DoubleTree Hotel Springfield

... 66.78. We spent over an hour in the pool and hot tub last night. We were the only ones there. The room is big, clean and well appointed. It is our best deal yet.<br><br>Today is a beautiful day, we have full sun. Breakfast at the motel was waffles, fresh - we made them ourselves in the lobby.<br><br>Tonight we will camp. We have already found a campground near Tulsa, OK. that we think we will like and maybe even stay a couple of nights.<br>

... found that they had changed the tip amount on the debit card slip from $4 to $40 dollars. This also caused 2 overdrafts to occur later (hey, it was right before payday!). Anyway, they refuse to admit their error. DON'T GO THERE! After lunch, we went to the Lincoln Presidential Museum. It was actually sorta neat. We saw two 3-D movies and many artifacts from his life and times (including a bloody pair of gloves he was wearing the night he was assassinated).

... yhä vehreimmiksi. Vihreää nurmea alkoi näkymään muuallakin kuin kastelluilla pelloilla, kuivat puskat muuttuivat tummanvihreiksi lehtipuiksi ja peltojen välissä olevissa ojissa alkoi näkymään vettä. Lehmätkin tuntuivat olevan pulskemman oloisia kuin keskellä aroja laiduntavat lajitoverinsa. Lehmistä puheenollen - Amarillon ympärillä oli muutamia paikkoja, jotka tarjosivat 72 unssin (2041g) pihviä ilmaiseksi jokaiselle, joka pystyisi syömään sen kokonaan ...

... kit. And in case there's no cell service, you must know how to change your tire; it's always better to practice in your driveway than having to deal with it in the dark, in the boondocks! Growing up, my Dad made sure I knew how to change a tire, check the fluids, and eyeball the hoses. A year in Detroit (and another in Cleveland) taught me to carry extra clothes and an emergency blanket ...

... 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 restaurants, services like accountants and attorneys (why isn't it "attornies"?), and even everything-for-$1 vintage and used CD stores. There's also a nice free parking garage. (Which was extra handy since I still haven't tried to ...

On the drive back to Kansas City, Kelly and I agreed that Springfield doesn't make for a very entertaining road trip. There are some restaurants that I miss and crave, but I won't spend two days there again.<br>I forgot to mention that while driving sround ...

... block away from the brewery would meet us for a drink at another local bar, the Patton Alley Pub, so we headed there to wait for her and try some of their huge varieties of beer Patton Alley serves. I remember this as a biker bar back when I was a student at SMSU, though I forget the name. It hasn't changed all that much, but it's a great little dive with a stage. Our friend never joined us. Kelly had Nutcracker Ale from Boulevard that she ...

Today was the first day when we had a chance to really enjoy the Mother Road. 360 miles along the historic route was rather fun. Some views look exactly like they'd been drawn out of the movie "Easy Rider". It has also become clear, that the further away we move from the ...

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. Africa has more land mass on the equator than any other continent on Earth. Intense heat reaching in the 130's paralysing everything to a crawl while the sun is high. This is going to be a year spent in cheap ...

... will take the Eurostar from London to Brussels and Russian Railways from Berlin to Moscow and the Trans-Siberian from Moscow to Beijing via ulaan batter and Chinese Railways from Beijing to Hong Kong in Sept of 2004.<br><br><br><br> You might think I was crazy to take this trip&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Just stop and think this is one of the greatest train trip in the world. Going around the world in 21 days and taking the Euro rail from London to Moscow and ...