Archive for June 2022
KOA – Rapid City, South Dakota, Mt Rushmore, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse
We stayed two days in Rapid City, SD. On the way there we stopped and had lunch at Wall Drug (Now we know where the hell it is!). It was really fun to walk through the town, visit all the shops and just take it all in. After getting settled at the Rapid City KOA,…
Read MoreThe Badlands – South Dakota
It was a long but very pleasant drive to the Badlands from Omaha. The scenery on the way there was just stunning, low rolling hills of lush green vegetation, cows in the pastures, and you could see for miles and miles. We arrived and got set up, a process which is now becoming much more…
Read MoreSheila’s Place – Omaha, Nebraska
Sheila, Leonard’s Mom, invited us to stay at her place in Omaha, Nebraska. (Leonard is our niece Courtney’s husband.) We drove through three states to get there: Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Sheila and her sister Peggy were such gracious hosts. We had so much fun! I can’t believe how much we packed into 36 hours! During…
Read MoreKOA – West St. Louis
Our next destination was a KOA camp in West St. Louis. On the way, we decided to check out the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. We made our first stop at Bulleit Distillery. At 11am I had a delicious slushy made of cold brew coffee, bourbon and Bailey’s Irish Cream. So delicious! Then before we bought a…
Read MoreWoodlog Covert, Paris, Kentucky
We felt so fortunate to stay at Woodlog Covert, a working farm in Paris, Kentucky. It was a Harvest Host location, possibly the best one we’ve stayed at to date. So picturesque. The roads getting there were very narrow. They were two lanes, but barely wide enough for two vehicles to pass by. Sometimes we…
Read MoreSeven Sisters Brewery, Wytheville, VA
After leaving Melissa and Mark’s, we stayed at the Seven Sisters Brewery, a Harvest Host location. We sampled their beers, one had a 9.3% alcohol content. Wytheville was a neat little town with lots of history. It turns out Woodrow Wilson’s wife was born there. We enjoyed walking through the town and visiting the little…
Read MoreMelissa & Mark’s, June, 2022
We had a pleasant drive through the country backroads of North Carolina and arrived on a Thursday afternoon. We were greeted by Mark and four smiling grandchildren. To our surprise, Tegen is now 6′ tall at age 16. So fun to re-connect with everyone in person. Mark treated us to a delicious barbecue pork dinner.…
Read MoreThe Barnyard RV Park, Lexington, SC
8Our last stop before arriving at Melissa and Mark’s in North Carolina was the Barnyard RV park in Lexington South Carolina. Stayed two nights so I could get caught up on some work. The RV park had a large percentage of full-time tenants. It was a nice park, The showers were clean and it had…
Read MoreKOA – Montgomery, Alabama
We crossed three states today, Lousiana, Mississippi and Alabama. We also took a bridge over the Mississippi River and arrived in Montgomery, Alabama mid-afternoon. And you guessed it, it was super hot! I told the gentleman at the front desk that we hadn’t had any precipitation, not a drop, since it snowed on us in…
Read MoreJohn Schneider’s Studio
After Noel & Mike’s, our next stop was John Schneider’s Studio, a Harvest Host location in Louisiana. John Schneider is the blonde actor from Dukes of Hazzard. His studio is a movie set, but they also have concerts, an outdoor movie theatre and various events there, in addition to having a campground. It was a…
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