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
This week we went to The Biltmore estate and property. On the Biltmore property we went Falconing. We got to hold, feed and fly a Harris’s Hawk named Sam Adams. We got to hold a 3 year old Barn Owl named Oskar. They also had a Peregrine Falcon named Pisgah and another Harris’s Hawk named
The campground we are staying at does not have a pool or beach nearby, instead there is a swimming hole. It’s just a wider, deeper and more accessible section of a small river that goes along the mountain, but it is still very fun. We have gone there twice, technically three, but the first time
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Everybody feels like we are actually camping now. Trees, creeks with swimming holes, fires, s’more’s and only the water we can hold in a tank or electricity we can fit in the batteries.
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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Today we went on a drive/walk/swim. We went to a visitor center and guess what! It was closed!!! We did get to see some baby American Alligators 🐊 though so that almost made up for it. They were very cute. We never got to see their mother though, and that was a real bummer. After
