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This is part 2 of the summer 2024 trip. Be sure to listen to the 1st part first.


To broaden your horizons, get to know other cultures, learn new things, and enjoy life to its fullest, it is necessary to travel at least once in your life. 

Traveling is not only a pleasure but almost a human necessity, traveling not only offers you the opportunity to see incredible places and meet interesting people, but it brings many benefits to your mental health, emotional state, your family relationship, and your personal growth.

People generally live every moment of life, from one day to the next in a hurry, with many chores, jobs, and tasks, without taking their eyes off the clock. And we wonder where the time has gone and why we haven't done something more with our day... with our life.

Come and join me during my summer 2024 trip, I traveled approximately 5,000 miles in my travel trailer through the Central states and the Pacific Northwest, visiting many interesting places.  This is part two of two.

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E67 Parte I: Soy el Viajero por el Mundo

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To broaden your horizons, get to know other cultures, learn new things, and enjoy life to its fullest, it is necessary to travel at least once in your life. 

Traveling is not only a pleasure but almost a human necessity, traveling not only offers you the opportunity to see incredible places and meet interesting people, but it brings many benefits to your mental health, emotional state, your family relationship, and your personal growth.

People generally live every moment of life, from one day to the next in a hurry, with many chores, jobs, and tasks, without taking their eyes off the clock. And we wonder where the time has gone and why we haven't done something more with our day... with our life.

Come and join me during my summer 2024 trip, I traveled approximately 5,000 miles in my travel trailer through the Southwest and Central states, visiting many national parks.  This is part one of two.

Listen to the 2nd part:
E68 Parte II: Soy el Viajero por el Mundo

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This is part 3 of the National Park Series

Joshua Tree National Park is a vast protected area in southern California. It's characterized by rugged rock formations and stark desert landscapes. Named for the region’s twisted, bristled Joshua trees, the park straddles Two distinct desert ecosystems: the cactus-dotted Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert, which is higher and cooler. Keys View looks out over the Coachella Valley. Hiking trails weave through the boulders of Hidden Valley.
A fascinating variety of plants and animals make their homes in a land sculpted by strong winds and occasional torrents of rain. Dark night skies, a rich cultural history, and surreal geologic features add to the wonder of this vast wilderness in southern California. Come explore for yourself!

Here are the previous parts of this series:

E28: Parque Nacional I: Yosemite
E39: Parque Nacional II: La Tierra de Gigantes
E58 Parque Nacional III: Joshua, El Señor de los Desiertos

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Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits. The zoot suit consisted of a broad-shouldered drape jacket, balloon-leg trousers, and, sometimes, a flamboyant hat. Mexican and Mexican-American youths who wore these outfits were called zoot-suiters. 

Pressures related to U.S. involvement in World War II contributed to the racial tensions that preceded the riots.
As part of the war effort, by March 1942 the United States had begun rationing various resources. Restrictions on wool had a direct effect on the manufacture of wool suits and other clothing. There were regulations prohibiting the manufacturing of zoot suits, but a network of bootleg tailors continued to manufacture them. This exacerbated racial tensions, as Mexican American youths wearing the zoot suits were seen as un-American because they were deliberately ignoring the rationing regulations.

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The following episode includes graphic content that may not be suitable for some audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

During the month of October, during the Halloween season, I have put together a series of the most terrifying horror Halloween movies, where you will hear about the creepy monsters all wearing their iconic masks that hunt you in your nightmares. This is the last story.

This is part 3 of the Halloween  Movies Special 2023 Series

Halloween is an American horror story released in 1978 and was written by John Carpenter. This iconic slasher media franchise consists of thirteen films, as well as novels, comic books, a video game, and other merchandise. The films primarily focus on Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, Judith Myers.
Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. Throughout the series, various protagonists try to stop Myers including, most notably, babysitter Laurie Strode  portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis, and psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis.

Here are the previous parts of this series:

E55 Halloween Special I: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
E56 Halloween Special II: Friday the 13th
E57 Halloween Special III: Halloween the movie

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The following episode includes graphic content that may not be suitable for some audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

During the month of October, during the Halloween season, I have put together a series of the most terrifying horror Halloween movies, where you will hear about the creepy monsters all wearing their iconic masks that hunt you in your nightmares. This is the second story.

This is part 2 of the Halloween  Movies Special 2023 Series

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Friday the 13th (1980) may have been panned by critics when first released but since then, it is one of the most famous and influential horror films, the franchise containing one of horror's most iconic villains.

Months after Alice beheaded psycho killer/mother Pamela Voorhees at Camp Crystal Lake, survivor Alice is still traumatized because of the murders. But there is one problem: Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason never drowned and died, so he saw Alice behead Mrs. Voorhees. Jason finds Alice soon and murders her. Five years later, a camp counselor-in-training program begins at Packanack Lodge, right near Camp Crystal Lake. As teenagers in the program start snooping around Camp Crystal Lake, they start getting killed violently one by one.

