Home Again, Home Again!

Home Again, Home Again!

   We are Home!  In case you didn't figure it out, yet. <(;-o)  We made the drive from Paducah, Kentucky without any major mishaps.  Thanks again for the prayers.  God is good all the time!

Back Home and set up for cleaning!

 

   We traveled for 5 glorious weeks and saw so much of this wonderful country.  But, we never saw the kind of traffic we saw once we were about 40 miles northeast of Nashville, TN.  It was like everyone decided to travel that road on the same day at the same time as we were passing through town.  It was wall to wall trucks with wall to wall passenger cars who were all in a hurry to get where they were going!  I really have never seen anything like it.  We have been so blessed while on our trip to have clear skies and clear roads to travel.  We met some wonderful people along the way and will always cherish the memories of this trip to Yellowstone National Park.  Dinah and I discussed it and we both agree that our top three places to visit were the Crazy Horse Memorial, The Battle of the Little Big Horn and Yellowstone National Park.  We had different views as to which we enjoyed the most, but our top three were the same.

   We hope you have enjoyed following along on our adventure.  Several of you asked us to do this and this is really my first attempt at blogging a trip like this.

Anyway, it has come to an end and we are very happy to be back at home among our belongings and our family and friends who we cherish so much.

LUV 2 U ALL!  Thanks so much for traveling along with us.  God is good all the time!  The prayers were felt along the way.

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Paducah, KY - Day 31? - On our way home

Paducah, KY - On our way home

We made it to Paducah, KY!  We left early from Lincoln because of oncoming rain.  So, we arrived shortly after lunch, here.  Not a very pretty campsite, but they have good ratings.  I may post pictures later.  I just wanted to let alert those who are following our travels.  We are resting this afternoon.  Dinah is researching antique shops and looking forward to visiting Hancock's Fabrics, tomorrow.

LUV 2 ALL!  See you soon!

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Day 30? - Columbia, MO - On our way home...

Columbia, MO. - On our way home

We are safe and sound in Columbia, MO.  I was not a happy camper most of the drive over here.  It seems like it was bumper to bumper traffic since about 11:45 am this morning as we were entering the Kansas City, city limits.  We have been so spoiled by the easy travel and light traffic on most of our trip.  I guess from here on out, it's back to reality and the disgusting behavior all these people traveling on our roads and hindering our relazation.  <(;-o)  Just kidding...

We were really blessed to get into a site in this campground, because this weekend is not only parents weekend at Missouri University, but they are playing Purdue at home.  So, we are going to be surrounded by the wrong kind of tigers until we exit on Sunday.  They seemed like nice people.  Our neighbors said hello as we were setting up.  We have been really blessed with the good folks we have had as neighbors in our campsites.

A couple of pics of our campsite and the surrounding neighbors.  Everyone is gone, currently.  We are assuming that they are at parent functions and football parties at the campus.

   This is a really nice campground, but like most the WIFI is NOT good for posting pictures on a blog.  So, it's a good thing I don't have much to post.  That's it for today.

LUV 2 U ALL!  Thanks for the prayers.  We'll see everyone around Wednesday of next week.

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29th Day? - September 14, 2017 - Lincoln, NE - Antiquing...

Antiquing - Lincoln, NE

   29th Day?  Somewhere along the way, I have miss numbered the days of this blog.  I know there are a couple of days where I didn't blog, so I guess I got the count wrong when I restarted.  Anyway, thanks for not mentioning it.  I don't think I am going to spend the time to go back and try to correct it.  Maybe after we get home I'll correct it, but not now.  Anyway, on with the posting!!!

   Today, we took our time again and had breakfast in the camper.  We took care of the dogs and the trailer and got everything straightened away before we left.  Dinah had found two antique stores that she wanted to visit.  The first one was Burlington Antiques Mall downtown.  So, we headed out and found ourselves very close to the college campus, stadium and indoor stadium.  It was a very nice store and had many nice pieces, several of which came home with us as gifts/keepers for Dinah and family.

Dinah in front of the Antique store in Licoln, NE

   After we finished we checked ourselves and realized that we needed someplace to eat lunch.  We asked the proprietors of the antique store who were very helpful and pointed out a brewery / grill across the street which happened to be the oldest brewery in the state, if I heard her correctly.  We headed outside and put another $1.50 in the parking meter for what gave us an hour and a half on the meter.

   We decided on the Lazlo's which is the restaurant next to the Empyrean Brewing Co.  We were greeted and seated very warmly and Dinah decided on the steak kabobs with rice and a baked potato and I had the batter fried fish and fries along with one of the locally brewed beers called "Chaco Canyon Gold".  This was brewed next door at the Empyrean Brewing Co.  It was wonderful!  So, I bought two six packs to try to bring home to share and to have for myself.  I can't wait to be sitting on the back porch and having one of these with some back yard BBQ.  <(;-o)

Lazlo's Entrance.

