October 2024

Gun Creek Campground Whittington, Illinois October 4 – 11, 2024

We left Arrow Rock in Missouri on Friday morning October 4th around 9:20 am and drove 272 miles, arriving at Gun Creek Campground in Whittington, Illinois around 2:30 pm. En route, we stopped at Costco in St. Louis to pick up Bella’s new medicine. I found a long line of empty parking spaces on the […]

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Arrow Rock State Historic Site in Arrow Rock, MO October 1 – 4, 2024

We left West Rolling Hills Campground on Tuesday, October 1st at 10 am and arrived at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site campground at 3 pm. Our GPS took us a less direct route than what shows on the Google Map photo. It happens sometimes due to road conditions or bridge/tunnel heights that may not

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Cindy in a hot air balloon at the Oz Museum in Wamego, Kansas.

West Rolling Hills Campground Junction City, Kansas September 24 – October 1, 2024

We left the Walmart in Colby, Kansas on Tuesday, September 24th after picking up some groceries and drove 3 1/2 hours through America’s breadbasket to the West Rolling Hills Campground outside of Junction City, Kansas for a 7-night stay. Let me tell you, driving that long through nothing but wheat fields drives Cindy nuts, lol.

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Jeff in front of Mile High Comics in Denver Colorado.

Cherry Creek State Park Aurora, Colorado September 16 – 23, 2024

We left the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Island Acres Section Monday, September 16, 2024 (Cindy’s birthday!) around 8:45 am for what was supposed to be a 4 1/2 hour drive to Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, Colorado. It actually took us 9 hours. Pound the Roundabout We were approaching Vail, Colorado

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James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Island Acres Section in Palisade, Colorado September 9 – 16, 2024

After a nice breakfast at Cracker Barrel we took a leisurely 4-hour drive to the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Island Acres Section in Palisade, Colorado for a 7-night stay. Our site was a level pull-through one with electric only, so we had filled our fresh water tank back at Massacre Rocks State

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