Monthly Archives: October 2018
Ray Behrens Rec Area – Mark Twain Lake
October 11, 2018 WE LUCKED OUT! The Recreation.gov website was overhauled and is a serious mess. I went online and spent over an hour fighting with it to find a campsite near Hannibal with little success. According to the new … Continue reading
NOTICE
For those following our blog, we were trying to post things chronologically but we have so many posts to do for the summer trip that it is taking a long time. This means the places we’ve toured recently get pushed … Continue reading
Cahokia Mounds State Historical Park
October 10, 2018 Cahokia Mounds is an incredible park that has been on our must see list for a long time. Even their front doors are incredible – although they are now permanently locked and have been replaced by “conventional” … Continue reading
Melvin Price Lock & Dam
October 8, 2018 We spent a very enjoyable day at the Melvin Price Lock & Dam. We also took an awesome tour conducted by a very high energy volunteer guide. The locks and dams along the upper Mississippi River are … Continue reading
Pere Marquette State Park
October 7-10, 2018 After much searching in the St. Louis area, we opted for Pere Marquette State Park as our home base for touring Cahokia Mounds. There was no central location to stop at since this was a dip in … Continue reading
Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site
October 2, 2018 While hitting the Lincoln sites in Springfield we noticed a flyer for a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home, the Dana-Thomas House. I like some of Wright’s designs so we figured we’d check it out.
The Land of Lincoln
John is really good at all the historical facts and numbers. He labored over his Lincoln posts to make sure his data was correct and everything flowed well. I hate numbers. I can’t remember numbers, dates, statistics and other number … Continue reading
Spirit of the Woods 