A peek at Life on the Road
4/16-17, 2022 Driving south from Iowa to Missouri, spring shows itself in subtle ways, the bushes roadside have young spring green leaves. The trees are still bare. I expected on this spring trip to see the best of spring at many stops on this loop trip, but we are traveling a few weeks … Continue reading Cuivre State Park, Missouri, Early Spring
4/14-15 – Iowa Ledges State Park is one of the oldest state parks in Iowa, and is named for the gold toned sandstone ledges which have been carved by a meandering stream since the end of the ice age. The park has plenty of camp sites, some with full hook ups for campers. Our … Continue reading Ledges Sate Park, Iowa, Trestle Bike Path
4/13 - Nebraska City, Nebraska. The Arbor Lodge or Arbor Mansion is located in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The 52-room mansion was built as a very early wood frame house on the plains, built in 1855 as home for J. Sterling and Carolyn Morton. The home was originally a 4-room house for Morton, the editor … Continue reading Arbor Day Started Here, Save the Earth
411 – Towing from Kansas to Nebraska You bet ! We are checking off the states on this trip. A loop tour through southern Gulf states and middle plains and east-central states. We need to fill in the travel map of the states we have camped in. 4/12 – The Golden Spike Grade school … Continue reading The Golden Spike
4/12 – 13 While filling the tank at a local station, the man with the old pickup truck said, “it must have been raining dirt”, “most of the cars are covered”. I turned my head to him and replied, “yes, it was raining dirt last night”. A long line of threatening thunderstorms passed by … Continue reading It Was Raining Dirt
4/10/22 It is a warm day, up to 81 degrees, and a good Sunday afternoon to stroll through the Sedgwick County Zoo. We both enjoy seeing and photographing the animals. Zoo animal photos are challenging and rewarding. You have to shoot through the crowds of people and the sticky finger prints all over the … Continue reading Sedgwick County Zoo
4/9 This blog post goes out to former and current employees who feel a connection with the aviation industry. Thank you Bill C. for listing this as one of the top aviation museum destinations. What makes this place great is not the glitz and polish, but the rich history of Wichita as a center for … Continue reading Kansas Aviation Museum
4/8 – “I’m Going to Wichita”, a rocking song by Seven Nation Army It is a shorter drive day from Oklahoma to Wichita Kansas. A more relaxed start, casual drive and early arrival, nice! Today the winds are strong, cold, and directly from the north. This is causing trailer sway and really, really poor gas … Continue reading Keeper of the Plains, Wichita
4/7 Quartz Mountain is far off the beaten track, there is not much to attract tourists nearby, other than the park. The lake is a prime attraction, and the sandstone mountain scape, and four wheeler tracks on the other side. A short bike ride was good for us during the brisk morning, the afternoon … Continue reading Last Day at Quartz Mountain
4/5 – Drive to Oklahoma We planned on a 10 hour drive from Arkansas to Lone Wolf Oklahoma, based on both of us independently checking route options using various maps and of course Google, the distance is 480 miles. We finally arrived at Quartz Mountain State Park in Lone Wolf, OK at 7:40 PM, … Continue reading Oklahoma, Quartz Mountain State Park
Retired and Loving It 