April 3rd & 4th, 2023 A sixty degree night led to bursting redbuds as we left Osage Cove and headed for Texas. We had not only found spring but we found summer temperatures today, very warm, close to 90 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. I even found myself wishing for a few clouds. We would get to […]

Sunday April 2nd, 2023 Such a beautiful morning. I got to lay in bed drink my coffee and watch the sun come up over the lake. Such a gift. A fisherman was launching his boat and the birds were singing. This lake has numerous rock jetties that allows people to really ”get out” into the lake to fish. Got in […]

Saturday April 1st, 2023 Semper Gumbi as my daughter likes to say…..always flexible. The plan was to drive across northern Missouri and Kansas and land in Marysville Kansas where we would camp in a park in town, go to a local gym, get a workout and a shower and then ride the Blue River bike trail the next day. The […]

Friday March 31st, 2023 To day was spent mostly on the road. We were headed to Koekuk Iowa. There was camping in a large parking lot right next to the Mississippi River. There was a very intense storm system that was heading across a large portion of the country. A major snow storm back in Grand Marais and severe thunderstorms […]

March 30th 2023 This could be our last pilgrimage to Texas. Amy and James are in the throws of moving to Florida. This move has been in the making for a couple of years. Circumstances have now pushed the moving date up from 2024 to 2023. We are making this trip with Sunday the van and also are pulling our […]