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At the turnoff to McCormick's Creek on the drive back from Bloomington, you can see the edge of the little town of Spencer, Indiana. The town is named for Spier Spencer who died in the Battle of Tippecanoe. We thought that with some daylight left, we could venture...
It rained all night and was drizzling and chilly in the morning. We quickly prepared sausage and eggs for breakfast in the T@B kitchen then headed south to Bloomington and soon after were wandering a delightful farmers market. Midway in size between St Petersburg's...
Today began with taking care of mundane things.we took Eric to Bloomington Ford for an oil change and transmission maintenance but then we learned we needed new brakes too! And we got to sort through more than a month's worth of mail that we had Eagle forward from...
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...
Bloomington! CJ & Phil's new address! They made the move after Phil got an exciting new job offer. And there are some nice prospects for CJ too. They've not been here long but already they're getting settled into their new house and getting to know their new...
We moved today from Indiana Dunes State Park to Yogi Bear's Jellystone Camp-Resort. Yikes! This place is huge, run down, and in an industrial neighborhood. We're here to make it more convenient for a friend who will be visiting from Chicago tomorrow but otherwise...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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[slide-anything id='27053'] 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...
[slide-anything id='27053'] 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...
[slide-anything id='27053'] 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...