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Missouri State Capitol
Today I went to the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. Since it's a small town of around 40,000 it was easy to get to the capitol and park. Unlike many of the capitols, there were no metal detectors and you could just walk right in.
Like most capitols, the Missouri Capitol is a neo-classical building with a central rotunda modeled …
Descent
... water. We also see bats and experience "total darkness". After the cave tour we do a little hiking in the surrounding park. We see waterfalls, snakes and lizzards. Sometime along the journey I lose my glasses, but seeing these sights is worth it. Check out the pictures.
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Near miss
... wide turtle crossing the road - I don't know if she survived. I saw lots of beautiful scenery, but need to buy an adaptor to load the pictures to the iPad and then must email them to my blog in order to post them. I did load all my pictures to the iPad while at convention so I think I have uploaded many of them to the blogs now. Well, I am falling to sleep as I write so must go. Safe travels to all my family and ...
Ozark Heritage Center
... park with about 30 permanent exhibits that portray the skills of the early settlers in this area. Most of them were of Irish (or Celtic) decent and came from the Appalachian area. There are many exhibits such as wood working, weaving, soap, broom, basket making, and lots more including making musical instruments like fiddles,banjos,
dulcimers, etc. The artisans manning these exhibits are very skilled; ...
Them Ozark Hills
... north through Clinton to Leslie, then east on Hwy 66 to Mountain View. Went down to the town square after a catfish dinner at JoJo's Catfish Wharf on the White River. There are various pavilions where people gather with their instruments and "jam". Anyone can join in, and they do. There were some pretty good "pickers" and we enjoyed their ...