I left Springfield today with plans on making it to Oklahoma City. I ended up only making it to Tulsa. I could’ve made it the whole way but I took Route 66 and stopped a lot along the way. I have that on my Route 66 page. The coolest thing that I did today, and […]
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I was pretty slow getting up today. I didn’t really start moving around until 2. Once I was up I went to the gym then to McDonalds for lunch. McDonalds changed their promos from buy one get one any sandwich to buy one get one quarter pounders. I used to be able to get a […]
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Yesterday I spent the day driving from Memphis to Springfield. I stopped in Van Bueren, MO because it was dark and I didn’t want to hit a deer in the middle of the Ozarks with no cell signal. I also wanted to do the drive during the day. Today I stopped in West Plains, MO […]
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I started off the day by going to the Memphis Zoo. I was surprised at how good it was. They had a lot of animals that I didn’t expect to be there. The best exhibits were the big cats, giant pandas, giraffes, and the komodo dragons. It took me about two hours to walk the […]
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Yesterday I drove to Memphis and looked for a place to stay for the night. This morning I got up and started looking for a place for lunch. I heard that Central BBQ was the place to go, so I checked it out. It was a popular place. I ordered the brisket plate with beans […]
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Today I decided to see all the sites in Nashville. The first place I went was to see the Parthenon. I found out later that they built it because Nashville is called the “Athens of the South”. The Parthenon sat in a park that was really pretty, but most of it was blocked off for […]
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I got a lot done today today. I woke up around noon and then went to work on some van modifications. I wanted to get the water tank vent changed while the tank is pretty much empty. I got that done successfully and swapped out the GFCI outlet under the sink to a normal one. […]
Read moreI haven’t done a whole lot in the last two days. I spent most of my day today getting this up to date. Libraries have become my friend. It’s been too cold to do any site seeing. I’m shooting to do that tomorrow.
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I got going around noon today and was going to check out the Anheuser Busch brewery. I got there and saw they had a free tour, but it started at 4:30. I left there and went over to 4 Hands Brewing. This was a cool place that had two floors with different taps on each […]
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I left Springfield today and went to St Louis. I spent the day mainly driving. I had the radio on as I got close to St. Louis and heard that Yngwie Malmsteen was playing at this little club on the north side of town. I pulled over at the next stop and got a ticket. […]
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