Seeking to draw attention to this designated month, my mind skipped through a variety of things I could write about. Teapots, teacups, gawan porcelain bowls, and three-tiered trays all came to mind. But finding the obscure or unusual to celebrate this cozy past-time seemed important.
I decided to share with readers about a very interesting and out-of-the-way place in Death Valley, California. Located twenty miles from Ubehebe Crater, eighteen miles from Hunter Mountain, and six miles from Racetrack on a remote and rugged road is a junction named Teakettle. A hundred years ago, miners in search of wealth and adventure would pass this way and mark the junction by placing a teakettle in it's spot. First one, then more teakettles have been added until it's become quite famous as a place to leave one's mark by adding a teakettle of one's own to the stash. Visitors leave a teakettle, signed and dated for others to see at this remote junction. It appears that teakettles serve a serious place in American history, even in remote desert places! If you decide to add a teakettle of your own, be sure to take a spare tire or two with you. The road is very rough and scattered with sharp and jagged rocks! A Death Valley mule might be a better, albeit slower mode of transportation!
A visit to this historic spot allows the imagination to travel back in time, wondering who passed this way before and what type of delicious hot tea they served around a campfire and with whom it was shared.
Happy National Hot Tea Month!
What an absolutely perfect post for National Hot Tea Month! Thanks for sharing about Teakettle Junction..... that's a National Treasure! Did you add a Tea Kettle?
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hmmmmm......makes sense to me..since I amliving on the stuff this past week.....I am sick and it is soothing.....so this is another good reason....hooray...
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great post....
Teakettle Junction! What a cute and unique idea! I'm amused and enjoyed hearing the story! Which teakettle did you leave? I would hate to part with one!
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Ha! What a great post! Are those bullit holes in those kettles. Maybe I'll just have to have a spot of tea to celebrate...
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