Springfield, United States Travel Blogs

The Simpsons change their opening
Feb 18, 2009

Yes, after 20 years, they've changed the opening credits for the Simpsons Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZGz1Ajg7QU&eurl=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10557357&feature=player_embedded

Iowa City, Herbert Hoover, and Springfield
Jul 22, 2007 (9 photos)

... Hoover National Historic Site.  I visited where he and his wife are buried and I also visited his birthplace cottage. I continued driving southeast for three hours and stopped for the night in Springfield, Illinois.

Thursday 26 June
Jul 8, 2008 (2 photos)

... cup of tea.  I knew Bev (my English friend) would be disappointed if I didn't call in.   We arrived at Springfield - official home of the Simpsons - late afternoon, hoping they would be home...... and they were!  When they realised it was ...

Friday 27 June
Jul 8, 2008 (4 photos)

... inside it for 5 months as everything has been given a home in a cupboard).   We then ventured into the town of Springfield to have a look around.  The Chamber of Commerce houses the Simpson family life-size figures that you can sit next to and ...

Kansas, Missouri, and Land O' LIncoln
Jun 24, 2009 (7 photos)

... Spicer) are practicially family to us - fun connection. Lots of the towns in that area are Mass. towns too - Springfield, Winchester, Greenfield, Quincy - must have been settled by people from New England. Lots and lots of fireflies in the fields as ...

Heart Beats
May 15, 2008

     I just saw Ron off to start his day. This was the last physical contact of my friends in Columbia. My heart is pounding in my chest at this moment. Excitement is abundant. To Alysia, Jeff, Krista, Phoenix, and Ron, I thank ...

Tumbu Fly
Mar 23, 2008 (2 photos)

So I've been reading up on the various diabolic bugs my body may play host to during the trip and here is a little excerpt from "Healthy Travel Africa" I found amusing. TUMBU FLY BOILS The tumbu fly lays its eggs on the ground and on laundry put out ...

Marie's Dad's House
Aug 29, 2005 (2 photos)

After a full day in Seattle wrapping up the last loose ends we drove to Springfield, Oregon; Marie in her Del Sol and Jeff in his Integra. Marie would leave her car in Oregon and we would take Jeff's for the long trip to the Wisconsin and the East Coast. ...

Illinois - Springfield - Lincoln Town
Jul 6, 2009

Driving east - Today in Springfield to tour Lincoln historical sites. Weather has certainly warmed up...Lots of driving through the cornfields.

Packing Tidbit #2 (and Rules of Travel #1)
Apr 5, 2009 (2 photos)

I plan to camp quite a bit in Oklahoma and not sure how much wi-fi will be available, so this may be the last post for a bit. Here's hoping it's a little warmer than Missouri! Okay, so here's another peek into the mind of an obsessive-compulsive, ...

Why I'm Traveling
Jun 12, 2008

I came across the Freeman Fellowship for teachers to travel to China while checking my email last January.  My students were reading silently, and I interrupted them to ask whether they thought I should apply. I was surprised when the response I got ...

Gifts
May 14, 2008 (14 photos)

... with me and share with those friends I have yet to meet.      The last few days have been here in Springfield (Lincoln's town) and enjoyed the sights and sounds very much. It is a little, big town with lots of charm and funkiness to it ...

a great reason to go to springfield
Sep 18, 2007 (10 photos)

My old friend Ken Rutherford lives in Springfield Missouri.  We have known each other since the Peace Corps, so that makes it about 20 years!  His wife Kim is great, and so are their kids: Hayden, Campbell, Duncan, and Lucy.  It was so much ...

(surprisingly artsy) Springfield MO
Apr 4, 2009

... selection and locations all over the place. http://www.nationalartshop.com/ I spent several hours walking through downtown Springfield, which is a cross between an art-town and a college-town. So there are lots of great galleries, bars and ...

Then a Half Day Jaunt to Springfield
Nov 15, 2007

So once I arrived at the airport, I had to rent a car to drive down to the mill.  Even though I was only gonna have the car for 6 hrs, I was charged $150.  For one, it was a one-way rental.  And I also get the under-age charge tacked on for ...

