Day two of the spring break trip! OK, so first night camping gave us more learning, including turing the breaker on for the power, and bringing the water up to full pressure to get it to work better. Both things were resolved, it just turns out we camped on battery pretty much all night. We did get a pretty strong thunderstorm which rattled the camper pretty good, but otherwise we did pretty well. We took our drive right down to Memphis and made phone reserv...

Hello all!Day one of Spring break, and we made it to Sikeston, MO home of Lambert's Cafe, home of the throwed roll. More on that in a minute. The trip started with Joy hurting her ankle falling in our front yard as we packed the car. We actually thought she broke it, which was a huge concern, but she was able to ice it down and finally stand on it, so we decided to leave. Big drama before we even drive one mile!We make it to Sikeston, MO to have dinner at Lambert...

Getting ready for Spring Break 2010!First adventure of the year! We got the camper out of storage, all cleaned up and ready to go. The SUV has a new driveshaft, new braking module and hopefully has the guts for our first long trip. We're looking to head South for Spring Break starting with day one hopefully in Memphis, TN. Let's see if we make it. First day leaving Saturday March 27th and making the 525 miles to Memphis. There is a campground that is walki...

Hello all:Well, this is pretty much the last stop on a long journey! We drove from North Platte Nebraska all the way to Des Moines, which is now only 2 hours from grandma's. The kids want to go see grandma, so they are charged up and willing to do another 180 miles, the poor little slaves to the road. The living history farm was our stop for the day other than food and stuff. This is a great setup, and anyone within a few hours drive to Des Moines should check...

Wednesday is mostly DRIVING!! We left the KOA and headed...EAST. We hit Nebraska, our final new state of the drive. We stopped at Car Henge, and quick and goofy stop of old cars sticking out of the ground and making a copy of Stone Henge. Pretty weird, but I love old cars, so great fun for me. I saw an old Vega my brother used to drive, and enjoyed an old Galaxie up on the "Ford Seasons" display. We also hit a state park which was Chimney Rock. T...