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APPALACHIANS - Session 1

APPALACHIANS - Session 1. Sojourners Tramping through the Appalachians: Acadia to Acadi é. Vagabonds Tramping through the Appalachians: Acadia to Acadi é. Sojourners. APPALACHIANS - Session 1. Week 6: Newfoundland. Week 5: Maritime Provinces. Week 4: Quebec.

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APPALACHIANS - Session 1

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  1. APPALACHIANS - Session 1 Sojourners Tramping through the Appalachians: Acadia to Acadié Vagabonds Tramping through the Appalachians: Acadia to Acadié Sojourners

  2. APPALACHIANS - Session 1 Week 6: Newfoundland Week 5: Maritime Provinces Week 4: Quebec Weeks 2-3: New England Week 1: Becoming Vagabonds Louisiana to New England

  3. Becoming Vagabonds APPALACHIANS - Session 1 Rocky Louisiana England Ireland Wales Scotland Becoming Vagabonds Denmark Norway Germany Sweden Italy 1996 Finland Netherlands France Iceland USA Angola Canada Korea Indonesia England Alaska Germany Dubai Germany Saudi Arabia England Zaire Netherlands Trinidad Denmark France Trinidad Brazil Angola Italy Portugal

  4. Becoming Vagabonds Sandi Illinois New Jersey South Dakota New York North Carolina Missouri Vermont Louisiana Kentucky Michigan Connecticut 1996 Texas Russia Netherlands France USA Canada Mexico Caribbean Colombia Angola

  5. Becoming Vagabonds Rocky Sandi Illinois Louisiana New Jersey South Dakota England New York Ireland North Carolina Wales Missouri Scotland Vermont Louisiana Denmark Kentucky Norway Michigan Germany Connecticut Sweden Italy 1997 1996 1998 1999 Texas Finland Netherlands Russia France Iceland Netherlands France USA Angola USA Canada Korea Indonesia England Canada Alaska Germany Dubai Germany Mexico Saudi Arabia England Zaire Netherlands Caribbean Trinidad Denmark France Trinidad Colombia Italy Brazil Angola Portugal Angola

  6. The 15 Year Plan List of things to DO, SEE, LEARN Our Shared List Sandi’s List Rocky’s List

  7. The 15 Year Plan North America Europe Asia Equator Africa Malaysia & Australia Central & South America Our List – 235 Activities- 72 Countries

  8. The 15 Year Plan North America North America Europe Europe Asia Asia Equator Africa Africa Our List Malaysia & Australia Malaysia & Australia Central & South America Central & South America 7 Ancient Wonders 12 Natural Wonders 19 Forgotten Wonders 144 UNESCO countries

  9. The 15 Year Plan Europe & North Africa North America Asia Equator Africa Malaysia & Australia Central & South America

  10. The 15 Year Plan Europe & North Africa North America Asia Equator Africa Malaysia & Australia Central & South America 15 places to live

  11. Vagabond Preparations The 15 Year Plan Houses and Cars . . . . . Sold!

  12. Vagabond Preparations Furniture, Accessories, Tools . . . The ‘Great Give-Away’

  13. Vagabond Preparations Things We Will Need . . . Ready to See, do, learn Our ‘Trunk-ables’

  14. So now we’re VAGABONDS . . . “ wanderers who have no established residence.”

  15. Vagabonds Travels 2008: TRUCK & TRAVEL TRAILER Portugal Spain USA France China England Tibet/Nepal Switzerland Angola Australia Germany England Japan Italy South Africa Vietnam (R3) Norway Namibia France Botswana Egypt 1999-2010 Kenya Zimbabwe Tanzania

  16. Vagabonds Travels RV west USA Canada Alaska Portugal east USA Canada Spain USA France China England Tibet/Nepal Switzerland Angola Australia Germany England Japan Italy South Africa Vietnam (R3) Norway Namibia France Botswana Egypt 1999-2010 Kenya Zimbabwe Tanzania

  17. Vagabonds Travels RV west USA Canada Alaska Portugal east USA Canada Spain USA France China England Tibet/Nepal Switzerland Angola So far . . . . . 11 years, 6 countries, 4 continents Australia Germany England Japan Italy South Africa Vietnam (R3) Norway Namibia France Botswana Egypt 1999-2010 Kenya Zimbabwe Tanzania

  18. Vagabonds Travels Louisiana : Cajun Country University. . . . food . . . . cayenne pepper! gumbo jambalaya Lafayette music & dance . . . . etoufee

  19. Louisiana : Cajun Country religion . . . . and language . . . . Lafayette

  20. Louisiana : Cajun Country religion . . . . Who are the ‘Cajuns’? and language . . . . Lafayette

  21. Louisiana : Cajun Country - contraction for ‘Acadians’ - descendents of French Canadians - immigrated to La in 1750s Who are the ‘Cajuns’? - live in Acadian heartland 22 parishes in south La 400,000 people today 10% of La population

  22. Louisiana : Cajun Country Who are the ‘Cajuns’? a true Cajun: Rocky’s stepdad: Leroy Picard - born on a sugar plantation Lafayette - one room school house - no french allowed in school

  23. Louisiana : Cajun Country Les Acadiens in the Canadian Maritimes Who are the ‘Cajuns’? - where they came from - life in Canada - why they left Session 5

