Author Archives: Marsha Brecht

About 20 miles from Times Beach (where contaminated soil destroyed a town) is the Weldon Spring Site.  In 1941 the Army, under a state of emergency, acquired 17,232 acres of land here for the production of explosives to use in … Continue reading →

where we are tonite We felt we should leave the casino parking lot, so we found a state park that was open about 30 miles west from where we were so we moved there.  After we got checked in and set … Continue reading →

 St. Louis Gateway to the West  We’re in St. Louis now.  We wanted to stay at the RV park at a casino here, but it doesn’t open until Memorial Day.  I guess that means we’re in the north now????  Oh well, … Continue reading →

North another 80 miles today.  Minnesota keeps getting closer and closer.  We’re in Festus, Missouri, tonight.  On the way here we stopped at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.  It is small historic community on the Mississippi River.  We followed the signs to … Continue reading →

Covered Bridge We’re still in Cape Girardeau, MO.  It has been wet and cold, but the forecast is looking up. Today, after lunch at a nearby Mexican restaurant, we drove outside of town to visit the Bollinger Mill State Historic … Continue reading →

 birds  We have been seeing flocks of birds.  I think they’re just waiting for Minnesota to warm up so they can fly home. We drove 85 miles north and are in a nice private RV park in Cape … Continue reading →

Lady Luck Casino North we go, another 30 miles.  This time we are in Caruthersville, Missouri, a small town on the Mississippi River.  There is a small casino here and we had planned to stay in their RV park, but … Continue reading →

Goodbye Memphis.  There are more things to see and do in Memphis, but maybe next year.  This morning we headed 30 miles north to a small town named Blytheville.  We chose this town because it has an RV park that is in the … Continue reading →

We had to be out of the RV park by 11am so we moved it to a Walmart parking lot and took the car back into the city, returning to Beale Street.  There is a dry goods shop there that … Continue reading →

Sun Studio Time to move on.  North to Memphis.  It was only about 30 miles, but it was time for for a change.  One of the first things we saw when we got into Memphis was Sun Studio, the studio that … Continue reading →

We are still in Tunica, staying another few more days.  It’s nice here and we’re not ready to go to Minnesota yet. We haven’t been doing much the last few days.  It rained some, and it’s been cold.  The river … Continue reading →

We have decided to stay in this area for another two days.  This morning we went in to town for breakfast at a restaurant we had heard has high ratings, The historic Blue & White Restaurant.  We like to check out the local places … Continue reading →

That would be a very big tractor! We have to be careful not to go north too fast.  We figure if we go north 30 miles every day we might be home by April 1.   Where we are now is … Continue reading →

For any relatives reading this….We received a phone call from Bernie’s brother.  His wife, Ruth, finally got her kidney transplant yesterday afternoon.  She’s doing ok, will know more in the next few days. Now back to the blog:  No pictures … Continue reading →

Purple Fields We will be taking the Mississippi Great River Road  Scenic Byway from where we are now all the way to Minnesota for the rest of our trip.  Tonight we are in Greenville, Mississippi.  On the way up here we noticed several … Continue reading →

It was a windy night and a bit of rain, but nothing serious.  It’s still windy this morning so we decided to stay put for one more day.  After a while the clouds went away and the sun came out.  There … Continue reading →

Ugh… 83 degrees and windy, I think a storm is brewing.  It may be a bumpy night. Old Court House (1858-1860) We hung around the RV park today and visited with some of our fellow RVers.  Then we decided to … Continue reading →

Natchez Trace Parkway again We left Natchez and started driving up the Natchez Trace Parkway.  There was about 50 miles of it that we had not completed last month.  We won’t take it all the way north this time as it will take … Continue reading →

 Pretty Flowers  Camellia Tiffany  Pig Out Inn BBQ where we ate lunch today.   Kinda small for a duplex in my opinion. Art House?  There was no sign of it being a shop.   Natchez Under The … Continue reading →

http://www.gopetfriendly.com/  This morning we noticed an RV parked near us that had decals and advertising all over it.  It had a web address http://www.gopetfriendly.com/ on it.  So I looked into it.  They are a couple and their two dogs who … Continue reading →