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Showing posts with label Midwest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midwest. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Searching for Mormon Grove

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I've felt very strongly that I need to teach my children the stories of their ancestors as a way to develop their character and resil...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

The Atchison Visitor Center and Rail Museum

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In November we visited Atchison.  We stopped by their Historical Society Museum and Rail Museum, located conveniently in town along with t...
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Friday, March 4, 2016

The Remington Nature Center

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After visiting the Pony Express Museum , we went to the Remington Nature Center.  The Remington Nature Center is a mile or two northwes...

The Pony Express Starting Point in St Joseph, MO

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In late October, we took a short trip up the Missouri River to St Joseph.  We stopped by the Pony Express Statue on the north side of down...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, and Hannibal, MO

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On our drive home from Nauvoo, we made a short sidetrip to Hannibal, Missouri.  The downtown is cute, with lots of little shops along the ...

Autumn visit to Nauvoo

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We had a good visit to Nauvoo this fall.  We made a point to visit several of the buildings that we didn't see on our January visit.  ...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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We left Chase County Fishing Lake, stopped in the cute little town of Cottonwood Falls, then continued up the Flint Hills Scenic Byway to ...

Frogs and Waterfalls at Chase County Fishing Lake

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We took a camping trip out to the Flint Hills on Friday.  My wife wanted to visit Tallgrass Prairie, and the nearest free camping was at C...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Winter Quarters Visitor Center and Pioneer Cemetery

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While we were in Omaha, we also visited the Winter Quarters visitor center.  There's a lot of information at the center!  We learned a...

The Kanesville Tabernacle

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While we were in Omaha, we drove across the river to Council Bluffs to visit the Kanesville Tabernacle.  The tour was pretty cool.  The or...

The World-famous Omaha Zoo

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In late August we took a trip to Omaha.  We wanted to go to the Omaha Zoo since we've heard lots of amazing things about it.  We got t...

The Federal Reserve Money Museum

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I had to work one Saturday, so my boss told me to take a day off  to make up for it.  Done and done.  It wasn't hard to decide what to...

The Grinter Sunflower Field

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Early September, one of the Northeast Kansas traditions is the Grinter Sunflower Field.  Every year, the Grinters plant a large field of s...

The Leavenworth County Fair

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At the end of July we went to the Leavenworth County Fair in Tonganoxie.  The fair is pretty small. It's the smallest county fair we...

Catching Fish in Three Mile Creek

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I've gone on plenty of walks on the Three-mile Creek Trail in Leavenworth, and although the creek isn't very big, it does have fis...

Wild Blackberries in Kansas

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July is when blackberries start to ripen in Kansas.  We were out and about over the winter and discovered a patch or two, so since mid sum...

July Canoe Trip on the Duckhead

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I have a coworker who likes kayaking that I've told about the Duckhead on the Platte River.  We tried to schedule a time to go, but we...