Category Archives: 2016

Home Sweet (Second) Home

For the first time I had a number of titles to choose from. The one I used, “My Biggest Fear”, “Luck was With Us”, That Could Have been Nasty” were all contenders. We had breakfast at the motel, the standard … Continue reading

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That was Better Than Expected!

Forty five minutes after getting up we were on a way at 7:15. The GPS showed 508 miles to destination, and as about 200 miles was on non-Interstate I was planning on 11-11.5 hours, including breaks. In reality the non-Interstate roads … Continue reading

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Last Day

Again it was overcast when we woke up and the humidity was still with us. By mid afternoon we reached about 30C with a humidex 5-10 degrees above that. This morning was spent getting things cleaned up and put away … Continue reading

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Cool and Humid

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

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A Quick Train Ride to Ottawa

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

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Happy Canada Day!

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

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Three States in Three Seconds

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

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Settling In

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

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Can’t Take the Pressure

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

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Last Night

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

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