Author Archives: G&E

St. Louis has a very interesting history as the gateway to the westward expansion of the United States. It was the third busiest port in the US in 1850 since you can navigate big boats up the Mississippi River without passing through a single lock. The current in the river is 3.5 miles per hourContinue reading “Gateway Arch”

Today was cold and rainy – 40s. A good day to catch up on business obligations. Read our update to see why I had the time. Mammoth Cave

Another beautiful National Park. This is the most visited park of the 62, with over 11 million visitors a year. It was very busy while we were here as well. Click the link below to see our pictures and narrative. Great Smoky Mountains

We continue to really enjoy these wonderful parks. Today was Congaree National Park. We are staying in Columbia an extra day tomorrow and will explore a local state park and probably head into town to see South Carolina’s capital. Wednesday morning we plan to get an early start to the Great Smoky Mountains. Click theContinue reading “Congaree”

What a great week we have had. Rangeley loved Indiana Dunes, then we went to Millersburg, Ohio and spent 4 nights visiting Rangeley’s dog mom and hanging out on farms, then Shenandoah is spectacular in the fall with lots of sticks on the Appalachian trail. The link below will take you to our recap. ThanksContinue reading “Shenandoah”

We made it to Millersburg and had a great evening with our young Amish family. Rangeley had fun playing with his real mom – Roxy. Not sure if there was any recognition, but he was loose and playing and having a great time. We had dinner and then went for a buggy ride. Yes, RangeleyContinue reading “Indiana Dunes – Day 2”

We are having trouble with wifi and my data on my phone, so uploading pictures is a problem. Tomorrow morning we head off to Ohio. We have dinner plans with our Amish friends. Hopefully I will get a chance to finish our day 2 post Saturday afternoon. If not I will post the remainder onContinue reading “Indiana Dunes Day 2”

This was our longest distance between parks – over 900 miles from Badlands to Indiana Dunes. The driving has not been bad at all. It is fun seeing America and all the diversity of landscapes and people. It was amazing going from the chaos of metro Chicago and driving around the southern point of LakeContinue reading “Indiana Dunes”

What a great day again yesterday visiting Badlands National Park. We are now in Minnesota, making our way to Indiana Dunes. This journey continues to be amazing. So many memories in such a short time period. Whenever we think we are going to have a few hours to do nothing, something seems to pop upContinue reading “Badlands”

We have been on the road for four weeks now, visited 14 parks and driven 4,000 miles. The trip is everything we wanted and expected. There are so many good people we have met and it has been great to see America’s positive side during this tough time. The west is truly an incredible placeContinue reading “Wind Cave”