Author: Erica | May 3rd, 2009 We were planning on quickly bypassing Houston until we made a serendipitous cyber connection with Houston native Larry Harris. We had been using Larry’s website to find folk/visionary artists and environments throughout our travels, and thanks to our overlapping interests, Larry found our website and contacted us right before we ventured into Texas. Larry offered […]
Author: Erica | May 1st, 2009 PICKS: Lafayette Festival International de Louisiane
The lineup at this weekend long Francophile music festival could rival any day at Jazz Fest, but the kicker is that the whole thing is totally free and the crowd can barely be termed as such because it’s relatively sparse compared to what you might expect at such of […]
Author: Erica | April 24th, 2009 PICKS: Wall Doxey State Park
Initially we just stopped here for a picnic dinner before heading further south into Mississippi, but our plans were revised after discussion with our resident Mississippi expert, Nina. She recommended enough intriguing spots in the vicinity that we were convinced to stay the night. Thanks to Nina and our excellently […]
Author: Erica | April 20th, 2009 PICKS: Billy Tripp’s Mindfield in Brownsville, TN
Billy Tripp uses his welding skills, metal scavenging abilities and and tremendous vision to create a continually evolving sculptural representation of his life. We arrived at the site during a sunny break in the torrential rains of the day. Looking at the Mindfield, I kept noticing more and […]
Author: Erica | April 14th, 2009 PICKS:
Santee State Park, SC
Something that you may not know about South Carolina is that they have a large network of state parks that, although not always dramatically beautiful, will satisfy the needs of most campers with clean bathrooms, hot showers, water and electricity and, best of all, they usually cost between $13-16 per […]
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