Dear Reader: I have a question for you and would like your feedback in answer. The question is at the end of this blog post. GUESS WHAT: 1/2 way of the Missouri River is Bismarck, ND, at 1170.5 miles. Full length of that river is 2341 miles. We continue to see prairie land, flat land... Continue Reading →
Food, Sourdough, Dignity, & Windstorm A Few Weeks Ago (SD)
Today we slept in and then went down to I-90 and then over to Chamberlain, South Dakota for the day. It was 11:30 a.m. when we got to town and we were hungry. I looked up some places to eat in this small town (pop around 2,000) and looked up the menu to see if... Continue Reading →
Poor Sergeant Floyd, 3 Cities/3 States/1 Area (IA, NE, SD)
It rained last night. Yesterday, to prepare for Travel Day today, Kevin put away Ambient Weather station and ham radio antenna in the basement of HOWE (footnote 1). So, I said, if Ambient shows rain… it means the basement of HOWE is flooding. He got a good laugh out of that. Thankfully it wasn’t raining... Continue Reading →
Kevin’s Birthday Gift & The Council Was Held (IA/NE)
Seaman Showing Us The Info, Omaha, NE 06/26 Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail in Omaha. We crossed over the Missouri River and went downtown. We got parked and went into the building. The directions said it was Region 3, 4, 5. Well, this place was an art building but the ladies nicely told us... Continue Reading →
Lewis & Clark And Birthday Week (IA)
We had plenty, with a capital P, of time. (Sometimes I laugh at myself and what I write in this travel journal!) Check in at Lake Manawa State Park campground, Council Bluffs, Iowa, wasn’t until 4:00 p.m. We were here by 1:15 p.m. So we found a place to do our grocery shopping for the... Continue Reading →
Our Travel Theme For This Year…
We headed to the St Louis, Missouri area. Why? What are our plans through this September? We are following the LEWIS & CLARK TRAIL, the Corps of Discovery! Now, we have been along parts of it before and have even been in Oregon where they met the Pacific Ocean (and we visited the fort and... Continue Reading →