Mastadon State Historic Site was one of the places I missed when I visited Kimmswick Missouri the last few times. With an upcoming article for Missouri Magazine, I thought I would round out the story with the history of the area and today my friend Janna Seiz and I hit the road and headed south. […]
How could I resist a stop at the memorial of Robert E. Hughes touted as the World’s Largest Man? We were on the Pike County Fall Color drive and this memorial was in the small town of Fishhook, Illinois which was deemed “The End of the Line”. I am not quite sure if that was […]
The mother of a dear friend died and today was her auction. This woman has been one of my mom’s best friends and a part of my life since I was a teen so my, mom, my friend Sandi and I hit the road to show our respects and also to see what there was […]
When my husband heard me say, “When I am in Baraboo, Wisconsin I want to visit the International Crane Foundation,” his response was “Cool, I’d like to see historic cranes too.” He originally thought I meant machinery, not birds – after the real destination was selected, he sadly decided to miss this event, but my […]