Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Fascinating History, big storms, raging fire We arrived during a Tornado Watch for western Arkansas. Here we “only” experienced a Major Wind/Rain Storm, which thankfully didn’t hit until after we set up camp. It was essentially over by morning and the last 2 nights were gorgeous. Then…yesterday, the Adelaide Hall Read more
Camping in/Visiting 1 new National Park Site: Buffalo National River (#268), America’s First National River, established in 1972, flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. We camped at Tyler Bend, near St. Joe, Arkansas, for 3 nights, our Read more
From SW Missouri to NW Arkansas This is Lizzy‘s 1st time camping in Arkansas (State #42) and our 1st time to actually visit. It was a “fun” drive through the mountains to get here. We’d planned only 2 nights (campground closes today), but discovered we could stay 1 more, so Read more
Our 3rd Springfield (only camped, didn’t really visit this one) The most populated city in the US named Springfield and on Route 66. The other two we’ve visited are just a bit smaller…in Massachusetts, the “City of Firsts” where many innovations were developed (e.g. first American dictionary & first American Read more
Leaving the Great River Road for Route 66 We got some chores done (i.e. 115K mile oil change for The Beast) and… Visited 1 new National Park Site and 1 revisit : Heading SW along Route 66 today For more pictures, see (in-work) Adventure Album: Great River Road / Route Read more
Staying at Mark Twain Cave Campground We just spent the last 2 days being “very touristy” for us…the most since our day in Tombstone in early 2023. We took/visited the Historic Hannibal Trolley Tour, the Mark Twain Riverboat Tour, the Mark Twain Cave Tour, the Mark Twain Boyhood Home Museum Read more
Farther south on the Great River Road, between Iowa & Illinois We spent a few hours, over 2 days, visiting the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa. Very Cool! We even got to tour the William M Black Dredge Boat. We also spent an afternoon in Galena, Read more
Between Iowa and Wisconsin Camping on the north side of Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, right across the Mississippi River from Harpers Ferry, Iowa, where we… Visited 1 new National Park Site: Effigy Mounds National Monument (#263), where 200 plus American Indian mounds, are located in one of the most picturesque Read more
Cornfields and the Northern Lights Staying at only our 4th Harvest Host site, in Dakota, Minnesota (just a hop, skip and a jump from the Mississippi River), we had a very pleasant day yesterday. Shopping at the Farm Store, we bought some farm fresh eggs, our first ever Beef Bacon Read more
In just 21/2 days Camping northwest of Minneapolis (in Maple Grove), we spent a most of our 9 days (before and after our Whirlwind Trip to the Northeast) “just” getting organized, packing, unpacking & recouping from the trip! NOT to mention, a better part of a day getting new brakes Read more