Travel Blog
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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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We made the relatively short drive from Austin, Texas to Noel and Mike’s home in Humble, TX, which is close to Houston. We made several stops along the way, including our first trip to Buc-ee’s where they sell a lot more than just gas. It’s definitely an experience. It was super hot in Texas, 100…
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