Missouri
Silver Dollar City – Branson, Missouri
We left our temp home at Melissa & Mark’s garage property on 3/18, headed for Silver Dollar City Amusement Park. Melissa, Mark and the grandkids met us there for two nights of camping. When we arrived we found out that an RV was broken down in Melissa and Mark’s spot, site # 1. So we…
Read MoreMelissa & Marks – March 2026
We arrived at Melissa & Mark’s on March 10th. It was a beautiful 80º day. Melissa and Mark met us at the Garage property and we quickly got set up. Then we went over to their house and were amazed at the renovation they completed at the Carriage House. It’s the cutest little apartment with…
Read MoreRustic Meadows RV Park – Strafford, Missouri
We spent one night at Rustic Meadows RV Park in Strafford, Missouri. It was reasonably priced, right off of HWY 44, and close to Melissa and Mark’s. We got completely set up in about 45 minutes, including water, sewer, electrical and Starlink. We were able to dump our tanks and fill up our water before…
Read MoreMelissa & Marks – Fall 2025
We arrived at Melissa & Marks on Saturday, October 4th and stayed for a month. This time we stayed at their “Garage Property” a few blocks from their house. It was mostly quiet, except for the coyotes that howled occasionally at night. We saw deer and lots of unique birds like cardinals and buzzards. We…
Read MoreLake of the Ozarks KOA – Missouri
Our last stop before reaching Melissa’s farm in Dixon, Missouri, was a KOA camp at Lake of the Ozarks. We’d never been there before and it was a beautiful place, a great mixture of trees and lakes. On the way there, we saw a funny sign, “Tightwad Bank” with all zero’s. The name of the…
Read MoreDixon, MO
It was so hot in Arizona, 112º, that we decided to leave a couple of days early to head to Missouri and visit Melissa, Mark and grandkids. We originally intended to make the 1,300+ mile trip in four days, but we ended up doing it in three days. It was about 20 hours of driving…
Read MoreRich Harvest Winery – Syracuse, NE
We arrived in Syracuse Nebraska, about 12:30 pm. Syracuse is situated between Omaha and Lincoln. Since we were early, we stopped at a little thrift store in town. Neat little place that had rooms set up and decorated for their different categories, like books, sports equipment, electronics, men’s clothes, women’s clothes and accessories. Rich Harvest…
Read MoreJoplin, MO
On Melissa’s Birthday we had a sleep-over in the trailer in Joplin, MO. It turns out that she was heading to Austin, TX for a meet-up with her Wayward ’67, a classic ’67 Impala that she turned into a replica from the show “Supernatural”. Since we were heading the same direction, we folded down the…
Read MoreMelissa & Marks – Dixon, MO – Spring 2024
We arrived at Melissa and Mark’s on April 6th in 75 degree sunshine. Their farm looked a lot different from last time. They had cleared most of the brush around the perimeter of their yard. They also had a lot more animals. Now they have three pigs, two goats, five dogs (including a livestock guard…
Read MoreBennett Springs State Park – Lebanon, MO
We spent our last night of travel before reaching Melissa and Mark’s farm at Bennett Springs State Park in Lebanon, MO. On the way there, we stopped at two more Route 66 roadside attractions, the Blue Whale of Canoosa and a restored gas station called Gary’s Gay Parita Sinclair Gas Station, named after the original…
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