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May 8: Lincoln Country and Sangchris Lake The Lincoln Presidential Library is highly recommended on a couple of traveling blogs we have been following. Goodness, they were right! Downtown Springfield seems almost a shrine to the 16th president. The Library has an interesting layout. There are 2 multi-media presentations to put Lincoln’s life and impact…

May 6,7 Botanical Garden The weather on the way to St Louis can be classed as nothing better than dreary. Although the weather-guessers are forecasting sunny weather tomorrow I have my doubts. This is the view of the arch on the way to the campground: Once we arrived at the campground the rain stopped. We…

May 2-6 Lorraine relaxes and Ted learns Our unit at the Branson Worldmark timeshare was terrific. It is an hour from the the Taxidermy Competition in Springfield so Ted had an hour commute. Our first day at the timeshare, we spent some time booking campgrounds for the next leg of the journey; touring the Branson…

May 2, 2022 Springfield MO We spent the whole day in the Wonders Of Wildlife (WOW) museum and Bass Pro Shop (BPS). WOW was created by the founder of BPS and has a decidedly pro-outdoorsman prospective, which is refreshing. The museum has a world renowned aquarium and a natural history section. In addition, BPS houses…

May 1, 2022 Stockton Lake Missouri So far our journeys seem to be allowing us to follow early Spring across the country. I don’t know if our pleasure in today’s campground is a direct result of only having to drive two hours today or that we are experiencing the ephemeral glory of the season. My…

April 30 – Botanica, Blackberries, Birding The title of today’s post is a take on an old camp song. Wichita reminds me of simpler, more wholesome times. The whole city is free of litter, has beautiful subdivisions (many of which surround a lake or pond, and a downtown designed to appeal to the whole family.…

April 29 – Colorado to Wichita, KS Today we stopped in Dodge City on our way across the Great Plains. Funny, but as a Californian, I’ve never thought of Kansas as the Wild, Wild, West. Clearly it was! We toured the Boot Hill Museum. It was very well done and we enjoyed learning about lawmen…

April 29: Pagosa Springs to John Martin State Park, CO Colorado is a beautiful state. We had only traveled about 10 minutes out of Pagosa Springs before I insisted on a photo stop. What majestic scenery! We stopped at Treasure Falls to learn the limits of our hiking ability at 8500 feet elevation: about a…

April 22-28 Laying low I’m combining a few days, because we have been pretty quiet since arriving in Colorado It’s amazing how soaking and exercising in a hot tub for 15 minutes daily can help in the healing process. The strength in my arm has doubled and the range of motion has increased dramatically! Yay.…

Today I sent out invitations to several people inviting them to follow this blog of our trip to the World Taxidermy Competition and Michigan. Lorraine saw it and said “That is not how you sold it to me, you said we were going to see a million tulips in Holland, Michigan and watch birds in…