In Carbondale

Saturday we decided to drive to Strausburg, Co from Wellington, KS instead of stopping at Wakeeney, KS. We had one long driving day which was either going to be Saturday or Sunday and decided to make it Saturday. We got in Strausburg around 6:30.

Sunday we arrived in Carbondale around 1 pm. Took a while to set and get everything out but we are now settled in. A nice dinner at The Whitehouse Restaurant and we are relaxing for the evening.

Wellington, Kansas

Last night we stayed at the K.O.A. in Wellington, Kansas. A small campground but close to a lot of business. Walmart is next door and the city is of decent size. We had dinner at "The Great Wall of China". Decent food for a typical strip mall take out restaurant.

Today we drive to Wakeeney, KS at the Colorado/Kansas border.

Site 61

 

12 more states to go! Excluding Hawaii :)

#7 - Wellington, KS - We are here
#8 - Wakeeney, KS - Saturday night
#9 - Carbondale, CO - Sunday afternoon

Alma Arkansas layover

Staying at the Alma KOA. Nice small campground on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border. Got here yesterday and today we hung around and went out on a paddle boat in the evening. Tomorrow we leave for Wellington, KS then Wakeeney, KS on Saturday and Carbondale on Sunday.

Campsite E7

Paddle boat pond

Chewie the Duck Stalker

 Ducks are everywhere and very people friendly. They come up to the campsites. One couple had at least 20 of them come up. After getting them back to the pond with corn and throwing it in, they then ran back to their site leaving the ducks behind. It would have been a great AFV video.

Paddle boating

Important rules at this KOA -

Rule #3 - "Removal of pet's fallout is owners responsibility"

We are here:












#6 - We are here now, Alma, AR
#7 - Friday - Wellington, KS
#8 - Saturday - Wakeeney, KS
(We are skipping Strausburg, Co and going to Carbondale on Sunday)
#10 - Carbondale, Co

Things to do in Portageville

Besides looking at endless miles of fields we did find one thing to do. We went to the Wolf Bayou Wildlife area. Looks like some place you see on Criminal Minds when they hunt for the missing person.  The "Bayou" though is drying up in a lot of area's. While northern Missouri is flooding, southern could use some rain, at least in this area. There is a nice boat launch and suspect they will film the next episode of swamp people here :)  There is a lot of swamp land that is not in the pic's.

This entire area is evaporating

Portageville, MO

We made it to Portageville, Mo around 3:30 today. Very small campground but nice staff. Only 3 other RV's here. Not much here but a lot of flat land and fields.

Site 37

Office in the distance

WE ARE HERE:

#5 - Portageville, MO

#6 - Alma, AR (Wednesday 4/24)

#7 - Wellington, KS (Friday 4/26)

Makers Mark Distillery Tour

Saturday we drove to see the Makers Mark Distillery Tour. It is about an hour south of Sheperdsville, KY where we are staying. Tammy, Mike, Emily, Steve, Suzanne and Tim went with us.
It was a interesting tour to see how the Bourbon is made and the process. After that we stopped at the Cozy Corner to each lunch. A bit slow but a decent place for lunch.

Tammy, Mike and Emily left for Mammouth cave after the tour and Steve, Suzanne and Tim came back to the campground for the evening. Made some Blueberry Crumb Cake to munch on. Tim took off to go back to Indy.

Tomorrow we leave for Portageville, MO.

One of the Distilleries

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Bourbon is kept in the kegs for 3-5 years

A tasting at the end. 3 glasses. Equvialent of moon shine, Maker's Mark and Maker's 46

Louisville Slugger

Friday early afternoon Steve and Suzanne arrived. After a nice lunch at Cattleman's Steak House we went to the Louisville Slugger factory and museum via some quilt shop :( Steve and I stayed in the truck and talked.

The factory tour is cheap at $11 a person and runs every 30 minutes. It's worth the trip It's amazing how fast they can now turn a bat with all the automation. The museum is not large, but interesting,  including the lego display.

Late Friday night Tammy, Mike and Emily got here. We sat around and talked with everyone till around 11. No fire tonight. I forgot wood and the store was closed when I thought about it. Maybe tonight.

We had a 40 degree temperature swing from Thursday (85) to Friday (45) and it is supposed to be 35 for a low tonight! Brrrr......Anymore anything below 50 is cold to me!