It was 17 degrees Farenheit (outside) and gorgeous this morning when we woke up.
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This morning before we left our quiet spot in the completely empty campground in the Badlands National Park, we drove over to the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site to get a tour of their Delta-01 launch control facility. (Only 6 people can take the tour at a time because that's…
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We've successfully (accidentally, on both accounts) Nevada'd* New Mexico and Arkansas. We'll get there. * Nevada'd: Surrounding an unvisited state with visited states. Term c/o Tiffani and Deke. Also, we were wondering today (out loud) why Missouri is called the "show me" state. Kevin said "What's the deal? Don't they…
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We left our riverside spot in Frankfort, KY a little later than we'd planned this morning and figured we'd just drive through to St. Louis, Missouri (5 hours or so). Along the way though, we felt kinda lame for not stopping at Churchill Downs (during daylight hours) to go to…
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I forgot this image in the last post about Versailles, KY. The municipal building downtown, with its outdoor weather warning siren on top: Also, when trying to research this building I didn't find much, but I did learn that a notable resident of Versailles, KY (and Saddlebred owner) is/was William Shatner.…
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Today after we dropped our truck off at the local Ford dealer (it should be fixed by tomorrow!) and got our rental car for five dollars a day, we headed off to check out the Buffalo Trace Distillery. We went on the distillery tour and it was interesting and informative.…
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I scheduled a History & Homes tour for us today at 1:30pm because I knew if I didn't, we'd just spend the day working in the Airstream and we really need to get out and see more of Charleston before we leave on Thursday morning. We met our guide at…
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Today we spent the entire day inside the Airstream working. It was one of those days. We headed into Charleston this evening and met up with Kyle for dinner at McCrady's Restaurant. Shot as we came into Charleston from James Island: We had an amazing meal and as usual, fun and…
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In South Carolina, they do not mess around when it comes to safety in work zones. Apparently if you get caught speeding in a work zone, you'll pay a $200 fine and spend 30 days in jail. This one really got my attention: "Let 'em work. Let 'em live." In…
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Yesterday afternoon we went back to further explore the Bonaventure Cemetery (made famous by the book/movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil). We had about 15 minutes before they closed the gates so we drove around to get a good look at some of the more interesting graves and sculptures.…
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