Kentucky Road Pictures
September 16, 2017 This is what can happen when the driver asks the passenger please to take some pictures of the area through which they are driving. Wait. Which way is north?
Versailles, Kentucky
September 15, 2017 Campground Adventures We chose Camp on the Kentucky as the campground we would most enjoy in the Lexington area. It is a small campground (18 sites) right on the Kentucky River that promised level sites and wi-fi. We checked reviews and found comments describing long and winding Read more…
Louisville, Kentucky
September 14-15, 2017 Frazier Kentucky History Museum We toured two major exhibits: Prohibition and Kentucky and The Corps of Discovery. 95% of the world’s bourbon is made in Kentucky so it might seem odd that Kentucky was the third state to ratify that 18th amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale Read more…
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 12-13, 2017 Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library We started our introductory visit to Indianapolis at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Vonnegut was an author Dave and Jane have both enjoyed. The Library was small but fun. It included an exhibit on Vonnegut’s biography (he grew up in Indianapolis), art by Read more…
Woodburn, Indiana: FolkCraft Instruments
September 7 and 9, 2017 One of the mornings when the coach was in service, Jane took advantage of the proximity of an instrument maker in nearby (25 miles) Woodburn. FolkCraft had several incarnations in California, Vermont and Connecticut starting in 1968 before Richard Ash bought the company in Read more…
Fort Wayne, IN
September 3 and 10, 2017 Johnny Appleseed Grave Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman) died in Fort Wayne and may be buried at a location we visited. At the very least, his life is honored here. Chapman traveled through Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, planting apple nurseries. By planting nurseries Read more…
Decatur, Indiana
August 27-September 11, 2017 We had three major issues we wanted the REV factory service center in Decatur to address. [REV group acquired Fleetwood, the manufacturer of our unit, several years ago.] First, the front passenger slide-out on our coach was separating from its frame and had scratched the tile Read more…
Joliet, Illinois
August 23-26, 2017 Joliet was a convenient stop on our way to Decatur, Indiana where we were scheduled to have work done on the coach. We were very lucky our friends Alice and Gary McGregor in nearby Naperville had time for a visit. We had a lovely time on their Read more…
Des Moines, Iowa
August 23, 2017 The Iowa State Capitol was complted in 1886 of brick faced with limestone, granite and sandstone. Its dome is covered in gold leaf so thin that 250,000 sheets would have to be pressed together to make a stack an inch tall. The rotunda inside features an emblem Read more…
The Eclipse: Falls City, Nebraska
August 21, 2017 Fortune smiled on us. We were among the last eight customers to get solar glasses Sunday evening before Monday’s eclipse. It smiled again in that the clouds did occasionally part. Monday dawned cloudy but we had a glimpse of sun about 10 am (totality was expected around Read more…