fe Trail. And I'm writing about it, in my new book, The Road To Comfort. Becky Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491008645768498989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-31979294161440149972014-02-17T13:29:47.052-05:002014-02-17T13:29:47.052-05:00I've always wanted to do a train trip through ...I've always wanted to do a train trip through the West. Hope you will share your journal and photos when you return. I'm sure it will be an interesting experience. Safe travels, Becky!<br />Christy McKeehttp://www.christymckee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-250232015817497982014-02-17T12:32:11.686-05:002014-02-17T12:32:11.686-05:00Hope you catalog your journey with lots of pics.
...Hope you catalog your journey with lots of pics. <br />Having spent some time with family in Nevada---the thing that grabbed me about a lot of the Southwest was how desolate it was. <br />Huge, wide-open, empty, treeless spaces..some very dry, others covered with rugged and seemingly impassable mountains and large areas that were nearly people-less. Those things must have been quite the sight for those Easterners headed West.<br /><br />Once when I visited my son in 'Vegas, I left Pgh, by air, in the very early evening; sort of following the sunset. <br />Up over the Great Plains and along into the desert basin of the Great Salt Lake--you could see the wheel ruts of the thousands of wagons that had traveled that route.<br />one word:<br />DAUNTING. <br /><br />mlaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-66106658833700447892014-02-16T18:28:53.173-05:002014-02-16T18:28:53.173-05:00It's hard for me to imagine the land you are d...It's hard for me to imagine the land you are describing. Although the centre of Australia is amazing - vast with a sky you can drown in. I have crossed from East to West before they sealed the roads (1971) in an HR Holden - not a wagon train, I know but almost as old :-). I have a feeling I would have stayed and not gone back on your trail...I never back away from a challenge even if it is madness!Joanna Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045979941300668147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-58525563344985796822014-02-16T16:21:33.580-05:002014-02-16T16:21:33.580-05:00Thought-provoking post, Becky. In 1964, my family...Thought-provoking post, Becky. In 1964, my family left Staten Island, NY for Flagstaff, AZ. We took to the rails via the Super Chief, and it was the adventure of a lifetime for me, a tender eleven-year-old girl. As I look back on that time, I realize I probably shared the exhilaration, excitement, and fears of many of my fellow travelers from earlier eras. I still live in the western US, and I've come to love the vastness and beauty here. At night, I can look up at the sky and see thousands of stars and the Andromeda galaxy, and, sometimes, I hike in places where no one has walked before. I'm not certain I could ever get this land out of my blood. I wonder how many who crossed via covered wagons felt the same way. The West became home; there was no going back.Deborah O'Neill Cordeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428924556722911763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-34276363381378889912014-02-16T13:01:57.220-05:002014-02-16T13:01:57.220-05:00I've always thought a week on a dude ranch wou...I've always thought a week on a dude ranch would be fun, too. Love the idea. And, you'd probably be able to get a story idea or two. Reminds me of a Billy Crystal movie...Becky Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491008645768498989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-7824374808596831572014-02-16T12:24:59.762-05:002014-02-16T12:24:59.762-05:00I would love to be on a wagon train too, but one o...I would love to be on a wagon train too, but one of my ambitions (and I still have a few) is to spend a week on a dude ranch and I already have one picked out :) not far from Salt Lake City LOL, well relatively speaking, it's near Glacier National Park.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196537650791167313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-28640515583435106172014-02-16T11:24:46.851-05:002014-02-16T11:24:46.851-05:00I'd like to think I'd be one of the hardy ...I'd like to think I'd be one of the hardy souls who made it to Oregon and stuck there, but I have a feeling the call of the safe civilized life back east would beckon me home.Becky Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491008645768498989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850834701427655460.post-74239447786992653112014-02-16T10:48:07.695-05:002014-02-16T10:48:07.695-05:00That's a really interesting idea. I wonder ho...That's a really interesting idea. I wonder how many people DID go back? I'm pretty sure I would have been one of them! Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500009194422406560noreply@blogger.com