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  • On the way to the Jersey Shore

    On Saturday, May 3 we set off on our next adventure. We are on a 4-week trip to the mid-Atlantic coast. But once again our first stop was my brother’s place in Gardiner, NY. To avoid traffic, we drive out the Mass Pike all the way to New York, and then head south on I-87. Read more

  • GRR to Memphis

    Again, it’s a bit of a tease, as having been there already, we didn’t go into Memphis on this trip — but it is around the end point of this post so it is a good title. We had arrived at the Trail of Tears State Park in Jackson, MO on Thursday, October 18 late Read more

  • On to St Louis

    Not really – having been to St Louis on some earlier trips, we didn’t stop there, but it is on the Mississippi River and is a good point to end this post. On Tuesday, Oct 15 we left the Quad Cities, driving back over the Mississippi from Illinois to Iowa. The first part of the Read more

  • Quad Cities

    At the end of the last post. I said we were headed to Rock Island, IL one of the Quad Cities. Well the other cities are Davenport and Bettendorf, IA; and Moline, and East Moline, IL. Yes, that is 5 cities – the name originates from a time before Bettendorf was considered its own city, Read more

  • GRR to the Quad Cities

    We left Minneapolis/Saint Paul on Thursday, October 10 to continue to follow the Great River Road (GRR) along the Mississippi. In short order we were going over the river and into Wisconsin. Trish saw a sign for a GRR visitor center – turned out to be a great stop to make. We got some great Read more

  • Minneapolis/St Paul

    Our first attempt to follow the Great River Road was not very successful – we must have missed the first turn sign and ended up on the main road towards Bemidji, which is the first biggish town on the Mississippi. When we drove into town, we found the GRR again. We stopped at the visitor Read more