On Tuesday, we traveled home from Indianapolis to Cranberry Twp. We didn't do anything exciting, so nothing of note to blog about, but some thoughts from the trip. We weren't sure what to expect but it turned out that we didn't have any trouble finding campgrounds, for the most part. When we knew at some point during the day where we would be staying that evening, we would do a google search, and then call a campground to make a reservation. There were almost always RV sites available, and most of the campgrounds were very pleasant - lots of trees, sometimes a pond or lake, quiet and peaceful. This trip was sort of a test to see if our RV would be comfortable to live in for weeks at a time. This was a three week trip, but we will likely take longer trips, especially during the Pennsylvania winters, when we plan to go to Louisiana and spend three months at a time. Would the RV be comfortable enough to live in for three months? Our RV passed the test. It is very comfortable t...
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We spent Monday morning in Hannibal, Missouri. They might as well rename the town Mark Twain City. It’s all about him, their most famous citizen. We visited the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. The museum consisted of 7 historic properties, including the interpretive center, which contained a lot of information about Mark Twain’s life and is located in the home where Mark Twain, birth name of Sam Clemens, grew up and where the real adventures of Tom Sawyer took place. The other buildings/points of interest included restored homes of Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, the Justice of the Peace office where Sam’s father worked, Grant’s Drugstore, and the Tom and Huck statue. That’s only six (if you’re counting) because they actually count the gift shop as building number 7. We also saw the famous whitewashed fence. When Sam and his family fell on hard times, the family moved in with some friends: Dr. Grant and his family, where they lived above his drugstore. Dr. Grant was a first co...