by Steve It's the end of December, and we've been in Tucson since late October. But we're still playing "catch-up" with blog posts about our travels this fall. So if it looks like we're still in the middle of New Mexico, that's why. When you cross New Mexico in Interstate-10, you see a lot of desert. But if you look closely . ....
The year was 1939. The SS Columbus was a large (775 ft) luxury liner of the German fleet, carrying passengers on cruises to the Caribbean. She was the first German cruise ship with an onboard swimming pool, and it had large dance floors, dining halls, and plenty of amenities to make her a popular ship. She left New York City on August 19, 1939,...
