We couldn’t go to St. Louis and NOT visit The Arch National Monument, now could we? Actually, I expected it to be a dud, I mean, how interesting could a big metal ‘thing’ be? But, it ended up being a nice stop! We found easy parking, for only $6/day, just a short walk from the arch, and the […]
St. Louis Missouri and the U.S. Grant National Historic Site…
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We still had 2 days left until we could spend a day with Greg at Basic, and then pick him up at graduation the day after. We pulled in to St. Louis and spent the night at a Walmart on the southwest side. We won’t talk about the homeless man that kept asking us for […]
Thomas' photo shoot…
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Believe it or not, even my kids, with all our new destinations, get bored sometimes. I try to keep them busy, so, last week, when Thomas couldn’t find anything to do while we were waiting to visit Greg on Family Day, I sent him to take a few pictures for me. Peanut was out picking flowers […]
Fort Donelson National Battlefield, TN….
After we left Diamond Caves RV Park, we headed west. Our next destination was St. Louis, MO, but on the way we stopped at Hopkinsville, KY, dropped the RV at Walmart, hopped in the van and headed nearly an hour south to visit the Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Tennessee. When we arrived, we wished that we had gotten […]
See Us In Person – kinda – a Ticknor Tribe video…
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Last November, just a couple of weeks before Caleb was born, Dugald Maudsley from Infield Fly Productions sent a cameraman out to spend a day and a half with us. We weren’t even in our RV – it was in the shop in Tacoma; in fact, Vaughn and Thomas drove out to Tacoma to ‘check […]
Lincoln's Birthplace National Monument, KY…
The day after we visited Mammoth Caves, we took an hour drive north to visit (and do the Jr. Ranger program at) Lincoln’s Birthplace National Monument. There was a lovely visitor’s center where the kids picked up their Jr. Ranger books, and we found a little bumper sticker 🙂 . The park has a reproduction […]
Mammoth Cave National Park, KY…
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After our hours at Stones River NB, we got back in the van and followed Vaughn and the 5er into Kentucky. We pulled into the Diamond Caverns RV Park, which is located inside of the Mammoth Caves National Park. We stayed there for 3 nights. Living in an RV doesn’t mean that it’s always a […]
WooHoo – it's here…our video of Tuscaloosa tornado cleanup efforts…
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Nearly a month ago, our family spent 2 weeks near Tuscaloosa so that Vaughn, Eli, Beth, and Jake could volunteer to help build houses for those whose homes were damaged by the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa nearly a year ago. It was an incredible opportunity for our family. Eli made a little slideshow of some […]
Family-friendly Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee…
Another Civil War battlefield, Stones River National Battlefield, is located in Tennessee, just south of Nashville. When we left our backwoods campground, we took the RV with us and headed to Stones River. They had plenty of parking for our big rig (tho I don’t know that they would during the summer when it is […]
Corinth National Military Park, Mississippi…
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When we visited Shiloh, we found out that there was another Civil War battlefield quite near. The Corinth NMP is actually part of the Shiloh park system, but they have their own Jr. Ranger program and badge. Corinth is a half hour drive from Shiloh, and they have a beautiful visitor’s center… I don’t know […]
