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I love living in this century! Just when I think I have seen everything, something else surprises me. Back in December, I was excited to find and write about virtual travel. I found many websites where you can take virtual tours of destinations around the globe. I thought that was pretty hot. But, hold on y’all, because you have not seen anything!

An article in MediaPost’s Search Insider(Lights, Camera, Point And Click! by Gord Hotchkiss) makes virtual travel come alive.

Here is his idea of the virtual tourist:

You’re watching a movie that features some gorgeous locations in France and Italy. As you watch the movie, you hit a flag button on your Media Center remote every time you see an interesting villa, an intriguing town, a vintage bottle of wine or that little bistro that seems so romantic.

By the end of the film, you have a detailed travel itinerary, including airfare costs, hotel availability and restaurant suggestions! Just one or two more clicks and you have reservations.

This means that virtual travel will become more relevant to consumers. That means that the technology will be there to faciliate this process. Finally, I see what the search engine buzz is about. Someday we will not search, but point and click. Cool?

Keep your wheels on the road!

Eileen

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The USAer Blog of the week is Haunted House Dressing. Please visit this eclectic blog.

My favorite article is the recycled comic strip made with finger puppets. I laughed so hard when the ghost puppet, discussing the problems associated with being dead, turns to the pumpkin head, who commiserates:’Sometimes I poop seeds.’

Jeremy C. Shipp, the blog owner, has a unique marketing strategy. Visitors may write a review of a book, poem, article or picture featured on the blog (or not). For each blog entry, you will receive a chance to win six 12-oz bags of coffee beans. This is enough caffeine to light up my hometown!

Keep Your Wheels on the Road!

Eileen

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Texas is dotted with Texas Republic era forts, private bastions erected by pioneer families, and several presidios from the Spanish colonial period. These fortifications defended Texas against incursions by the French, the Spanish, the Mexicans and the Indians. After Texas joined the United States, the U.S. attempted to establish a line of forts from the Red River to El Paso.

To journey from the mouth of the Rio Grande River, where Confederate blockade runners dodged the Union navy, to Fort Davis, home of the famous black Buffalo Soldiers, to the original location of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the first Spanish mission in Texas, you would have to crisscross miles and miles of Texas.

Luckily, Texas has the Texas Forts Trail. The Texas Forts Trail journeys to eight frontier forts built from 1848 to 1900 in west central Texas.

Request a map of the Texas Forts Trail.

Download the PDF map of the Texas Forts Trail.

Texas Forts on The Texas Forts Trail

Fort Belknap
Newcastle, Texas
940/846-3222

Fort Chadbourne
Bronte, Texas
325/743-2555

Fort Concho National Historic Landmark
San Angelo, Texas
325/481-2646

Fort Griffin State Park and Historic Site
Albany, Texas
915/762-3592

Fort Mason
Mason, Texas
325/347-5758

Fort Phantom Hill
Abilene, Texas
325/677-1309

Fort McKavett State Historic Site
Fort McKavett, Texas
325/396-2358

Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site
Jacksboro, Texas
940/567-3506

Other Forts in Texas

Not all forts and presidios are on the official Texas Forts Trail. If you were to visit every fortification and every historic marker from the many wars of Texas, you would have to spend several years on the journey.

Fort Bliss Museum
Fort Bliss, Texas
915/568-5412

Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis, Texas
432/426-3224

Fort Lancaster State Historic Site
Sheffield, Texas
432/836-4391

Fort Leaton State Historic Site
Presidio, Texas
915/229-3613

Fort Martin Scott
Fredericksburg, Texas
830/997-9895

Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas
210/221-1886

Historic Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton, Texas
915/336-2400

Old Fort Parker
Groesbeck, Texas
254/729-5253

If you are a Civil War buff, you may want to visit the Civil War trenches and the remains of Fort Esperanza on Matagorda Island.

Happy Trails to You!

Eileen Trainor
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The Texas Forest Trail winds through four national and five state forests, past myriad rivers and lakes, back into Caddoan Indian culture, past Dogwoods and Azaleas, on the Texas State Railroad, through the Texas oil boom, and into the Rose capital of the world.

Rich landscapes dotted by small towns, punctuated by historical structures, and crisscrossed by Indian trade routes provide one of the most scenic drives in the Southwest United States. Starting in late February to March, the area comes alive with early spring colors.

Order a brochure of the Texas Forest Trail or download a PDF file of the Texas Forest Trail at the Texas Historical Commission.

Search for a historic site by type, city or county at the Texas Forest Trail Region website.

Find recreational opportunites on National Forest and Grasslands website.

Plan your trip on the Texas tourism website.

If you cannot journey to Texas at this time, browse through Texas Handbook Online or view the sample itinerary at the See America website for a feel of the Piney Woods.

Keep your wheels on the road!

Eileen

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Visit the Mystickal Incense and More Blog. Good looking blog with a nice owner. Just wish I could smell it.

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