As we were passing through Thayer, MO we saw the sign for Grand Gulf State Park. We’ve driven through Thayer many times but we’ve never taken the time to slow down and take a look. Today was the day for an impromptu side trip. Just 6 miles off of Hwy 63 on Hwy W, we were …
We needed to stay put for the day and work on a deadline for a client. With lightning fast Internet we made great progress. During a work break, we took a hike on the property down the mountain to a creek. Pretty steep hike, but wonderful! It’s good to get the ole’ heart a pumping. …
By 8 a.m., we were packed up and had left the campsite and headed east toward Monteagle, TN. We passed through Winchester and connected on Hwy 41A east. When we arrived at Cowan, we had to stop. It was such a cute small town. We needed to take some photos. We were stopped by a …
We stayed put at Tims Ford State Park for the day. We needed to get some work done and since I figured out that we had some Verizon MiFi signal, we felt a ton better to get something accomplished. The Internet wasn’t lightning fast, but it sure workable. After work was done, we did some …
Sunday morning was a little soggy. That didn’t deter us though. We folded up the tent and left our campsite by 7:15 a.m. We stopped at the entrance so that we could take some photos, check the tires and make a smoothie. We were just under a quarter tank of gas, so we headed to …
It was Saturday and we took our time in getting up and around. By 9:20 a.m., we were packed up and headed toward Centerville, TN to the National Banana Pudding Festival. He headed east on Hwy 100 toward Centerville. At 11:45 a.m., we arrived in Centerville and enjoyed a craft fair on the square and …
Who knew there was a festival celebrating banana pudding? We certainly didn’t, until we stopped at the Tennessee welcome center and saw a poster advertising the 6th Annual National Banana Pudding Festival. It just so happened that the festival was in Centerville, TN the very weekend we were to be in the area. Of course …
Perhaps one of my favorite quotes is: “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll I think of it often. There are many things out of our control that happen to us, but we have total control of how we REACT. We have the choice …
Robert and I were itching for a little road trip, so one day, we buzzed over to Ft. Scott, KS. Growing up in El Dorado Springs, MO, I took for granted all the wonderful little attractions that were just a hop, skip and jump away. I guess we do that when we’re young. Now that …
Picher, Oklahoma is a modern day ghost town. It was formerly a major national center of lead and zinc mining. Over a century of unrestricted subsurface excavation left Picher with groundwater contamination and toxic metal-contaminated chat heaps. Picher was declared uninhabitable and efforts to evacuate initiated. In 2009, efforts to close the town began. There …
