At the Cotton Museum, we were given some handouts that included cotton details that we (and probably you) didn’t know. Often these handouts are for classes that come through the […]
Travel With Us — At Your Pace

We’re a couple in our 70’s who love to travel and find new and interesting places. Come with us and experience places you may have visited, places you never knew existed, and places you’d love to go to, At Your Pace.
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After leaving Springfield, Mo., we drove northeast to where the Mississippi joins the Missouri River. Our first stop was St. Louis where we had a number of side trips and then our first encounter with the Louis and Clark trip. A week later we drove north to Kansas City where we had more side trips and then our first “beyond Louis and Clark” stop at Fort Leavenworth, just across the Missouri River, at the Frontier Tribute Museum in Kansas.
Can’t wait to get further north along the Missouri where we’ll learn more about these 2 men, the Corps of Discovery, and their amazing adventures.
The small town of Bishopville, population around 3500, just like every small town we’ve visited, has some places that they are so proud about. We’ve already visited the Cotton Museum […]
When we were leaving the Cotton Museum, we saw some final pictures that encouraged us to explore more of Bishopville. James Davison Heriot was killed in action just 30 days […]
At our state park campground, Barney met a fellow camper who told him about a gospel song-fest that was going to happen on Saturday afternoon. So before we drove into […]
The city of Milledgeville is almost in the very middle of the state of Georgia. Every time we drive south to Florida, we see their exit signs. We’ve heard about […]
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