tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post1266520326625022521..comments2023-03-21T06:56:53.401-07:00Comments on Kathy Otten: Cross Country in a Concord CoachKathy Ottenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-79400033826287149972014-04-11T10:11:31.925-07:002014-04-11T10:11:31.925-07:00It did sound familiar. :)It did sound familiar. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-34036359826902597432013-05-12T22:10:18.426-07:002013-05-12T22:10:18.426-07:00Hi Kirsten,
Thanks for stopping by. Airplane trave...Hi Kirsten,<br />Thanks for stopping by. Airplane travel does seem to have gone down hill. I can see the rule applying for not slumping over onto your neighbor, but I'm not sure how to inforce the rule to have passengers spit on the leeward side of the place. LOL~!<br />Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-4708529919307301222013-05-11T10:56:53.177-07:002013-05-11T10:56:53.177-07:00Great post, Kathy! I think the suggestions for how...Great post, Kathy! I think the suggestions for how to make a stagecoach ride more pleasant should be used today on airplanes. :) Thanks for sharing this information. <br /><br />--KirstenKirsten Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720732595156726142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-89380314787099301612013-05-08T17:46:28.145-07:002013-05-08T17:46:28.145-07:00Hi Jacquie,
It would have been fun for 5 miles, to...Hi Jacquie,<br />It would have been fun for 5 miles, to get the feel of it in person, without having to rely on journal entries like Mark Twain's. They were only five feet wide, and I read somewhere a complaint from a gentleman regarding those hoops which ladies wore, though I can't imagine anyone wearing one who was traveling any great distance. It might have been a complaint about an eastern coach. I do remember an instance in which the weight of luggage in the back was so heavy the coach tipped toward the rear, and the passengers in the backward facing seats couldn't had to struggle to rest their backs against the seat. Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-13499088949489623222013-05-08T17:22:04.028-07:002013-05-08T17:22:04.028-07:00We rode in a stagecoach, but only for about five m...We rode in a stagecoach, but only for about five miles. Still, with eight people, it was crowded--and it held nine. Nearly all the pictures I've seen of stagecoaches have the interior filled and people riding on top, too. Plus, 19th century women's clothing took a lot of room and I had on shorts and a t-shirt. The people in the seat facing back had motion sickness in just that short ride, and it was <b>hot</b> even though the outside temperature wasn't that bad--mid 80s. The tour guide also told us that mail bags were stowed in the passenger compartment, so besides the nine passengers, you had to contend with those. Mark Twain wrote about that--can't remember where.Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-10142224467932033672013-05-08T11:50:51.735-07:002013-05-08T11:50:51.735-07:00Hi Alison,
Glad you enjoyed it. Actually the earli...Hi Alison,<br />Glad you enjoyed it. Actually the earliest coaches in this country were based on those from England and France. The change took place in the early part of the 1800's with the invention of the thoroughbrace. <br />And my research into stagecoaches for my novel quickly showed me that the stage I saw in the old westerns, was again Hollywood's version. Thanks for stopping. :)Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-69471567734859256382013-05-08T11:45:34.861-07:002013-05-08T11:45:34.861-07:00Hi Susan,
Thanks. It might be fun to ride in a sta...Hi Susan,<br />Thanks. It might be fun to ride in a stagecoach for a short while, but not for two hundred miles, night and day to California. No wonder trains soon put the Overland Stage out of business.<br />Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-11001277412204992752013-05-08T11:42:39.627-07:002013-05-08T11:42:39.627-07:00Hi Lyndi,
Thanks for stopping. Did you recognize t...Hi Lyndi,<br />Thanks for stopping. Did you recognize the steps and description of the stagecoach from my presentation on researching the historical novel?<br />Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-8000883168636557612013-05-08T11:27:25.413-07:002013-05-08T11:27:25.413-07:00My vision of stage coach travel in the west was a ...My vision of stage coach travel in the west was a combination of what I had read about travel in 19thC Britain and what I saw in movies. Very enlightening article. Thank you.Alison E. Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449544045685213466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-85534529036653004972013-05-08T10:38:34.033-07:002013-05-08T10:38:34.033-07:00Informative article, Kathy! As I grow older, I fin...Informative article, Kathy! As I grow older, I find I dread travel and don't think I'd go anywhere at all if I lived back then. Susan Macateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476340887041053638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487461256362744546.post-70922807983455604212013-05-08T10:35:49.845-07:002013-05-08T10:35:49.845-07:00No wonder your stories ring with such detail. Well...No wonder your stories ring with such detail. Well-researched and interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com