We woke up in the fine KOA in Maple Grove, MN and got an early start for Duluth (actually Culver) MN.  We needed to get there before a meeting that Scott had with the Switchpoint folks at 1PM (we made the correct conversion from Eastern time).  We actually arrived at 11:30AM – our earliest arrival…

Last night Scott woke up in the middle of the night and turned on the heat (we had the air conditioning on when we went to bed,)  Tom woke up and turned it off and put the system on fan.  Then Scott woke up again and turned the heat on again, slightly lower.  When we…

We’ve added videos! See Scott’s ride across the High Trestle Trail Bridge. After our two days at Lakeview, it was time to move on from Missouri to Iowa – the Boone County Fairgrounds Campground, to be exact.  As we rolled north into Iowa we saw some of the most impressive farmland and farms we have…

Our readers may wonder about our obsession with campsite bathhouses.  It is simply because this is one of the major differentiators between an excellent campground such as this one at Lakeview, and a crummy one as several of the previous one (including the one with no mirrors.) Why not use the bathroom in the camper…

Even though there was only one single user bathroom, we had no significant difficulty with our morning showers and such at Zans. While preparing to leave, we couldn’t find a place designated for trash so we simply left our small bag next to what looked like a storage building. Our first destination for the day…

One goal of this trip was to complete our visits to each of the lower 48 states as OWGRV.  Prior to this trip, we had visited 46 – all but Arkansas and Oklahoma, which we finally accomplished yesterday and today. In order to at least clip a corner of Oklahoma, we headed towards Afton, which…

We headed out in the morning for Lake Dardanelle State Park in Arkansas.  Looking for places to stop and see on the way, Tom found “Old Mill” in North Little Rock. This was an interesting choice for a stop.  It is described on its web site as “A historic re-creation of an early 1830s water-powered…

Graceland RV Park and Campground was quiet overnight, and a bit chilly in the morning.  This is probably the most secure campground we have been in – they advertise 24 hour security and there is a guard in a shack at the entrance and a chain link fence around the entire campground.  Apparently Memphis is…

The day started with a beautiful morning in Cathedral Caverns Campground – the only serious problem we had was the 1/4 mile walk (in our case drive or take a bike) trip to the bathhouse.  We were determined to take advantage of John Hubbard’s advice to check out Shiloh battlefield, so we went straight there…

We woke up in quiet, peaceful Cathedral Caverns State Park, and are happy to report the bathrooms received a thumbs up from each of us. After breakfast, prepared for a day of Cave Exploration and (for Tom) a business meeting with VideoRay folks. In order to make sure we were back for Tom’s 3PM meeting,…

Today was long and filled with successful adventures and challenges. Our initial excellent impression of Cedar Break was severely damaged when we realized that the Men’s bath house had four sinks – but all of the mirrors had been removed.  For Tom, that meant that he shaved “blind”.  For Scott, it meant that he left…

When we woke up in Tifton, the rain had (temporarily) stopped.  When researching local attractions, we came across the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village – right in Tifton and a 7-minute drive from the campground.  The website made it seem like a great place to learn about the early economic activity in the…