Monday, May 4, 2009 - Paducah KY
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At the Confluence, Ft Defiance Park, Cairo IL, May 4, 2009
Fort Defiance Park (formerly a State Park), Cairo IL
Between bridges eastbound on US60 at the crossing of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers one briefly touches down in Illinois in the wye between the rivers. At this confluence is the now abandoned Ft Defiance park. I thought I might spend the night here but after exploring the park for a while and getting a few pictures of this sad spot I sensed the vibe wasn't great and chickened out. Too bad, this would be a pleasant park to spend a day or two.
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Paducah KY
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #491, 5130 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY 42001 - (270) 444-0066
- This is the Walmart Supercenter off US60 west of town
- Good level parking
- Verizon cell phone service - very good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - very good signal
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Others Choose the Path of Healing
The labor camp in Erfurt and, after the war, the refugee camp in Mainz were all I knew when I came here [from Germany] in 1947 at the age of seven. Like many camp survivors, it was not the experience itself that dogged me as much as the why of it. The why seems clearer every day: those who see themselves as victims, nations included, have license to commit these things. Others choose the path of healing.
Michael Guran, architect, in Jesse Monongya, Opal Bears and Lapis Skies by Lois Sherr Dubin