Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Illinois
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…
Illinois & Indiana Capitols & last Route 66 Stop (for now) We bypassed St. Louis, to go where we haven’t been before, but we still got to visit with an old St. Louis work friend of Mark’s. Jim and his wife drove up from southern Illinois to see us in Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Albums at: August 23-September 25, 2018 September 25-October 22, 2018 Overview After Mark sold his house on the Jersey Shore we lived in Lizzy, for 2 months. Most of that time was our first Cross Country Trip with Lizzy, taking her to her new home base. Drove through Read more…
Road Trip Album at: November 23–December 13, 2016 Overview The primary goal of our Cross-Country Road Trip was to drive the Prius home to Washington to leave her there, making this our last X-Country Trip in the Prius. We had decided that 2017 would be the year to buy a Read more…
Road Trip Album at: August 4-19, 2012 Overview Our first Cross-Country Trip in the Prius was a summer run west from Mark’s house on the Jersey Shore, to Gail’s in Puget Sound. We started out heading west through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and SW Michigan, visiting family. Then it was on to Read more…