This year we have definitely taken advantage of our Cedar Fair Platinum Pass. The cost for the pass with three meal plans and three drink plans was $984.54. That is a lot of money (but less than some other theme … Continue reading →
With a natural opening in the middle of a formidable mountain range Veracruz Mexico has been a very strategic city for as long as humans have inhabited the area, which is a long time! It was in Veracruz, Mexico that … Continue reading →
The Lazy Man’s History of the European Conquest of the Mexican West Coast So the year is 1527. It is seven years after Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztecs and declares the area New Spain. Hernan Cortez is getting rich. The … Continue reading →
Saturdays is usually a free day for me, I was supposed to go to the Franchise Exposition Fair in downtown LA but some church stuff came up so I wasn’t able get out at 8 am when the morning train … Continue reading →
Tlateloco has always fascinated me as a place in which you can get a physical representation of how civilization is constantly evolving. From a young age my father always indoctrinated the idea that Mexico was the birthplace of one of … Continue reading →
Last December as a Christmas gift to the family we got three Cedar Fair Platinum passes. We had a Gold pass (only good for Knott’s and Soak City) three years prior and combined it with the dining pass. We went … Continue reading →
Visited: August 18-19, 2018 As a state Baja California Norte is a relatively new state, having been admitted in 1959. Before that it was known as a territory. The first traces of humans date back as far as 11,000 years … Continue reading →
As the name implies, the name of the state of Indiana came from the many Native American tribes that once inhabited the area. Originally formed as territory lands for Native Americans that were relocated from the east, new treaties pushed … Continue reading →
Michigan got it’s start on July 13th, 1787, when the Second Continental Congress created the Northwest Territory. Almost instantly there were lots of land disputes and in 1803 Ohio was formed and in 1805 Michigan became it’s own territory. Michigan … Continue reading →
Ohio achieved statehood and like any new state had to make a lot of decisions. One of course being where to put their new capitol. Like all state legislatures Ohio couldn’t decide on where it should go. There was a … Continue reading →
