11/2/2024 And it comes to a roaring close . . . I left leisurely yesterday morning, knowing that I couldn’t park the trailer until at least 4:00 because my neighbor told me the city is replacing our sidewalks — and they were supposedly up to my house yesterday. What I…

10/31/2024 After a long day of driving, I arrived in what I’d consider my worst camp site.  It’s not horrible; I feel safe, and I’m spending the night in my cozy trailer anyway, but the campground is definitely a tin of sardines with all the trailers and RVs packed tightly…

10/30/2024 I bet those of you coming to my blog today thought you were going to see photos of Carlsbad Caverns.  Of course.  Why wouldn’t I post photos of such an amazing site? Well, sorry to disappoint, but I was never able to get past the parking lot.  Here’s my…

10/29/2024 OMFG, today was my worst day of travel so far.  The winds were ripping across the land so hard, making it difficult to keep the truck and trailer steady.  Whenever a big rig would pass me – which was frequent – the suction from the semi would pull my…

10/28/2024 Two solid days of driving after leaving Indiana, and tomorrow is another – a long one to Carlsbad Caverns NP.  At least then I will at least have two nights there to visit the park and take a break from traversing the country. The end of today’s drive, however,…

10/27/2024 On my drive to Springfield, MO (the way station to visit nephew Dan’s son in Dallas), I had a lot of time to think. Chris, who is working on the James Murray house posed a question, “How did James Murray earn a living?”  James clearly had enough wealth to…

10/26/2024 Oh, what nice morning . . . We met up with Tina and Chris (James Murray house folks) for breakfast.  More stories, more sharing.  How do I describe it?  Just delightful people. I was telling Craig how lucky we were that Tina and Chris were renovating the home of…

10/25/2024 After that amazing day at the James Murray house yesterday, how could we top that?  Well, we couldn’t.  We knew that was not possible, but we could start to look more into James Murray.  Sooooo, we headed down to the Rush County Courthouse. I had been here before with…

10/24/2024 I had written a blog to post yesterday – on my boring drive and arriving into Indiana and setting up the trailer for Craig’s arrival, but I can’t find what I wrote and since today was filled with such greatness I’ll start here. Craig and I ventured over to…

Today feels very strange.  I arrived here in the West Virginia KOA early afternoon.  I had decided no more long drives, but this one was just too short.  Weirdly, I had to check in at the Days Inn motel to register.  It’s not like any other KOA I’ve been to;…