... in the trail of our ancestor the Danish Mormon Hans Ole Magleby,
born 1835 in Dragør, Denmark,
dead 1903 in Monroe, Utah, USA.
DID YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT GOING TO AMERICA?
This is the story of a journey undertaken in august 2008 - about stepping ashore in the New York harbor, travel westward in the footsteps of the immigrants that populated North America in 18th century and forward, to reach their designated goals and experience what they created.
The photos on this site is a modern journey through some of the worlds most exceptional landscapes, national parks and cities in the west formed by human ingenuity over only a few hundred years.
DID YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT HAVING RELATIVES IN AMERICA?
In 2007 a nice american couple came to my sisters office in the church in the small town Dragør, south of Copenhagen and asked for relatives of a sertain Hans Olesen Magleby born in 18th century. The couple were short of time and about to go back to US within a few days.
My sister mentioned the incident to my mother and she remembered a certain brother of her great grand mother Leisbeth Ole Magleby, who were awoken into the Mormon faith and later immigrated to America.
From there on things began to develop and after a few years my sister was invited with companion to a family reunion at the University in Provo, Utah.
I august 2008 I became the lucky travel companion and plans were quickly made. Thanks to our distant relatives in America, a complete travel plan were created addressing our wishes for sightseeing along the way.
Grand Canyon, native indian settlements, driving on the historic Route 66, Las Vegas, breath taking landscapes like the "Painted Desert" etc. etc. Indeed our wishes came true.
In the course of the trip we discovered that we, for most of our adult lives, both had wished to drive through USA!! And so we did! We rented a car in Las Vegas and parked it again in Monroe, where family took over!!
These are the photos taken during this journey.
fredag den 7. januar 2011
27 Hej -
Jeg er ved at loade mine billeder fra USA ind på en fanzy blog og kan ikke lige finde ud af hvordan man lægger sit eget diasshow på. Har ellers det ultimative diasshow, men det må så vente lidt.
hej Bodil jeg kan se det kører og du skal blot oploade dit "ultimative" diasshow til Picasa Album og så kan du vælge at få det vist som et Diasshow ect
Hej Bent - nu har jeg fået det til at virke - jeg skal vist dog lige have tilpasset billedformaterne, så de er lige store!! Måske kan jeg centrere "damen" endnu mere
Jeg syntes hun står fint- aksepter evt anonyme indlæg for mange har ikke de forskillige kotoer der kræves - du kan jo selv slette f.eks slet vores 2samtale" den ER jo set.
Foreslag Forsiden ser fin ud men den skæmmes af de forskellige posteringer og det kan man komme uden om ved at lave en bodilpoulsen2 til alt det andet f.eks Picasa Webalbums eller links ect og så kan du bruge den side du har som en Velkomst side? har ikke selv gjort sådan fordi det er en rejseblog, men du HAR lavet rejsen så det er lidt andet? NB Slet det her når du ahr læst det
hej Bodil jeg kan se det kører og du skal blot oploade dit "ultimative" diasshow til Picasa Album og så kan du vælge at få det vist som et Diasshow ect
SvarSletHej Bent - nu har jeg fået det til at virke - jeg skal vist dog lige have tilpasset billedformaterne, så de er lige store!! Måske kan jeg centrere "damen" endnu mere
SvarSletJeg syntes hun står fint- aksepter evt anonyme indlæg for mange har ikke de forskillige kotoer der kræves - du kan jo selv slette f.eks slet vores 2samtale" den ER jo set.
SvarSletForeslag
SvarSletForsiden ser fin ud men den skæmmes af de forskellige posteringer og det kan man komme uden om ved at lave en bodilpoulsen2 til alt det andet f.eks Picasa Webalbums eller links ect og så kan du bruge den side du har som en Velkomst side?
har ikke selv gjort sådan fordi det er en rejseblog, men du HAR lavet rejsen så det er lidt andet? NB Slet det her når du ahr læst det