2018 Iowa – part 5, John Deere Museum
Monday started out with us driving toward central Iowa. We got to see the largest strawberry in the state (no, it isn’t real). it’s huge When we stopped for gas,...
2018 Iowa – part 6, hiking at Pikes Peak State Park
Late in the late afternoon of our last day in Iowa, we finally took a hike in our state park campground. Hopefully some of these pictures will help you see...
2018 Illinois – part 1, an overnight campsite so we could add Illinois to our map
Wednesday we left Iowa and drove east through Illinois to just south of Chicago. We had to spend the night in this state so we could add to our travel...
2018 driving home – part 1: friends around Cincinnati
Our our way home, we drove to the Cincinnati area so we could see Rob and Heather and their children. We’ve seen them three times this year in three different...
2018 driving home – part 2: an overnight at a Walmart near Chattanooga
Our last night on the road for this trip finds us at the Walmart parking lot just north of Chattanooga. The temp is in the mid-60s, and we can sit...