Peoria, United States

... as we did some shopping at a couple of local hardware shops and stocked up on fresh bread, greens, and local cheeses at Peoria's farmer's market (the last one of the season).  We'll be leaving in about 2 hours and obviously won't be covering as much ...

... could have imagined.  The rain and wind picked up significantly towards the latter part of the day, just in time for our crossing along Peoria Lake. The wind and waves made us feel like we were in a (very mild) storm at sea! It felt great to pull into ...

This will be my first time ever living completely on my own and because I like to do things the hard way, I'm going to do it in another country. I leave in 15 days. Right now I'm doing the whole packing/cleaning/visa acquisition thing. How do you pack for ...

... vehicle builder and employer of my brother-in-law Luke. Luke, my sister Ati and 2 year old niece Maggie live right outside Peoria in Washington,...Illinois that is. It was good to see that Ati is doing pretty well 1/3 of the way through her second ...