Spencer Feb 6 6 min IOWA (Part 2) - "Going Where No Man Has Gone Before!" During the few days we spent in Iowa, we stayed at the Newton/Des Moines KOA in the centrally located, small town of Newton. NEWTON IOWA:...
Spencer Jan 11 7 min IOWA - "Frank Lloyd Wright, Buddy Holly, and Dwight" We arrive in the Hawkeye State! When you cross the border from Minnesota into Iowa you pass into the heartland of America. And the heartl...
Spencer Nov 30, 2020 6 min Pivot Points Along Our Path One of the questions we are most frequently asked is how do we plan our travel route. No, we don't throw a dart against a wall map, no we...
Spencer Oct 28, 2020 8 min Beautiful Wisconsin.. I had never thought much about the state of Wisconsin. It's not in the news very often. It doesn't have a major tourist attraction like t...
Spencer Jun 30, 2020 9 min Home of Laverne and Shirley! If you're too young to remember this late 1970's TV show, it was about the misadventures of two best friends Laverne DeFazio and Shirley ...
Spencer May 21, 2020 10 min Lincoln and lots of Corn! After leaving the Hoosier State we decided to visit the last of the Great Lake states: Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Our first stop...
Spencer Apr 21, 2020 11 min Time to play catch-up: INDIANA So I thought I'd use this down time during Lorraine's recovery from surgery (and the quarantine) to catch up on my travel journaling. I h...
Spencer Mar 22, 2020 6 min Breaking Ankle Well, it was probably only a matter of time.. After visiting 36 states and hiking hundreds of trails of various terrain and difficulty, o...
