Our 5-month trip from March to July, 2019, was a southwest swing to the eastern side of California, north along the Sierras, time with our California family, and then back […]
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This group of posts takes a few side trips in South Dakota. First we go to De Smet where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived as a child and young woman, then to Sioux Falls to see South Dakota’s version of Niagara Falls, before we get back to the Missouri River in Chamberlain, South Dakota, where the Corps rested and recuperated after working hard going against the current. Finally we drove north to Bismark, ND, for the 4th of July and the Corps of Discovery’s winter of 1804-1805 at Fort Mandan.
Our first stop on our southwest swing to the west coast is the Pensacola/Mobile area on the gulf coast. Our RV campground, Riverside RV Resort, is halfway between both towns […]
Going to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola is a real highlight for us. Barney did his initial flight training here in the early 1970s and his oldest son, Jason, […]
A lighthouse still in operation is on the grounds of the Naval Air Station, along with a museum of what the keepers quarters looked like. The original lighthouse was the […]
Sunday morning, and we wanted to meet with a church community. Our local church, North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, has partner churches all over the U.S. that we support […]
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