Author Archives: Serene

On this last week of our road trip we made it to Colorado. We are now very intrigued with the idea of spending a lot more time in Colorado. We drove past a number of venues that landed on our … Continue reading →

Dorothy said “There’s no place like home” about her Kansas farm but I didn’t feel the same about my Kansas home. I lived 2 years in Salina while in high school, but routed us through Hutchinson and Dodge City instead. … Continue reading →

We were here for the Mariners-Royals baseball game and the RV park in Independence was the closest to the stadium. We knew a little about Independence. Most western migration left from Independence and Harry Truman was from here but we … Continue reading →

Randy named the blog this time because he (we) had a pretty big Oops!   More on that later… As we prepared to cross the western border leaving Illinois, I saw an interesting situation on the map.  We left Illinois, … Continue reading →

We rolled into the Land of Lincoln and to the campground at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The grounds are massive and it has been interesting to walk around and see the preparations for the fair beginning August 10. This is … Continue reading →

We had a frenzy of one nighters in Indiana! Our fist night was spent at Indiana Dunes State Park on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Indiana Dunes is the most visited state park in Indiana and it surely qualified … Continue reading →

Like the pioneers of western migration, we are traversing the Great Platt River Road but we are doing it in reverse, going east instead of west, and on Interstate 80 instead of a flat river plain.  At an interstate rest … Continue reading →

We were glad to get moving again after our truck problem but the last day in Wyoming was still stressful. Randy was concerned enough about our tires on the trailer to change one out for the spare and rotate the … Continue reading →

As you can tell from the title, we have had an unexpected adventure. The situation is resolved as I write, but l’ll tell the tale chronologically. Before we left Boise we had an intermittent noise in the truck engine and … Continue reading →