Monthly Archives: September 2001

Springfield, Ohio

The Sargent Farm Yesterday, after we had finished visiting at Abe’s folks place we wandered over to the neighbors…the Sargents. They had quite a bit more money then the Lincolns and were more progressive in their farming.   The Lincoln … Continue reading

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Fox Ridge State Park, Illinois

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site We’d never heard of this place. A chance pull in at a rest stop, a brochure, and our philosophy of ‘ The joy is in the JOURNEY’ brought us here and gave us a … Continue reading

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Peculiar, MO

‘Wichita’s Cowtown Museum’ Yesterday, while the world sat glued to their televison sets and because we were too restless to sit still…we took off and found a quiet place and dropped into a simpler time. I so love ‘living history’ … Continue reading

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Charleston, Illinois ‘Reaching Out’

America is reaching out to Americans. Everywhere you look flags are at half-mast and hand made signs are stretched out across buildings.On rural mailboxes tiny American flags wave. Even corporate America was quick to respond to the nation’s pain.

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Jonesburg, MO A Traveling Day

Last night we stayed in “Peculiar” MO . We got up REAL early in the morning and scooted out of there…before they found out just how well we fit in ! This was a traveling day. The long lines at … Continue reading

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Sigel, Pennsylvania “America the Beautiful”

After sunset tonight the campground, where we stopped, had an enormous bonfire. The fire was inside an iron pot…probably 5 foot in diameter and 4 feet high…the wood was piled higher then my head. It gave off the most incredible … Continue reading

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“The Attack’

      I remember the day President Kennedy was assassinated. And I’ll remember, with the same painful detail…this day also. The day America’s innocence died……..We were no longer ‘untouchable’. Our lives will change forever because of what happened today…in … Continue reading

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Wichita, Kansas ‘Sunflowers’

The incessant wind blew us a little farther along Kansas roads…to Wichita. This is a state of lonely landscapes. Mostly grass land and crops and feed lots….But every once in a while you come across fields of giant sunflowers stretching … Continue reading

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Garden City, Kansas ‘Dodge City’

One of my favorite subjects in elementary school was the ‘Wild Wild West! How I poured over the stories about the outlaws and the men that chased them! Dodge City was one of the places that most intrigued me and … Continue reading

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Alamosa, Colorado

‘Wind’ When we got ready to go early Friday morning…it was plenty nippy outside. Our neighbor Al came out in robe and slippers to say adieu…shivering all the time, his breath white in the air when he said his good-byes! … Continue reading

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