Author: Mike Pekrul

Monday was moving day again. This time we’re camped on the banks of The Big Muddy. Ol’ Man River. The Mighty Mississipp. We’re across the river from Memphis TN, on the Arkansas side. Watching the constant barge traffic go up and down river. Big ones. Small ones. Sometimes just a push boat by itself. But…

We’ve spent the week in Branson MO. What can I say?? It’s Pigeon Forge but more spread out and with less traffic. “Usually” we stick to nature and parks, stuff like that, but a few places we did “tourist” stuff. Austin. Seattle. Branson is nothing if not a tourist town. Country music. Gospel. Comedy shows…

On previous road trips, I’ve driven eight, ten, even twelve hr days. No biggie, you do what it takes to get where you want to go and when you want to be there. I drove six hours today and I was so happy to exit the truck. Ten months into our epic journey and we…

Annnnnd… We’re off to see the wizard. We visited the Oz Museum in Wamego Kansas today. Because it’s Kansas, where else would we go? Wamego has claimed the Oz stories for their own. Nowhere in L Frank Baum’s books does it mention a hometown for Dorothy, so they jumped first and claimed the honor. The…

People ask us “where’s the best place you’ve been” or “what was your favorite”. I have been dreaming about doing a trip like this for many years. Ever since I was a teenager and my family did a round-the-country road trip, I’ve wanted to do one of my own. Long ago, before I ever put…

Oh, what can I say about Nebraska? There’s sand. And cows. And corn. Yea, that’s about it. 😁 We spent a couple nights in Valentine NE this week. Kinda rainy and cold so we didn’t do much. Susanne played with her rock treasures, and we walked a couple trails in the Ft Niobrara Wildlife Refuge.…

We’re visiting Badlands National Park this weekend, in South Dakota. Mile after mile of eroded gully, rocks, and dried mud. And prairie. Acres and acres of prairie. The idiots in Washington still can’t figure out how to do their jobs, so the park is “closed”, but all that really means is that it’s free to…

Is it my destiny to turn into my father?? 😯 When my sisters and I were younger, having learned to drive, dad used to send us to town with some money and tell us to get a part or a thing or whatever he needed. “It’ll be like two bucks maybe. Bring me my change.”…

It was a short trip today since the morons in Washington can’t get their jobs done properly. 😡 We visited Mt Rushmore National Memorial today, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The parking deck and gift shop are still open because they are run by an independent concessionaire but the museum and visitor center…

We are in the Black Hills of South Dakota this week. Saturday was a rainy day but we can’t really complain about it since we’ve had so few of them. We hung out at camp for a while, Susy went to some rock shops, then we rode into Rapid City to have lunch and see…