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  • Caterpillar Museum: Part 2 – Playing with Caterpillars

    Peoria, IL, July 2026 Part 2 is all about playing on the equipment and selfies. I enjoyed climbing into the machinery the most. The sad part was that in many cases my feet barely touched the peddles. You’ll notice my feet don’t really touch :-). They also had 5 game type machines were you were…

  • Caterpillar Museum: Part 1 – Butterfly or Large Machinery

    Peoria, IL, August 2026 I said to John “I really would like to go to the caterpillar museum.” John said “yes” thinking we would see beautiful butterflies for him to photograph. He learned later that this was the large yellow machinery. Talking to the visitor center receptionist, John wasn’t the only person who thought they…

  • Best Rest Stop in the USA?

    Well, aside from Buc-ees… At 133 miles into our latest move, we stopped at a rest stop in Ohio for the bathrooms and to feed the cats. Kate spoke to one of the maintenance staff that said that it is only about a year old. It is also manned 24/7. It is one of the…

  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park

    Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, July 2026 We planned to go to Cuyahoga Valley National Park to bike on the canal trail. (It is not pronounced the way it looks; the proper pronunciation is Kai-uh-how-guh.) The name is Native American for “Crooked River”. (John wonders if they call the leaders of our country Cuyopoliticans?) The…

  • Findley State Park Blue Trail

    Wellington, OH, July 2026 We got back from Lorain, Ohio and both decided on a nap since we stayed up late and got up early. Well for me, the nap didn’t happen. Too many interruptions like locking the trailer door and Mackie deciding to take a big dump that stunk up the bedroom. (The last…

  • Lorain Lighthouse Fireworks

    Lorain Lighthouse, OH, July 2026 You are thinking – fireworks, shmireworks. From our estimation, the lighthouse fireworks were not the best fireworks show we have seen. We have been to some places, such as Washington, D.C. and Disney World, that have truly spectacular fireworks shows. It was unique, and it is worth doing at least…

  • Lorain Lighthouse Tour

    Lorain Lighthouse, OH, July 2026 There were over 800 photos taken for this trip, but most of them were for the fireworks. We have pared it down to a little over 200 photos, and it will probably be pared down more. We will split this into the fireworks and everything else. This is the everything…

  • Manassas National Battlefield Park

    Manassas, VA, June 2026 It appears we forgot to post this, we were to busy to post this, or thought the postcard was enough. It was probably a combination of the first and second one. When we were at Fairfax Lake Park, we stopped by Bull Run State Park to see if it would work…

  • Cinderella Bridge on the Gorge Trail

    Mill Creek Metro Parks, OH, June 2026 We decided to start with the west gorge trail on the other side of the creek. From the mill, you walk east a short distance to find Lanterman’s Mill Covered Bridge. While not as fanciful as the Cinderella Bridge, it is a very nice and well maintained example…

  • Lanterman’s Mill

    Mill Creek Metro Park, OH, June 2026 Youngstown has the Mahoning (not Majong) River flowing through the middle of the town. Mill Creek winds northwards through the west side of town until it empties into the Mahoning River. Most of Mill Creek is either a Metro Park, Preserve, or Sanctuary. It also has several scenic…