Hiking in Mississippi Palisades State Park | Savanna, IL | March 2024 For our time in the Quad Cities, one of our main goals was to go out and find a park or place to hike along the Mississippi River. When we think of the best/most scenic areas to hike in Iowa, they mostly revolve…
Visiting Black Hawk State Historic Site | Rock Island, IL | March 2024 With the change of plant from La Salle to the Quad Cities came a change of pace. We would be here longer, but I would also be working less: I had two weekends off and a couple of fatigue days during our…
Driving from Pendleton, AR to Vicksburg, MS | Visiting Poverty Point World Heritage Site | January 2024 After enjoying a beautiful and warm sunny day in Arkansas the day before, the clouds moved back in today, bringing the big storms we had been hearing about for a few days now. We were glad to be…
Driving from Shawnee National Forest to Fort Pillow State Park, TN | Fort Defiance State Park | Towosahgy State Historic Site | Fort Pillow State Park | January 2024 After an enjoyable time in Shawnee National Forest, it was time to escape the impending doom of snow in the Midwest and search for warmer weather….
Driving the Great River Road from Iowa to Missouri to Illinois | Iliniwek Village State Historic Site | Hannibal, MO | Lewis & Clark State Historic Site | Fort Kaskaskia, IL | January 2024 After a relaxing week spent celebrating Christmas and New Years with family, it was time to get back on the road…
Road Trip to Wilmington, NC | Iowa to Illinois | Fort Madison, IA | Nauvoo, IL | Hannibal, MO | Pere Marquette State Park | Shawnee National Forest | September 2023 After spending most of July in Wilmington, NC, we agreed that would be our last visit together this year. And yet here we were,…