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One last short 5+ mile hike at Mammoth Cave National Park then back to the campground to take it easy for the day. Just like most of our hikes, we plan for one thing and get another…this one was billed as a short 3 mile hike. Either way we got what we wanted, not tooContinue reading “On To Frankfort”

Ever since we were unable to go into Jewel Cave in South Dakota, Joanie has had on her list visiting Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. I mean what other way do you get over not being able to go into the worlds third longest cave system, you set you sites higher and actually step into theContinue reading “Mammoth Cave”

With a destination of Mammoth Cave National Park (stamp time for Joanie), we took a casual 3 hour drive East through Nashville then due north. Since it was our off day on quads and our on day for muffin tops, we decided to stop along the way and complete a full cycle; Joanie took downContinue reading “Harvest Host”

Taking a nice hike today on the Cub Creek Trail in the Natchez Trace State Park, I found that it is certainly not CO, or MT, or SD, or NM…but it is Tennessee. Probably more like Texas than any of the others, pretty flat but marshy in a lot of areas. I think there wereContinue reading “It’s Tennessee”

Driving day – Looking for that elusive temperature anywhere below “Hades room temperature”, we drove 325 miles east until we could actually turn the fan speed down to medium. We landed in this beautiful park and immediately fell in love…with the weather. As we set up, the temperature was a cool 85 with a niceContinue reading “Natchez Trace State Park”

After several days off from any exercise at all, unless you consider trash eating strenuous, we decided to take a nice little hike into the woods. As mentioned yesterday, I told Joan if she was going to get her precious stamp then she had to earn the privilege to display it. Simple, she spoke toContinue reading “Hot Springs National Park”

I guess when you fly by the seat of your pants you don’t always get to do big kid stuff. What are the chances that in Hot Springs over Labor Day weekend that you couldn’t get a last minute massage, or scrub, or foot massage, or facial…pretty darn good as we found out, nada forContinue reading “Springs Day & New Family Time”

What a day to start our next adventure. FOREVER, the weather has been hot and dry…not so much the forecast when we shoved off. We pondered whether we should wait a day and spend another day with Baby Fi, since Joanie retired not really much on our agenda. So I asked my buddy Noah, niceContinue reading “Wet Start”

Heading to see our baby girl, many stops along the way. Only 24 hours to get there…we’ll be taking 2 weeks. First stop, Hot Springs, AR… Leaving Friday. “No Joanie, let me open that window!”

Leaving soon. Where we’ve been. Central USA covered. Heading East…leaving soon!