On The Road Again...Well, still.

We have spent an interesting few days.  On Sunday, we were in Hannibal, Missouri, boyhood home of Mark Twain at the Mark Twain Cove and Campground.  It is a small little town where everything is Mark Twain oriented.  I loved the quaintness of it--made me want to read a little of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  While there we swung up to Lover's Leap.  The view was spectacular.  The story behind it is that a young Indian maiden and a young brave fell in love, but were forbidden to marry by the chief, who I think was her father.  He sent other braves out to kill him, but she decided that to live without him would not be acceptable so the two of them leapt to their death from the ledge.    Here we are at Lover's Leap.  That's Harry in shadow:)

A short drive from Hannibal, Missouri, we spent two days in Maysville, Missouri at the Pony Express RV Campground.  I was thrilled to be there because I got to spend some time in Hamilton, Missouri at the Missouri Star Quilt Company.  It's a wonderful little town that has been revived by the Doan Family's on line quilt business and with Jenny Doan's You Tube Quilt Videos.  They were busy getting ready for their 10th Anniversary celebration this weekend.  I had fun shopping, but I missed the camaraderie of my quilt buddies.  They have some lovely murals downtown.  I captured a couple of them.

Here are a couple of pictures from our stay at the Pony Express Campground

Yesterday was a long day of traveling.  We went from Maysville, Missouri, across Kansas and into Nebraska.  I am truly amazed at the vastness of this country.  We often traveled miles without seeing a house, but lots of open prairie land.  Harry says we went through the area where Home on the Range was written.

Yesterday was a very hot day.  A couple of days before we had noticed that our dash air conditioning was not functioning properly.  Well, yesterday, with the heat in the 90s, we really noticed it.  We turned on our generator for the cabin and ran the air conditioning there, but it did not cool us off up front.  We stopped at a Chevy dealership, close to their closing time and they were so gracious to take a look at it for us.  Verdict is that we need a new compressor.  We will try to get one when we get to Colorado.  Hopefully, today will not be such a hot travel day.

One thing I have been so impressed with is the friendliness of the people we meet along the way.  We have noticed how kind people are.  They truly want to help.

Last night we camped at a US Army Corps of Engineers Campground at Harlan County Lake.  It is gorgeous here and the price per night is $14.  We would love to stay here a little longer, but today we are off to Brush, Colorado.

 Stay tuned for more adventures.