Monthly Archives: July 2016

We headed out this morning in much cooler temperatures, it stayed around 22°C until midday then climbed slowly to 32°C. Although it was Saturday the Interstates were fairly busy but for the most part we could maintain 65 MPH, much … Continue reading →

I woke up about 50 minutes before the alarm this morning an knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep so I quietly yelled to Lyn “Are you awake yet?”, well of course she was …….. now. So we up packed … Continue reading →

Wow, this place is both hot and humid, today’s temperature was 92°F with a humidex of 112°F. These are not pleasant temperatures, yet the campground is full of vacationers here for the summer ….. crazy! Lyn spent the morning cleaning … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →