Sorry for the delay in posting – we’ve been really busy the last few weeks. a Day one in Kent, we arrived late afternoon and opted on a late lunch/early dinner at a local boil seafood restaurant.  Not much in Kent so some relaxation was on the schedule. The next day we visited Mt. Rainier…

Kennewick really does not have a lot to do but we were in town for 3 nights just to relax before the cruise the following week. Wished we would have reserved a hotel with an outdoor pool because all three days were high 90’s!  We did find time to keep ourselves a little busy with…

We had an overnight stop in WY on our way to Salt Lake City, UT from Rapid City, SD because it was a long drive straight through.  The following day we arrived in Salt Lake City and decided to just relax by the pool for most of the afternoon.  We then took in a local…

We are now 39 days into our trip, over 1/3 of the way through and 1,700 miles from home in South Dakota! We had quit a long drive to South Dakota from Colorado but we had enough time to stop at Crazy Horse Monument on our way to the hotel. Day one – Crazy Horse…

Our first stop Black Hawk, CO – very small town located in the Arapaho National Forest Mountain Range.  It was a winding beautiful drive through mountains to Black Hawk which sits 8,100+ feet above sea level.  The town was a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, with a lot of history posted throughout…

We traveled from Marceline to West Des Moines, Iowa for a 3-night stay for some relaxation before our next stop Omaha. Day one – was relaxation day and catch up on laundry day. Day two – a hot day, so we found a beautiful park with a lake, Raccoon River Park, to enjoy during the…

Our last day in Missouri was spent in Marceline a small Midwest town, population of a little over 2,000 people and is about 3.5 square miles.  Of course, this was Lorraine’s bucket-list item for our trip. We headed out from Kansas City with 3.5 -hour drive to Marceline in the morning.  We arrived early afternoon…

We started our Missouri leg of trip in St. Louis.  We rented a flat in downtown for our 4-night stay and gave us more flexibility of walking to the majority of the places we wanted to visit and to also give us a break from the normal hotel room. Day one we had time for…

We’ve been dreaming of someday visiting the Field of Dreams movie set in Dyersville, Iowa.  Well today was that day!!! Driving to the field takes you off the main highway through back roads of corn fields upon corn fields.  In your mind you see the car lights on the last scene of the movie while…

Our drive from Minnesota to Green Bay was some distance, so we found a Wisconsin cheese shop on the way, Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery in Menomonie, WI.  We purchased a few small bars of cheese to try later in our trip.  They had so many options, especially curds but we opted for the regular bars.  We’ve…