While in Kansas City we have been finding fun mini adventures to fill our days. Today we headed into the city to visit the Steamship Arabia museum. This museum is dedicated to displaying the artifacts found when the Steamship Arabia was uncovered from its grave in a Kansas cornfield. The ship had sunk in 1856 […]
Today’s adventure took place at the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens. We headed to Hannibal, MO, a small town located on the banks of the Mississippi River, to see the town he renamed St. Petersburg, MO for his books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. We enjoyed learning about the real life people that inspired characters
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Last night we camped in Bonnie, IL at the Bernard Family Farm. The current workers are the 6th generation of the family that have been working this land. The farm grows hay and soybean and is becoming a fiber farm too. For their fiber farming they raise alpacas, three species of sheep and angora rabbits.
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We were optimistic that posting our planned route might lead to connections that we had not planned, and it worked! Natasha reached out after seeing that we were coming near enough to Nashville that we might be able to see each other. For those who don’t know, Natasha is a classmate of ours from the
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It is HOT here. We had plans last night to stay in a Cracker Barrel parking lot in order to break up our 7.5 hr drive between the NC mountains and Mammoth Cave, KY. We parked at the restaurant, received permission to stay through the night and developed a plan for the rest of the
Let’s talk about the cost of diesel. The truck has a 32 gallon tank. Before launching, Chris added an auxiliary tank that holds 105 gallons. Wow, that is a lot of fuel, and we have already filled up twice! The auxiliary tank is such a time saver! Chris installed it so that it automatically feeds
While in Beaufort, SC, we decided that a Must Visit was the 10 mile rails to trails Spanish Moss Trail. This ride is rated as one of the top most scenic rides. It was pretty and a very easy ride, but I don’t believe it belongs in the top 10 for the country. There were
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Aleah told me a few days ago that her bathroom’s toilet was not holding water and was getting a little smelly. I investigated possible problems and determined that there was probably an issue with the flap seal. First fix attempt is to scrub it real well. Yes, this gets your hands dirty, thank goodness for
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Today was Chris’s first day as a retired man, so we filled it with lots of exciting activities: 1. We had an appointment at 9am to get new (retired) military IDs for the entire family. We walked into the ID office and could proceed no further because it was packed beyond capacity (as set by
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