Goliad, TX

[Liz]

Two visits to Goliad...
http://wheresliz-2012.blogspot.com/2012/03/goliad-tx.html

[Carolinagal]

What an interesting area, so much history there. One neat item I found interesting was the origin of "cinco de mayo". Also, about Fannin. I live just a couple of miles from Fannin county down in Ga. So Ga. remembered their own.

Soooo interesting Liz, thanks so much for posting for us.

CArol

[Rufflesgurl]

What a neat place for a wedding!

Linda

[snowball]

that was a really interesting area would be enjoyable to visit so loved the birds and flowers as well
sheila

[bluepinecones]

Thanks for another great tour.

[Nasoosie]

Thanks for the Goliad tour, Liz! Now I will never have to go there! I so much more love your tours than the actual things where I would have to suffer through "history" and all the "stuff" about things I don't give a dang about----I hang my head in shame!

I do love the wildlife photos, and might go places to see those things, but things like the Fort Matanzas in St. Augustine can best be visited by me via pics! (Although I did go there in person when my kids were little, as I know it makes an impression on them.) I confess I was emotionally involved with Gettysburgh Battle Fields, and the history that went on there, for some unknown reason, as I visited with 3 large dogs in the pouring rain and mud in my VW Dodge van I modified for camping. Standing on that site where so many died needlessly made a huge impression on me, and I could hear the horrific sounds of mayhem and death all around me. That was in the 60s, and I suspect long before it became the commercial tourist site it might be today. I camped in the van right there, no problems, no people, just ghosts and history in my head. Nobody trying to explain things to me, and give me their slant on the War. I remember very few signs, other than the names of the battlefields and a few stats. I could wander about in the rain, see imbedded cannonballs in trees, visualize the dead and dying and gore all around, and have my own communion with history. Each time I have tried visiting places now that have historic value I have come away with a "carnival, touristy, commercial" feeling and have been very not pleased with the experience. But I truly love to see things from another's point of view through a camera lens, and be able to read the signs that turn me off in real life via your photos, Liz! And, for some reason, I throroughly enjoy the History Channel on TV....have learned soo much about our history and the history of our earth from there.

Thank you for your terrific blog!

[BarbaraRose]

Love the photo of Simba in the field of wildflowers!

[Echo]

Thanks for the great tour Liz. Was super interesting!!!

I too love the pic of Simba in the flowers.

[kelpie]

Wish I had gone there. When I was in Victoria for 2 weeks I didn't realize its history. The next year I read Michner's book Texas and really wanted to see it fort myself.

[Sandersmr]

Kelpie - In 4th grade Texas history was required. So I got my appreciation for Goliad and the Alamo early. And I actually work on the little spit of land where the Battle of San Jacinto was fought - the monument is 3.5 miles from where I work.