Shiloh Tours and Museum Tennessee November 2021

 Oh man, we had a great time hanging out with Larry Deberry on a battlefield tour, and and his Shiloh Tours and Museum site!

Shiloh National Military Park Visitor Center Tennessee November 2021

 I posted a short video of our visit to the Shiloh National Military Park Visitor Center in Tennessee.

Lexington Tennessee November 2021

 We drove through Lexington Tennessee briefly!

Parkers Crossroads Visitor Center Tennessee November 2021

 And we stopped by the cool Parker's Crossroads Visitor Center in Tennessee.   

Parkers Crossroads Tennessee November 2021

 

Hey, I have posted a video to youtube on our recent visit to the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Tennessee.  

This great site is very close to Shiloh, and it is situated kind of between Nashville and Memphis.  There are some great walking trails, and they have a very nice visitor center too.

Mound Business Park Miamisburg Ohio Feb 2021

 MORE interesting connections to the Cold War history in Miamisburg Ohio!

Mound Cold War Discovery Center Miamisburg Ohio Feb 2021

 While we were in the fascinating town of Miamisburg Ohio, we found this great little museum relating to the town, and its Cold War history!

Miamisburg Ohio February 2021

 A pal took us to the great, and very historic town of Miamisburg Ohio last year.  LOTS of ancient history, and also so fascinating Cold War connections too!

Miamisburg Ohio Mound March 2021

 Check out the Miamisburg Mound in Ohio!

"Lake Monsters" by Joseph A Citro

We were at the WONDERFUL independent bookstore, the Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock Vermont.  I started talking to one of the staff there about the legendary folklore author Joe Citro.  Well, they told me that they had one of his fiction books signed!

I had to pick it up.  I was a bit hesitant though, because I like Citro's books on ghosts, aliens, and other strangeness in New England, but I figured Joe Citro wouldn't let me down.

"Lake Monsters" is a good, weird book.  I don't even know what to compare this to.  The book was classified as suspense, but it was straight up horror in my books.

It takes place in Friar's Island, which I believe is a fictitious place, though a map in the book shows it near the Grand Isle County area.

It kind of reminded me of an X-Files episode, but with more strangeness in general, and pretty much all of the loose ends are tied by the end of the book.

The book starts with a stranger moving to an area where some odd things have happened in the past.  It all goes downhill from there as he crosses paths with an attractive school teacher, a professor, a couple of good old boys, and a very creepy family.

I would not recommend this for some younger readers (lets just say there are some strange and uncomfortable romance scenes), but I think anyone who appreciates REALLY WEIRD stories will appreciate this one.

I give extra credit to Joseph A. Citro for the ending too- its absolutely not predictable and it is uncomfortable.  I really liked this one.
 

Wisconsin Dells May 2013

 I posted a video of the Wisconsin Dells from our trip there in 2013!