travel | Linda McLaughlin/Lyndi Lamont

Author Pamela S. Thibodeaux is here to talk about her choice for Fall #RomanticTravel and her Tempered Series Bundle. I had no idea Bandera was so beautiful.

It’s no secret I love Bandera, Texas so when my author friends decided to do this #FallRomanticTravel idea, it was a no brainer that Bandera would be on my list.

What makes this town so special and romantic?

Besides the fact that it is known as the “Cowboy Capital of the World” (I mean, what’s more romantic than cowboys, right?) – Bandera is seated in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.

I don’t know about you, but there’s not much that is more romantic than sitting by a campfire beneath a start studded sky, or watching a beautiful sunset paint the clouds glorious hues of peach, gold and purple.

Then of course, there is sitting on a bench on top of a hill or having your morning coffee as the sun rises over those same hills.

If you ever want to get away, visit Bandera, Texas and the Silver Spur Guest Ranch, where there’s plenty of opportunities for romance.

Blurb:

Now all 4 titles in the Tempered Series by Pamela S Thibodeaux are combined into a single book along with a bonus short story and a sneak peek into #5 in the series Tempered Truth (coming sometime in the near future)!

Contains: Tempered Hearts, Tempered Dreams, Tempered Fire, Tempered Joy, & Lori’s Redemption

Start at the beginning and follow these beloved characters throughout the years as love crosses the lines of age and strengthens the bonds of friendship.

Tempered Series Ebundle Purchase Links:

Nook: http://bit.ly/1Xv6l2Y
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1TlaExp
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1SzkRoi

Author bio: Award-winning author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”

Links:
Website address: http://www.pamelathibodeaux.com
Blog: http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com
FaceBook: http://facebook.com/pamelasthibodeaux
Twitter: http://twitter.com/psthib @psthib
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pamelasthibodea/
Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/1jUVcdU

The highlight of our walk around Ketchkian was Creek Street and Dolly’s House, home of one of Ketchikan’s famous ladies of the evening. Creek Street is surely one of the most picturesque streets in North America with its colorful wooden buildings perches on stilts above a roiling creek. Dolly’s House is the building on the right.

I love the Alaskan sense of humor, as you can see in this sign about spawning.

Jann and I couldn’t resist a visit to a brothel museum, though it wasn’t quite what I imagined. Dolly Arthur moved to Ketchikan in 1919 and set up shop on Creek Street, keeping her liquor hidden in a secret closet during prohibition.

For one thing, Dolly was a sole proprietor, not a madam, so the house was fairly small and more like a normal home, except for some of the decorating. I refer specifically to the shower curtain decorated with condoms.

In the early days, prostitution was legal, or you wouldn’t see a sign like this one! Apparently the brothels operated until the later 1950’s.

For $5.00 you can buy a copy of Dolly’s House, an e-book based on interviews with Dolly before her death. Or if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can borrow and read it for free. Apparently Dolly was quite the character and she lived to the ripe old age of 87! We should all live so long.

Linda

Linda McLaughlin/Lyndi Lamont

Romance author

Tag Archives: travel

Fall #RomanticTravel + Tempered Series Bundle @psthib

Creek Street & Dolly’s House, Ketchikan #TuesdayTravels