I think anything you do in that particular park creates an epic memory, John. I've got another one to write about from another trip. Never seemed like small things happened there.
Slavery was the proximate cause. The South wanted to expand it into the Mexican held territory of Tejas but Mexico had outlawed slavery in 1829, and was having none of it in the Tejas settlements. Of course, territorial greed of an expanding nation figured into it. Even Lincoln called the Mexican-American war the "most unjust in history." The historical sentiment down there is that Mexicans didn't cross the border, the border crossed them.
Brings back memories of my first visit to Rocky Mtn National Park in 75, spent the early part of the summer working the sand oil flats of eastern Wyoming before heading to the mountains in my VW Bug…. Camping in a leaky tent but enjoying every minute of the adventure.
I think anything you do in that particular park creates an epic memory, John. I've got another one to write about from another trip. Never seemed like small things happened there.
Slavery was the proximate cause. The South wanted to expand it into the Mexican held territory of Tejas but Mexico had outlawed slavery in 1829, and was having none of it in the Tejas settlements. Of course, territorial greed of an expanding nation figured into it. Even Lincoln called the Mexican-American war the "most unjust in history." The historical sentiment down there is that Mexicans didn't cross the border, the border crossed them.
Brings back memories of my first visit to Rocky Mtn National Park in 75, spent the early part of the summer working the sand oil flats of eastern Wyoming before heading to the mountains in my VW Bug…. Camping in a leaky tent but enjoying every minute of the adventure.
Tell me again, why did we go to war with Mexico in order to annex Texas?
Maybe we need to nudge a pinch of peyote into Abbott's taco. Maybe it'll de-asshole his thinking.
Some people cannot be de-assholed. It is in their DNA.
Alas, I tend to agree. They've drinked up so much of the Kool-aid over the years …