Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
Continued north from Taum Sauk Mountain and crossed onto I-55 which means I am getting close to home with familiar highways. Before leaving Missouri I was able to squeeze out one final stop at the Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village. Weather today is warm but quite nice with abundant blue skies … Read more
My morning route would continue to push north, closer towards home. I was enjoying the windy rural Missouri roads so I kept driving them at first for no particular reason at all. A short time later I checked the map and realized I was near the state’s highest point at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. … Read more
I came into this spot blind last night just looking for a place to sleep. Randomly winding up at Big Spring in Missouri just searching for a campsite? Pretty fortunate. I broke camp and drove just a short distance outside the campground to find Big Spring but you could walk/hike the Slough Trail if you … Read more
Tonight’s campground was a happy accident – I didn’t intend to end up here, I was just driving north towards home and this was the best stopping point I could find. Truth be told I knew nothing about the site; it was a road sign that led me here as the daylight was fading. That … Read more
Final full day of adventure and starting to make my way north towards home. I have crossed over from Arkansas to Oklahoma and now into Missouri, and the next stop at George Washington Carver National Monument has been on my list for quite some time as I find his life and accomplishments both impressive and … Read more
Adventure comes in all forms, and today it took the shape of a gastronomical trek. The giant Waffle House sign called my name like a beacon of gluttony. We don’t have these in Wisconsin and probably for good reason. $11 dollars worth of shame and sadness was the outcome. Pecan waffle almost saved the day … Read more
My concern on this part of the return trip has been to make miles and quickly. Because of that there was nothing to share in Amarillo, Oklahoma, or most of Kansas besides large fields of nothingness. Possibly one of the most boring drives ever. I-435 in Kansas City may also be the worst road I … Read more