Just about an hour southwest of St. Louis is one of those “blink and you’ll miss it” towns. Bonne Terre is a little corner of Missouri with a deep dark secret. Underneath the town’s streets and storefronts is a subterranean world sought after by divers worldwide. Bonne Terre Mine is a 10.5 acre abandoned lead […]
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We came across Falls Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this October (2017) on our way headed south for another stent in Wichita, Kansas as camp hosts. We had just completed several weeks in Minnesota with the Sugar Beet Harvest and made plans to meet up with Levi’s parents (also full time RVers) in Sioux
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Levi must have been a fish in a previous life. He feels right at home submerged in water, any body of water really. He loves being in water so much, he made a career of it, undergoing a series of courses to earn Scuba Instructor status. I, on the other hand, was most likely a
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What makes Yoder so unique? One of the oldest, but more progressive Amish settlements in Kansas, Yoder intertwines the past with the present in transportation and productivity. Yoder earned its namesake from founder Eli Yoder back in 1889. Still today, with a population of well under 500, residents continue the traditions and practices of their
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1948 painting by Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World What makes Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve unique? I am reminded of the painting, Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth, every time we visit Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a designated national park. The fields of bluestem, switchgrass, and Indian grass stretch for miles in all directions. It’s an enchanting
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In retrospect, perhaps Saturday was not the best day to be a tourist at Space Center Houston, but we were pressed for time and that was really the only day we could go. Despite the big crowds, the experience was simply “out of this world” and leaving us wanting to learn more! It was mid-October
During the months of October through December of 2015, Levi and I worked at Amazon as associates through the Camperforce Program (read about the work camping experience here). The actual Fulfillment Center was located in Haslet, Texas, but our home on wheels was parked just a half hour away in a tiny town called Boyd.
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