Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
August 8, 2024 Yesterday morning, we pulled out of our Harvest Host stop, Wood Hat Spirts, and got back on I-70 E. We drove past Wood Hat Spirts, and continued on our way towards St. Louis. We stopped at the first rest stop we came to and checked to make sure all was well with […]
Read More Heading to Hinton RV Park in Sikeston, MissouriAugust 8, 2024 Yesterday, when we got up, we headed over to Grow2Gather on the other side of Wood Hat Spirts. The weather was still cloudy and 67 degrees F. I slowly walked Nox over to Grow2Gather, while Bruce went in to find out if having Nox on the patio would be okay. They said […]
Read More Breakfast at Grow2Gather and a Visit to Wood Hat SpirtsAugust 6, 2024 This morning, we pulled out of Walt’s Four Seasons Campground in Kansas at 8:45 AM. There was a lot of road and bridge construction. Surprisingly, we saw a Stuckies We stopped in Topeka, Kansas at a Love’s Tuck Stop to fuel up. We spotted a tiny house being moved. We headed down […]
Read More Stopped at a Harvest Host, The Wood Hat Sprits in MissouriAugust 5, 2024 Updated in the evening The staff at the country store were very friendly. We enjoyed the Hunt’s Brothers Pizza and wings made fresh for us. The store has rocking chairs and a porch swing in the front. These do look over the gas pumps. The fuel pumps are covered and the roof […]
Read More Review of Walt’s Four Seasons Campground and Country Store in Abilene, KansasAugust 5, 2024 The New Horizons service center took the RV in at 9:00 AM and finished with the RV at 4:00 PM. I am truly grateful they had a lovely, comfortable, dog friendly lounge. I am not sure what we would have done to keep Nox cool in the 101 degree F heat. Once […]
Read More Back to Walt’s Four Seasons Campground & Country Store After a Day Spent at New HorizonsAugust 5, 2024 This morning, we got up at 8:00 AM and quickly got the RV packed up. Since we hadn’t unhitched the RV from the truck, it went quickly. We drove the 15 miles to the New Horizons Service Facility. We arrived right at 9:00 AM. I was impressed with our timing. We got […]
Read More At the New Horizons Service Facility for our MORryde SuspensionAugust 4, 2024 In Ellis, KS, we got up at 8:30 AM and got dressed. Nox was happy to go for a walk. After Nox’s needs were taken care of, Bruce and I walked to JR’s BrickHouse Diner and had breakfast. If you’re ever in Ellis, Kansas, JR’s BrickHouse Diner is worth a stop. Bruce […]
Read More Heading a Short Distance East on I-70 to Abilene, KansasAugust 3, 2024 We did most of our check list yesterday, making this morning packing up a breeze. We did run into a gross situation. As I was removing the blocks of wood we use underneath the stabilizers, a vast number of earwigs poured out. I knocked the blocks of wood on the concrete pad […]
Read More Rolling, Rolling to Ellis, KansasJuly 31, 2024 On July 14, we were walking in the Tin Cup Park. I was trying to get an artistic picture of curly dock/yellow dock seeds. They are a dark brown in amongst the greens, light browns and tans. A bit further on the trail, I saw a flash of yellow out of the […]
Read More Bright Flash of YellowJuly 31, 2024 We’ve seen some interesting campers in the RV park.
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