Sunday, March 31 2024 Road video and map Morning showers were predicted to end around 10 AM so I relaxed over an excellent breakfast this Easter Sunday before heading to Forest Park in St. Louis. Forest Park is a city park that is larger than New York’s Central Park and it contains many of the … Continue reading Forest Park – A Gem in St. Louis
Saturday, March 30 2024 Road video and map I wanted to visit St. Louis, Missouri as I stopped only a short time when passing through in 2015 and, I feel, that it provides a good addendum to many of the visits I made in Montana and Wyoming last year relating to pioneer trails west. The … Continue reading Gateway Arch National Park
Monday April 11, 2022 Monday was a pure driving day from Springfield, Missouri to Paducah, Kentucky, a distance of 296 miles (476 km) with exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) in Illinois. I originally planned to stop for a walk in Big Spring National Park but Sunday night had seen continuous thunderstorms and it was … Continue reading Driving towards a Rendezvous
Sunday April 10, 2022 Note: The walking is the tiny bit of yellow at the eastern end of the route – only visible when zoomed in. Not much to report today. I made the 252 mile (406 km) drive from Wichita, KS to Springfield, MO and, on arrival, walked the Springfield Conservation Nature Center’s “Long … Continue reading Pleasant Day of Driving and Walking
Today was mainly a driving day as I hit the 10,000 mile mark just before crossing the Mississippi river and, I’m glad to say, the weather was calm and sunny. The journey was 346 miles through four states – Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky – with the only tourist stop being the Cathedral Basilica of … Continue reading Day 51 – Beauty in St. Louis
Today was Veteran’s Day in the US, which recognizes the contributions of all US Armed Forces veterans on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1918, when World War One hostilities ended. So it was particularly appropriate that this was the day that I happened to be in Kansas City, Missouri where the National World War … Continue reading Day 50 – Learning Some History on Armistice Day