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Travel Blogs from Missouri, United States

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Off to Missouri, the

Off to Missouri, the "show-me" state & Kansas City

A travel blog entry by brent-n-toby

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... we ran thru an Amish village that was all out on the way to Church driving down the Highway n horse and buggies. Missouri has several Amish villages where they don't use any modern conveniences. We were late as usual and making up time Toby ...

Special Guests Bill and Adam Return!, Eugene, Oregon to San Francisco, California, United States travel blog

Special Guests Bill and Adam Return!

A travel blog entry by allisonandjeff

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Now that we had a car, it was time to leave Eugene. Our trip through the Pacific Northwest had already been twice as long as we had originally planned, so it was time to make up some ground... But first we needed to make a quick trip to a salvage yard to ...

The Simpsons change their opening, Springfield, United States travel blog

The Simpsons change their opening

A travel blog entry by happysheep

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Yes, after 20 years, they've changed the opening credits for the Simpsons Watch it here: ...

Still Stranded..., Missouri Valley, IA, United States travel blog

Still Stranded...

A travel blog entry by dearmasa

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We arose in Missouri Valley, Iowa yesterday morning and waited for the call from the surgeon at Anderson Chevrolet Emergency Hospital where Chris left Blue. Around 9:30am (Central Standard Time) Earl called. No kidding... the guy's name is Earl. The ...

We're Off!!!!!!, Missouri Valley, IA, United States travel blog

We're Off!!!!!!

A travel blog entry by dearmasa

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... transmission was in Omaha this morning at 6:03am... it's now 1:00pm, is it here in Missouri Valley? Nooooooooooooooooo... AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1:39 PM So the parts finally arrived, and presumably the operation has ...

Missouri Starts Well, Birdsong, United States travel blog

Missouri Starts Well

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... booked a very swish hotel for St Louis on Sunday which actually overlooks the downtown stadium where we will be cheering on The Cardinals that evening.  Missouri is looking good! Miles Cycled:  54 and it felt like a really full day of ...

Stranded in Iowa, Missouri Valley, IA, United States travel blog

Stranded in Iowa

A travel blog entry by dearmasa

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... then the clunking began, and the ticking, and the whirring, and, and, and finally, a road sign... Highway 30, exit 75, Missouri Valley, Iowa Fourth gear disinigrates into third as we crested the hill. It all happened so fast!! Only ½ mile left as ...

Vienna – without the Opera, Vienna, United States travel blog

Vienna – without the Opera

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... at the back fending off those who came too close. It was such a shame as the scenery was incredible, endless forest and fields. Throughout Missouri so far we have seen houses spread out in between towns, where it seems people have found a plot on top of a ...

Misery in Missouri, Gerald, United States travel blog

Misery in Missouri

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... to last night. The conversation with Damon was as open and enlightening as you could hope for.  This was a 'normal' guy from Missouri and his views were completely off the planet. This is deep America and it is a place that sends a shiver down my ...

Lord of the Rings, Kinloch, New Zealand travel blog

Lord of the Rings

A travel blog entry by hils

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Sorry but it did have to come up at some point and I have been in New Zealand for nine months now so it's about time. I drove from Queenstown up to Kinloch, a tiny little place (couldn't be called a village as there were only about 3 houses). Right on ...

Sunday 1 June, Mountain View, United States travel blog

Sunday 1 June

A travel blog entry by manningnz

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... by that  time it was lunch time so we headed back to the van.   We drove on until about 6pm shortly after entering Missouri.  We stopped in a small town in a little park and BBQ'd our tea. On the way we passed real Amish people in their ...

Sheriff Sends Us Out To Lake Pomme de Terre, Hermitage, United States travel blog

Sheriff Sends Us Out To Lake Pomme de Terre

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... this morning. It was hard to comprehend how much our surroundings had changed. We now find ourselves in the thick forests of Missouri, the sudden increase in humidity giving it a very South East Asian feel.  When we hit the road mid morning the ...

Wagon's Ho here we go, Mt. Vernon, United States travel blog

Wagon's Ho here we go

A travel blog entry by trekker2

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First day out and we made it to Mt. Vernon Illinois. Didn't leave Cleveland till around 9:45 this morning We did a little side trip to a National Recreation area called Land between the Lakes in Kentucky. Drove through a Bison and Elk preserve seeing ...

Waiting 4 Parts, Missouri Valley, IA, United States travel blog

Waiting 4 Parts

A travel blog entry by dearmasa

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As of 7:56pm CST, the transmission was in Peru, IL, which is 6 hours and 24 minutes from Omaha, NE. This means that, short of a highway pile-up, the goods should arrive at the hospital tomorrow morning so that the operation can begin and end tomorrow. ...

Rainy Day with the Rednecks, Allenton, United States travel blog

Rainy Day with the Rednecks

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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... .  Why?  What had we done? We were nowhere near him! I hate this place.  I hate the people of Missouri.  I hate their bigoted views and needless aggression.  Why are they so angry about life?  Next door is Kansas where the ...

