12 Sep 2021 Well, final travel day we should be home this evening. Let’s see what we find. The first half will be new territory, as we get closer landscapes will become more familiar. I find this bit of art to be so magnetic. Then, the more you look the more you find. So...
11 Sep 2021 Well, goooood morning! Just look at that wonderfulness on the screen!!! Really liking this bit of Kentucky, just a short way down the road today :-). Is this why it takes twice as long to get anywhere? So be it! Gauley Bridge is a cute little town, with a nice park...
10 Sep 2021 Rise, shine, and get on the road! Of course, but what about breakfast? We’re deeeeep in the country – can we find a place? What’s this Shotgun Eddys on the map? We pull up, and yep, it’s open, another couple park next to us in the lot. We strike up a...
9 Sep 2021 On we go… Plan for today is to cross Missouri and the southern tip of Illinois. Before all that, let’s see if we can find some breakfast? Oh, look at this, another success for sure. I’ve been watching the tires as we go and there’s a problem – not enough rubber!...
Well, today is the big day. We’ll reach maximum westness while doing a giant U-Turn through Oklahoma and Kansas, then point towards home ending up in Branson Missouri. If it goes as planned that will put us about half a state north and a little east of our starting point this morning. Ok, time...
7 Sep 2021 Looking ahead at the route we are planning today I think it’s going to be incredible! First off, two new states. I suppose, technically, I could take credit for Missouri after crossing the Mississippi river bridge yesterday, but today is the real deal, spending six hours slicing off a wedge in...
6 Sep 2021 Slowing getting back in the traveling groove today… Bright blue skies and lovely sunshine, just perfect! Studying the map I came to realize that Illinois drops waaaaay farther south than I realized – to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and right in line with our path. Oh look,...
5 Sep 2021 Down day number two, trip day number five. Hummm, hope that’s not too confusing! Well, been a while since I’ve seen this at Cracker Barrel — lots of front porch sitt’n for brunch. Kind of out of character for a “Road Less Traveled” adventure right? Perhaps but, it is an iconic...
4 Sep 2021 Today is a ‘pause day’, not a lot of travel – instead a couple of local sights we took in… The first comes from a small hike, really more of a walk, exploring the Narrows of the Harpeth. On the Harpeth river that is. An absolutely fascinating place geographically and historically....
3 Sep 2021 Well off we go, day 3. Early start and a shorter day, only two hundred fifty miles. The first hour and a bit are spent on larger (straight and boring) state highway. Given the pedestrian nature of this stretch of road, through the wasteland of featureless strip malls, we didn’t even...