
Part Two – beyond Birmingham thru Houston
Part Three – beyond Houston thru Seminole Canyon State Archeology Park
Part Four – beyond Seminole thru Santa Fe and Las Vegas NM
Part Five – beyond Las Vegas and home
Saturday 2/5/2011 – Cambridge and the Super Bowl
Packed up our camping equipment and drove to Cambridge. Arrived 2/5/2011. Stayed with Esther. Lots of snow.
Lunch Saturday with Paul and Ruth Richards. They gave us a travel gift.
Held our traditional Johnny D’s brunch with the usual crowd on Sunday 2/6/11.![]()
Watched the Super Bowl with Bill Zinn and Nancy bridges at their house in Belmont. Stayed over. Packers defeated Steelers 31-25.
Monday 2/7/11 – Drive to Washington DC
Got to Harvey Meyerson and Betsy Keeler’s house in Silver Spring by evening.
Tuesday 2/8/11 – Stops in DC
Various museums, sculpture garden, DC Public library, Dinner with Bob Greenstein and Elissa Parker.








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Wednesday 2/9/11 – Drive to Birmingham – night over on the way near Kingsport TN
Thursday 2/10/11 – Chattanooga TN and Birmingham AL
Stopped in Chattanooga because we saw the sign on Rt 75. ![]()
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More interesting than just the name. ![]()
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Came on this historical marker:
Interesting regional museum. Strong glass and ceramics collection.
Good didactic guides:
Had lunch and walked around the art district adjacent to museum.
On to Birmingham

Dinner stop in Birmingham.
Friday 2/11/11 – Birmingham and beyond
19 degrees when we woke up. Who thought we were going to make camping part of this trip??
Karen had come to Birmingham as a young girl to visit her Aunt and Uncle. We went in search of the old neighborhood.


Sloss Furnaces – Birmingham
Birmingham was the Pittsburgh of the South.
Civil Rights Stops


Lunch at a famous spot:



