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October First 

October First 

A good day to hang with the daughter afoot in Bloomington!  Lunch at Uptown Cafe - Yum! Poking around in the kitchen goods shop. New shoes and socks at JL Waters! With excellent help from Emily.  Amazing ice creams at Hartzell's. And a clever geocache at the Andrew...

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Peek-A-Boo Moon

Peek-A-Boo Moon

Just as we were ready to commence preparations for bed we decided to go out and look at the clouds one more time. To our surprise the eclipsed moon was peeking through the clouds.  We watched the orb of night emerging from Earth's shadow for about three minutes before...

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Hidden Eclipse 

Hidden Eclipse 

Site 52 here at Indiana Dunes State Park was going to be great for watching tonight's eclipse. We set up our chairs with a beautiful view of the Harvest Moon in a clear sky at about 7:20PM Central. In about 20 minutes the clouds started moving in. Two hours later...

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Historic Routes

Historic Routes

 Since shortly after leaving Dixon we've been the southern part of the Chicago area along the Historic Lincoln, better known these days as US-30 but in Joliet the US-30 bridge over the Des Plaines River is closed. We detoured onto IL-54 and discovered we were on...

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Dutch Lived Here

Dutch Lived Here

Boyhood HomeVideo Tour  Dixon IL was the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan, known as Dutch. Although his family only lived in the house on Hennepin Avenue for three years, it figured prominently in his childhood memories. He and his brother Neil, known in childhood...

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From Winona to Woodbine

From Winona to Woodbine

Home Tour Video Biography Video  Starting in Winona MN we traveled south on US-61 with the sunlight sparkling on the waters of the Mississippi River to our left and clouds shrouding the tops of some of the bluffs on our right. We crossed the mighty river at...

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Sunset on the Mississippi 

Sunset on the Mississippi 

Prairie Island Campground in Winona MN sounded like a nice stopping place on our trek along the Mississippi shore according to the AllStays app. A phone call confirmed that they had a spot for us. But when we arrived we discovered that half this city park campground...

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Little House in the Big Woods 

Little House in the Big Woods 

Today's travels took us along the eastern shore of Lake Pepin, the largest naturally occurring lake along the course of the Mississippi River and into the town of Pepin, Wisconsin to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum which gave a look at what life was like in Pepin when...

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Red Wing, The Mississippi, and Propane

Red Wing, The Mississippi, and Propane

After breakfast today we were thwarted in our efforts to make a second cuppa. The stove wouldn't light. Sure enough, we're out of propane!  A Google search and a phone call later and we added Lakes Gas Company in Hager City WI as an interim destination to our day's...

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The James-Younger Gang

The James-Younger Gang

 After securing Site 23 at Lake Byllesby Park outside of Cannon Falls MN this afternoon we checked some apps to see if there was anything intriguing we'd like to check out in the area. Sure enough, the History Here app directed us to the National Bank Bank in...

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Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.

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At Home in Medina

In October we decided to make Medina our new hometown and have been embracing its charms while setting into our new apartment