Lately, our travel has taken a different turn. Instead of RV or Jeep travel, we’ve turned to our bikes. Not motorcycles…good, old-fashioned bicycles. Over the last several weeks, our business has us glued to our computer monitors, working on various client projects. Our little get-aways have been hopping on our bikes for short rides around …
#59 – Another Weekend Another Hamfest and MORE!
What the heck? Another Hamfest? Indeed, it was. This time we were off to Kansas City to attend Hambash, hosted by the Ararat Shrine Amateur Radio Club. We arrived to a packed parking lot at opening time. We fought our way through the crowded isles. I actually found something to buy before Robert! Then, when …
#55 – Celebrating Our Wedding Anniversary with a Road Trip and Fur Coats
We celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary by going to Concordia, Missouri to the 8th Annual Pre-1865 Living History Trade Fair. We got up early and headed north from home. Our drive was only about three hours and the night before we had a bit of snow, but that didn’t deter our outing. Robert met up …
#53 – Gun Builders Trade Fair
We took a little trip north from home to Holden, MO to enjoy the Midwest Gun Builders Guild Trade Fair. It was well worth the drive even though we had a little bout of winter weather the night before. We took it slow and steady. We enjoyed our time meeting new people at the trade …
Video | Overland Expo East Trip Episode 03 | Blue Ridge Parkway
If you haven’t caught our podcast episode #46 – From Rock Island State Park to a Driving Tour of Little Switzerland, click here to hear more about our experience. In this video, we made our way on to the Blue Ridge Parkway outside of Asheville, North Carolina. We stopped and worked for a bit at Buck Creek Gap …
#043 – Trouble on Glade Top Trail
We had a full and busy work week, pretty much strapped to our computers. It was time to break away and do a little trail driving. A few weeks ago, Robert had explored Glade Top Trail while I was in Mississippi. Since that area is one of the most remote areas in Missouri, we knew …
Video | Battle of Lexington State Park
We enjoyed the day in Lexington, Missouri at the Battle of Lexington State Park. The park has a visitors center with a bunch of displays, a theater room that tells about the battle and history that took place here and the actual house is still standing where the battle was. The house is open for …
#042 – HAM, Battle, Picnic, & Poor Oscar
This week’s podcast is about our little adventure as we traveled north from our home base. Here’s a breakdown. Warrensburg, MO Robert had been looking forward to heading up to Warrensburg to attend the annual WAARCI Hamfest. We’ve attended the last couple of years and it’s a good time to see people who Robert chats with over …
Video | Glade Top Trail
I went for a drive to Glade Top Trail in Mark Twain National Forest in Southwest Missouri on a hot afternoon (100F-105F heat index). To do some testing on my Jeep Wrangler. The test drive was successful and ’twas a beautiful drive! Be sure to subscribe to the BeenThereDoingThat YouTube Channel.
Video | Fort Scott National Historic Site on July 4th 2018
These are our little video clips from Fort Scott National Historic Site – Fort Scott, Kansas on July 4th, 2018! All the flags honor those who had lost their lives in fighting for our freedom. The display is called Symbols of Sacrifice. To learn more about Fort Scott, click here to hop over to the …