Travel Blog
Like we did three years ago on our first cross-country trek, we spent our last night at Anelare Winery in Benton City, WA, near Tri-cities. Last time we had the T@b Trailer and parked up above. This time we chose to park down below. Still an amazing view! Also, the last time we were here,…
On our way to Scotch Pines Golf Course we decided to stop at Jiffy Lube and get another oil change, on top of the one we had four days and 1,000+ miles ago. Bernie recommended it as cheap insurance given the knocking we’ve had coming from our engine. We didn’t see any metal shavings in…
We stayed two nights at a KOA camp in Arco, ID, 20 miles east of the Craters of the Moon National Park. Arco’s claim to fame, it was the first city in the world to be powered by atomic energy. When we visited Craters of the Moon National Park, we found that the Visitor’s Center…
We left Rawlins, WY headed for Utah. It was a nice drive however we noticed the Ford’s engine was knocking. We changed the oil just before leaving for this trip, but it had now been 5,000 miles and we were in need of an oil change. We arrived in West Point, UT at Schneiter’s Bluff…
We had a leisurely morning and made what was to be a quick stop at the local Walmart in Ogallala before heading to Rawlins, WY. When we were parking at Walmart I heard a noise coming from the left front tire of the Ford. It sounded like a broken piece of metal inside the drum…
We were up early and left for Ogallala, Nebraska, in the southwest corner of the state, where we had reservations at a KOA camp. On the way we stopped at Great Platte River Road Archway, a museum that chronicles how the west was settled, from the early 1800s to the early 1900s, when wagon trains…
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…
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…
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…
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…