Author Archives: Barry

It rained most of the night, but had stopped by wake-up time. Although it was a lot cooler, around 17C, the humidity was up around 95%+. The forecast for the day was not the best, we had a couple of … Continue reading →

As forecast, it started to rain overnight and continued throughout the morning with occasional thunder and lightning thrown in for good measure. After breakfast we headed out towards Baldwin City about 40 miles north west for train trip. Unfortunately it … Continue reading →

Again, cool overnight and blue skies and sunshine this morning. As you can see below there is one small Canadian flag at the campsite! We were expecting a lot of hoop-la in the way of American flags and bunting in … Continue reading →

Some more rain overnight, but a sunny start to the day. After breakfast we headed south to Fort Scott, Kansas. This is the location of an old fort that was established back in the 1840’s along the “permanent Indian line”, … Continue reading →

Ahhhhh.. Cooler temperatures, but an increase in humidity. I guess you can’t win them all. We woke up to a sunny, but cooler day. It was tempting to switch off the A/C, but the outside humidity dictated otherwise. After breakfast … Continue reading →

We seem to have got this packing up down to a fine art now, within 45 minutes of falling out of bed we were on the road. Today’s destination was Louisburg Kansas, on the Kansas – Missouri border. The day … Continue reading →

Again a coolish night, no problem sleeping. After breakfast I headed out to the local hardware store to pick up the fittings I needed to install the new faucets. Well that was an exercise in futility, the store had nothing that … Continue reading →

A cool night last night, down to 18C at one stage. We managed to leave the A/C off all night and most of the morning. In keeping with the idea that this stop is a “vacation within a vacation”, nothing … Continue reading →

About 2 AM we awoke, or were awoken, by the sound of rain and thunder. There was also a near non stop display of lightning from above the clouds. After watching the spectacle for a while, it was back to … Continue reading →

A coolish night, the A/C didn’t need to run all night long! Today was a vacation day, of sorts! This morning was reasonably cool, so we sat outside for a while in the breeze. Then I got bored! I needed to do … Continue reading →