  24. Louisiana: Cajun Country Louisiana to New England Presidential Library - 20,0002 feet of exhibit space - largest archival collection in a presidential library Arkansas: Clinton Library Lafayette

  25. Louisiana to New England Biltmore Estate Arkansas: Clinton Library - built by George Vanderbilt, completed 1895 - 1930: opened to public as a family business North Carolina: Biltmore Estate - 250 rooms,gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Lafayette

  26. Louisiana to New England Kittyhawk - on Outer Banks - barrier islands - December 17, 1903 - at Kill Devil Hill - Wright brothers - first powered flight Arkansas: Clinton Library North Carolina: Kittyhawk North Carolina: Biltmore Estate Lafayette

  27. Louisiana to New England Bay Bridge-Tunnel - one of ‘Seven Engineering Wonders of World’ - largest bridge-tunnel complex in world - opened in 1964 - 12 miles of trestle roadway - 2 bridges - 4 man-made islands - 2 mile-long tunnels beneath shipping lanes Arkansas: Clinton Library Virginia: Chesapeake Bay North Carolina: Kittyhawk North Carolina: Biltmore Estate Lafayette

  28. Louisiana to New England Arkansas: Clinton Library Virginia: Chesapeake Bay North Carolina: Kittyhawk North Carolina: Biltmore Estate Lafayette

  29. Louisiana to New England Washington, DC - The White House - The Capital - The Supreme Court - & numerous museums, monuments, memorials Washington D C Arkansas: Clinton Library Virginia: Chesapeake Bay North Carolina: Kittyhawk North Carolina: Biltmore Estate Lafayette

  30. Louisiana to New England Ocean City, NJ - another barrier island - 7 miles long, < 1 mile wide - first populated in 1879 - 15,000 permanent residents, 100,000 summer visitors New Jersey: Ocean City Washington D C Arkansas: Clinton Library Virginia: Chesapeake Bay North Carolina: Kittyhawk North Carolina: Biltmore Estate Lafayette

  31. Louisiana to New England GEOLOGY Bays & Barrier Islands . . . . New Jersey: Ocean City East Coast Chesapeake Bay Virginia: Chesapeake Bay North Carolina: Kittyhawk

  32. Chesapeake Bay What is a bay? “A body of water partially enclosed by land with a wide mouth affording access to the sea”

  33. Chesapeake Bay Geologic Processes: - erosion - sediment transport APPALACHIANS MARYLAND Bay Bridge-Tunnel Chesapeake Bay VIRGINIA

  34. Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake watershed APPALACHIANS Chesapeake Bay

  35. Chesapeake Bay How big is this? Chesapeake watershed AREA 64,0002 miles 150 streams & rivers DISCHARGE 78,300 cu ft/s

  36. Chesapeake Bay How big is this? Chesapeake watershed AREA 64,0002 miles 150 streams & rivers DISCHARGE 78,300 cu ft/s

  37. Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake watershed area . . . . . . 64,0002 miles discharge: 78,300 cu ft/s 20 X area 8 X discharge Mississippi watershed area. . . . . . 1,245,0002 miles discharge: 600,000 cu ft/s

  38. Chesapeake Bay largest bay (estuary) in the USA 200 miles long, 30 miles wide How did it form? 35 million years ago!

  39. Chesapeake Bay Geologic time scale largest bay (estuary) in the USA today 200 miles long, 30 miles wide How did it form? 35 million years ago! 650 million YBP

  40. Chesapeake Bay most recent 250 million years 35 bolide (comet) impact event first dinosaurs 250 75 extinction of dinosaurs

  41. Chesapeake Bay - Appalachians are covered in tropical forests - sea level is higher - bolide (comet) splashes into the water - traveling 70,000 miles/hour cross section - fractured rock 7 miles deep, 50 miles wide 35 million years ago . . . .

  42. Chesapeake Bay IMPACT BRECCIA: shattered rock W E North American Continent sediment transport 100 miles west Atlantic Ocean SEDIMENTARY BEDS BASEMENT 35 million years ago . . . . bolide impact. . . .

  43. Chesapeake Bay W E millions of years pass . . . . sea level falls . . . .

  44. Chesapeake Bay W E 10,000 years ago . . . . sea level rises . . . .

  45. Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Drilling Project 10,000 years ago . . . . sea level rises . . . .

  46. Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay Impact StructureDrilling Project • 2006: Project of USGS & ICDP • (International Continental • Scientific Drilling Project) - 30 scientists from 7 countries - drilled 1 mile deep - collected 4200’ core (rock) samples - study purpose: 1) impact phenomena 2) sea level & climate change 3) disruption of fresh water aquifer

  47. Chesapeake Bay 10,000 years ago . . . .

  48. Chesapeake Bay bolide (comet) impact structure YORK X JAMES X river channels shaped by impact crater

  49. Chesapeake Bay What about the Susquehanna River? a BARRIER ISLANDS early channel later channel Channel TODAY diverted by sediment transport!

  50. Chesapeake Bay Take-Aways . . . . - 35 million years ago . . . a bolide (comet) created a crater - 10,000 year ago . . . rising sea level flooded the crater area creating Chesapeake Bay - the bolide crater changed river channels - sediment transport continues to change the river channels

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