A picture of the brewing company next to Lazlo's.

   We also loved the buildings in the downtown area.  Dinah loved the signs on the walls from old times.  The Lincoln Station was an old train station that has been converted into a convention center downtown.  They had their own train and a beautiful raised brick mural that I will show you below.  We both loved the clock in one of the pictures which was chiming as I took the picture of it on the corner.  At first I didn't realize it was that clock, but it eventually dawned on me.  The pictures are below along with a link to all of the pics for the day.

The clock I mentioned above.

You can see more pictures, here.

   After lunch we went to the other antique store in town, which was not really nice compared to the one we shopped in before lunch.  So, we headed back to camp and rested the remainder of the day.

That's it for today!  Tomorrow, we head to Columbia, MO, another football town where the Missouri Tigers will be meeting the Purdue Boiler Makers for their weekly contest.

LUV 2 U ALL!  We'll be home in a few days.  Thanks for the prayers. 

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Day 26 - Camp-A-Way - Lincoln, NE

Travel to Lincoln, NE

Today, we broke camp at 9 am and headed East towards Lincoln, NE and Camp-A-Way, Campground.  There's not much to say about the drive except there were many, many cars and trucks.  We think we are definitely back in civilization.  Almost all of the drive was farm land with cattle and corn crops.  It looked much like below.

Corn, corn and more corn for as far as the eye could see.

We made it into Lincoln about 2:30 pm and set up camp and took the dogs for a walk.  We just had a wonderful dinner of open face roast beef sandwich which Dinah made for us.  She is quite the cook.  I just got back from a wonderful hot shower and thought I'd finish this update for today.

Below is a couple of pictures of the campground.  We are very close to downtown Lincoln and it's a very pretty site.  It's a little cramped, but this is parent's weekend at Nebraska University and a football weekend, also.  We will be getting out of town on Friday morning to avoid the insanity this weekend.

LUV 2 U All! once again.  We will probably be antiquing tomorrow.  Dinah has identified three antique malls and plans to hit them all.  I don't know that I will be going with her.  I may stay at the trailer with the dogs.

Our next stop after this will be Columbia, MO on football weekend, but we have a nice place picked out and we're hoping it won't be too crazy.  We will be arriving there on Friday afternoon.  We will be checking out on Sunday and headed to Paducah, KY.  That will be our last stop before heading for home.

Thanks for all the prayers.  See you soon!

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Day 25, September 11, 2017 - Ogallala, NE

Day 25 - Sunflowers RV Park, Ogallala, NE

   Today, we spent the day resting and regrouping.  Dinah did go out to the store for supplies while I stayed at the trailer with the puppies and worked on the blog.

   She found a store called the "Silver Thimble" and said that she liked it.  She found a cutting tool there that she had not seen before, so she brought it back.  The tool is designed to help her make a double ring quilt pattern.  She really loves to quilt and is excited about the find.

I'll put a couple of pictures of the campsite below.  It is a very  nice place to stay.  The WIFI is great!  Which is much appreciated after our past experiences with other campgrounds along our route.  The showers are nice and clean and warm!  Dinah uses the shower/toilet in the trailer.  The trailer, by the way has been working admirably.  It is a breeze to pull compared to some others we have owned.  We love the amenities that are included in the Lance trailer and have been very satisfied.

Once again, LUV 2 U All!  We will see you in a few days. 

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Day 23 - September 9, 2017 - Ft. Caspar, Casper, WY

Fort Caspar, Casper, WY 

   Our first day in Casper, we wanted to see Fort Caspar, not "Casper" as it was supposed to be a restored Fort on the site of the original.  It was not far from the campground (Sunflowers RV Campground) where we are staying.

Link to more pictures of the visit to Fort Caspar, here.




This was a nice museum, the fort was reconstructed in 1937 and documents one of the original forts set up to protect travelers and the surrounding territory.  The Fort was here to protect not only the travelers, but the Pone Express trails and the Trans-continental Telegraph.  A link to a more detailed history is here.  I am not going to regurgitate the history on these pages.   Brigham Young also established the first ferry in the territory while trying to cross the flooded Platte River and occupied and operated the ferry for years afterward even as they traveled on to Salt Lake territory.

This was a recreation of a telegraph station.  I thought the four shot derringer was a nice touch.

It always amazes me how much difficulty these frontiersmen endured in their lives
and they probably thought they had it good.

   We didn't do much else while we were in Casper.  But, this was a nice way to spend a few hours and learn a little about our history.

LUV 2 U ALL!  We hope you are enjoying the posts.  We will have more as we go, but nothing like some of the sites we have seen so far.  Thanks for all the prayers.  See you soon!

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