Idle in the Ozarks
Mar 19, 2008 (5 photos)

I've endured my first true winter in five years. I'm back in the Ozarks, idle in my parents attic, plotting the next year of my life. A year in the 'dark continent,' but from everything I have read it seems to be the most luminous place on earth. ...

Springfield
Aug 14, 2008 (6 photos)

Springfield Auf unserem Weg nach New Orleans machten wir in Springfield einen Zwischenhalt... Wir fuhren von Chicago aus auf der legendaeren Route 66 bis nach Springfield. Weil das alleine Fahren fuer Reto so eine Qual war, hat Martin fuer ihn ein ...

Steak 'N Shake anyone?
Jul 10, 2008 (5 photos)

... to come by for a visit. The family now lives in the D.C. area and I called the mom, Cynthia, who happened to be in Springfield for a visit! Later that evening, my Uncles Matt and John, and Matt's wife, Karen, came by for a cookout. Karen brought a HUGE ...

Show
Jan 28, 2008

  

The land of Lincoln
Jul 26, 2007 (12 photos)

... the main lobby. It felt like the exhibits went on forever, there were exhibits about Mrs. Lincoln, about their home in Springfield, their clothes, their sons, Lincoln's life, his politics, elections, and of course the Civil War. It was all so fascinating, ...

Day 26, Springfield Ma
May 21, 2007 (10 photos)

Ok, We are back in the states!!!!  We are headed to the Basketball Hall of Fame tomorrow then off to Boston on Tuesday.  Since there has been no pictures in a few days, I'm sending alot tonight.  Hope everyone is well and will talk soon.

Day Two
Jun 8, 2008 (1 photos)

... to this bar on the riverfront called Willy G's Dueling Piano Bar-incredible.  Amazing music and and crowd was rockin'. Got to Springfield, MO today at 1:30.  The best part about the whole thing was that it was our first day of displaying the ...

Down a little bit further....yeah there
Jul 9, 2007

We went on down to Springfield that same day but didn't meet with the mill until the next day... 

Not in Kansas anymore
Dec 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Today I made my way across Oklahoma following the old route 66 for pretty much all the way. You'd think I would have lots to tell but to be honest it was a fairly dull drive.  Yes there were some snippets of preserved Americana ephemera but for the ...

All Beginnings Have an End
Apr 26, 2007

There's such an excitement in beginning something new, don't you think?  Moving, starting a new job, change of life status, these generally go hand in hand with anticipation and expectation.  Though rarely are we unaffected by ...

Abe, honestly
Aug 16, 1977

... ," which depicts the life of Illinois residents since the 1700's. And for more Lincoln, New Salem is 20 miles away. Springfield, Illinois Population 111,834 Elevation 600 Central time zone http://www.online-springfield.com/sites/capitol.html

Lincoln's Home
Aug 8, 2007 (6 photos)

... again.  This time for Arkansas.  Along the way, we stopped at a couple of places.  The first being, Springfield, Illinois to visit Lincoln's home.  We took a twenty minute tour through Lincoln's home.  There was also a gift ...

Springfield, Lincolns not Simpsons
Oct 9, 2009 (14 photos)

Four score and ... six days ago we entered the land of Lincoln. Springfield, Illinois, we thought the Simpsons lived here but not a single Simpson reference in sight! Springfield is the town where Abe Lincoln lived before he became El Presidento and is ...

What time is it????
Mar 30, 2006

... to think it'll be a good idea to start acclimating our bodies to Australia time - currently 5:47pm (it's 1:47 am here in Springfield) - so we're staying up and will crash on the plane to LA. We've loaded the laptop with movies, packed the essentials in ...

Land of Lincoln
Sep 13, 2005 (5 photos)

We drive into Springfield and find no parking @ first. I call up the museum and they have a spot for RV's. We park, have breakfast and head on out. We walk down to Lincoln's house. It is set up very nicely in a historic little village. We enjoy the tour of ...