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Resting on Route 66 and Lead Mines
Heading east on I-40, we stopped at a rest area near mile marker 111 outside of Conway, MO. The whole rest area surprised us with a Route 66 theme extending all the way to the floor tiles. Inside, memorabilia was mixed with current brochures. Love the gas price on this old pump. I’m not old…
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Dam, Flowers, Caves, and Wine
After a great rally with Pleasure-Way owners from across the country, it was time to start wandering toward home. On the way out of Branson we wanted to see the park at Table Rock Lake, so crossed over the dam and pulled in. The Dewey Short visitor center welcomes tourists with good exhibits and great…
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Branson Pleasure-Way Connect Rally
We dumped the waste tanks and then took nice hot showers before leaving Robinson Point. It always feels good to get showered after messing with the holding tanks. We didn’t have a long drive scheduled, so stopped and stocked up on groceries in Mountain View, Arkansas. Next we stopped for fuel in Flippin, chuckling at…
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Reelfoot TN to Mountain Home AR
Reelfoot Lake is known for supporting a large Bald Eagle population. We get to meet a few after breakfast. We had a beautiful view while waiting for the teapot to boil. The State Park has a museum and raptor center not far from the campground. While we had seen one juvenile eagle flying over the…
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Crockett, Shiloh, and Reelfoot
Sunset precluded us from visiting the Crockett Museum yesterday here at David Crockett State Park. We stopped in on our way out of the park this morning and enjoyed the outdoor sections since we were too early to go indoors. A few birds, like this hawk, were interested in checking out the human visitors from…
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Tennessee Trains, Towns, Whiskey and Tears
Planning to visit Chattanooga, we found that roads were closed for a triathlon beginning in the park we planned to explore. Always flexible, we decided to leave the city for another time and headed west under low clouds that filled the valleys. Nickajack Lake was a fine stop to stretch and get ideas at the…