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Words from a LAZY BUM

June 11, 2023 / Rex / 0 Comments

Pick at date, any date! Yes, I know, I’v been slacking, this heat just drains my energy, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it until I can come up with a better one. We made a quick stop at Herbert Hoover Birth Place (Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, IL), again it was …

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It must have been National

June 10, 2023 / Rex / 0 Comments

June 1 2023 It must have been National stop at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site this morning. We did the self guided walk around tour, we were able to see everything except inside of the Lincoln Home. We could have toured that also, but you had to be part of a tour group. The …

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Cahokia

June 2, 2023 / Rex / 0 Comments

5/30/2023 This morning, pretty early, we drove almost 50 miles into East St Louis to see the Cahokia Mounds, covering some 6 square miles and included at least 120 different mounds with Monks Mound being the largest and had between 10,000 & 20,000 people. By 1350-1400 had been abandoned. It’s so big that one of …

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Escaping

June 1, 2023 / Rex / 0 Comments

Having some technical difficulties this is try # 2 some of you have already seen this  May 30th  & 31st Well, ok, not escaping the heat & humidity, but at least we’re on the road again and I’m escaping from Miseryiana. I’m pretty sure I have aged 10 years in the last month. While we were …

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Do you like trains?

September 5, 2022 / Rex / 0 Comments

Saturday, August 27, 2022 some where in the White Mountains in New Hampshire Yup, I know I’m WAY behind – What can I say. Least I forget, Mary got herself a new flyswatter, well it’s not really a fly swatter as the bug needs to be flying, it’a a battery powered bug zapper and you …

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Indiana – Illinois – Iowa – South Dakota

May 7, 2021 / Rex / 0 Comments

5/5/2021They all start with a letter I Indian Illinois Iowa. That’s the states we were in today. Shortly after arriving in Indiana in the first part of April we were able to get the J&J vaccine shot. Now with last Mary’s routine ultrasound this morning, that was the last item on the checklist we’re finally …

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Wow 515 miles one day 247 The next – that’s 762 In 2 days

November 5, 2020 / Rex / 0 Comments

That’s well above what I like to drive. 9/21/2020We did some miles today. After sitting still in the wind for a couple of days I was ready to hit the road. There was nothing wrong with the campground but it was to windy/cool to enjoy being outside and there was not much to do in …

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Makin tracks

August 11, 2020 / Rex / 1 Comment

8/8/2020 We pulled out of Raban tires in Clarksville IN this morning about 8:15. He (the nice young man working in the shop on a Saturday morning) had to take off one front hubcap and add an extension to the valve stem. That’s the one I was having trouble with, I didn’t know how to …

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The Mighty Mississippi River

October 1, 2019 / Rex / 2 Comments

Wisconsin – Illinois – Iowa We’re still driving the Great River Road in WI., most of todays drive was in GREAT need of being repaved, it’s sad the way, we as a nation, have let our roads fall into such a state of needing repaired. Anyway we drove through several small towns with 30-35 mile …

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FINALLY!!!!

August 18, 2019 / Rex / 0 Comments

10/17/2019 –  Elevation 670  –  328 Miles driven Sorry Aunt MG, we just never got a chance to make it out. Your, going to be a top priority when we’re back in, in October. 1 month and 2 days!!!! That’s how long I had to suffer in hades, at least that’s what it felt like …

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