Here are the previous parts of this series:

E55 Halloween Special I: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
E56 Halloween Special II: Friday the 13th
E57 Halloween Special III: Halloween the movie

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The following episode includes graphic content that may not be suitable for some audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

During the month of October, during the Halloween season, I have put together a series of the most terrifying horror Halloween movies, where you will hear about the creepy monsters all wearing their iconic masks that hunt you in your nightmares. This is the first story.
 
This is part 1 of the Halloween  Movies Special 2023 Series


The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, and it was released in the United States on October 11, 1974. While the film initially received mixed reception from critics, it was highly profitable, and it has since gained a reputation as one of the best and most influential horror films.
It is credited with originating several elements common in the slasher genre, including the use of power tools as murder weapons, the characterization of the killer as a large, hulking, masked figure, and the killing of victims.

The plot follows five friends who head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of their grandfather and fall victim to a family of cannibals. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.


Here are the previous parts of this series:

E55 Halloween Special I: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
E56 Halloween Special II: Friday the 13th
E57 Halloween Special III: Halloween the movie

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Before you start on this second part, please listen to E52, part I: Cesar Chavez

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement.  

Born on April 10, 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico, Huerta was the second of three children of Alicia and Juan Fernandez, a farm worker and miner who became a state legislator in 1938. Her parents divorced when Huerta was three years old, and her mother moved to Stockton, California with her children.

In 1955 Huerta began her career as an activist when she co-founded the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO), which led voter registration drives and fought for economic improvements for Hispanics. She also founded the Agricultural Workers Association. Through a CSO associate, Huerta met activist César Chávez, with whom she shared an interest in organizing farm workers. In 1962, Huerta and Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers’ Union (UFW), which formed three year later. Huerta served as UFW vice president until 1999.

Throughout her work with the UFW, Huerta organized workers, negotiated contracts, and advocated for safer working conditions including the elimination of harmful pesticides. She also fought for unemployment and healthcare benefits for agricultural workers. Huerta was the driving force behind the nationwide table grape boycotts in the late 1960s that led to a successful union contract by 1970.

The recipient of many honors, Huerta received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in 1998 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. As of 2015, she was a board member of the Feminist Majority Foundation, the Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, and the President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.

https://www.doloreshuerta.org/

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E52 La Fuerza Unida, Parte I: Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez  (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), later to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.

Born in Yuma, Arizona to a Mexican-American family, Chavez began his working life as a manual laborer before spending two years in the United States Navy. Relocating to California, where he married, he got involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO), through which he helped laborers register to vote. 

In the 1960s he began organizing strikes among farmworkers, most notably the successful Delano grape strike of 1965–1970.
Chavez emphasized direct nonviolent tactics, including pickets and boycotts, to pressure farm owners into granting strikers' demands.

Cesar Chavez died in bed on April 23, 1993. He was aged 66.[409]

His birthday is a federal commemorative holiday in several U.S. states, while many places are named after him, and in 1994 he posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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E53 La Fuerza Unida, Parte II: Dolores Huerta

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On  February 6, 2023, at 04:17, local time, a 7.8  earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria.  making it the largest in Turkey since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake of the same magnitude, and jointly the second-strongest recorded in the history of the country, after the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake. The confirmed death toll stood at 57,658: 50,399 in Turkey, and 7,259 in Syria.
And helped arrived... Mexico is sending some of its famous search and rescue dogs to Turkey to help look for people buried under rubble following February's earthquake.

A plane with 16 dogs on board took off from Mexico City earlier on Tuesday.

Mexico, which is prone to earthquakes, has highly specialized civilian and military teams which are often deployed to help when disasters strike.

The dogs won the hearts of Mexicans during the country's 2017 quake when they saved several lives. The dogs are trained to sniff out humans and alert their handlers by barking and scratching the ground where the smell is strongest.

Proteo was one of those dogs, who participated in saving people who were trapped under buildings. However, this canine hero died during the commission of his duties. 

While it was first believed that Proteo died in a building collapse during a rescue, his trainer, Carlos Villeda Maquez, explained that other factors were responsible for the dog’s death. The conditions – including the brutally cold temperatures — were very harsh for the almost 10- year-old Proteo. His body was transported back to Mexico where he will be laid to rest as a hero.

“Proteo, we are waiting for you at home, because a soldier, when completing his mission, returns to his home, to our beautiful and beloved Mexico. Your colleagues from the Mexican Army and Mexican Air Force are proud of you, our great hero,”

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