Up in the Ozarks (That sounds like an alien race!), Linn Creek, United States travel blog

Up in the Ozarks (That sounds like an alien race!)

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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Once again we were woken in the night by a hungry racoon that had to be scared off, but apart from that had a lovely and relatively cool night's sleep. Leaving the campsite was delayed by the reception lady’s inability to comprehend what ...

Catching a Ball Game With The Cardinals, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Catching a Ball Game With The Cardinals

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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We have been seriously looking forward to this day. After some pretty miserable riding in Missouri, Sunday in St Louis was planned to be a real highlight of our USA trip.  It certainly did not disappoint. We thought it would only take a couple of ...

Lazy Day in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Lazy Day in St Louis

A travel blog entry by pollyandmikey

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Today has been a truly great day off. When we checked up online and found out that St Louis is indeed the second most dangerous city in the USA (it was knocked off its no.1 spot this year) we felt no guilt about not doing any sightseeing. Venturing out ...

... and so it ACTUALLY begins, Independence, United States travel blog

... and so it ACTUALLY begins

A travel blog entry by aconthego

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... .  We'll see. Ok-- so here's the lowdown.  I've just finished an intense week of training here in Independence, Missouri and will be boarding a plan to Hong Kong in 6 hours, where I will have two more days of WorldService ...

Independence, Missouri - Queen City of the Trails, Independence, United States travel blog

Independence, Missouri - Queen City of the Trails

A travel blog entry by moonminder

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... since then, but this time was especially fun! I rented a car in Tulsa and we took a road trip to Independence, Missouri, where I had a presentation and book-signing scheduled at the National Frontier Trails Museum.  One man drove all the way from ...

Went to visit the gateway arch and the zoo, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Went to visit the gateway arch and the zoo

A travel blog entry by 2mareti

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Here in St Louis we visited the Gateway arch...but we didn't get to go inside with the elevator because we got there 5 min prior to closing time :( so...we are planning to come back another day...we will ge to go all the way up, but we took some pictures ...

Quality time before I leave, Kansas City, United States travel blog

Quality time before I leave

A travel blog entry by big_d

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So the family and I after getting some more rest from our "resting"/vacation, decided that it would be good to put up our Christmas tree and spend some more quality time together. It wasn't until we were done that we all realized this was the first ...

Up or Down?, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Up or Down?

A travel blog entry by transformers

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   Whew! What a day! For some of us that meant paint, for others it meant dirt and mortar, but for all of us it meant sweat and fun! We are having such a great time here and thoroughly enjoying our experience with Acts 1:8 Ministry. In ...

Home at Last, St. Charles, United States travel blog

Home at Last

A travel blog entry by salley_adoption

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Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that we made it home last night and Carl was taken directly to the hospital. He is severely dehydrated and definitely has gallstones. He is too weak for surgery at this time so he will be in the ...

Early wake up call, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Early wake up call

A travel blog entry by kasandraorloske

Our wake up call came through at 3:30am.  We packed our things quickly and took a taxi to the train station.  We boarded the train and held our breath as departure time came closer.  The train kept on rolling and didn't stop this ...

No Mr Nice Guy, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

No Mr Nice Guy

A travel blog entry by doctormick

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Wow – day 60 and two calendar months away – and still not quite at the half way mark! I did not even attempt to follow the route 66 line today as my guidebook pointed out that I44 has pretty much swallowed it up. It exists as one of the ...

Prepping for the trip, Saint Louis, United States travel blog

Prepping for the trip

A travel blog entry by n2history

Rich Text Area.One week to go and we’ll be on our way. Airline tickets were reserved months ago (thank you, frequent flier miles). Car is leased. Lodging is booked. Public transit schedules scrutinized. Attractions ranked. Day  pass vs. pay as ...

Thousand Hills, Kirksville, United States travel blog

Thousand Hills

A travel blog entry by smcollins

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... is as boring as Chillicothe... these are two of the towns I think I may forget the fastest after this trip is over. Missouri, however, has made a lasting impression on me. It is much greener and much prettier than I had expected. The hills are ...

Prichod do San Diega, California, Lietadlo do San Diega, California, United States travel blog

Prichod do San Diega, California

A travel blog entry by mozi

... akurat sedim v lietadle do San Diega pri sympatickej americanke (jedno sedadlo odo mna). Spionazne som zistil, ze pracuje pre United Airlines (to je ta spolocnost ktorou teraz letim) a cely cas pracovala na nejakych pracovnych vykazoch. Zistil som to ...

On the Road Again......., St. Louis, United States travel blog

On the Road Again.......

A travel blog entry by tomsmidlife

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... . Back when I traveled a lot for work, I joined several hotel frequent guest clubs. One perk here is that I can eat at the "Missouri Athletic Club". It's a fusty old school club (lots of 'yes, sir' from the front door all the way to the restaurant), ...

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