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Hawn State Park

Where we are…MO

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 30, 2020
Post category:Adventure Hiking

Today we are at Hawn State Park in Ste. Genevieve, MO. We have been here for 2 days and have finally relaxed from last week! We have been hiking, exploring and just hanging out. Tomorrow we are heading to Arkansas for a few days as we continue west to Colorado.Prior to Hawn SP we stayed at SkyDive Chicago in Ottawa IL. It was the largest skydiving operation we have ever seen! They had 5 plane and are known worldwide. They are part of the Harvest Host Network. Great experience... Pickle Creek Trail Pickle Creek Trail SkyDive Chicago Site SkyDive Chicago

Some history of Ottawa, IL.

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 30, 2020
Post category:Adventure Airstream

Today marks our first completed week of our adventure. During this week, we had some obligations as well as some fine tuning of some logistics. We spent Thursday and Friday in Ottawa, Il. The main reason to visit Ottawa, IL was to deliver my mother’s ashes to be buried next to my father in Oakwood Memorial Park. It was sad, but we felt good having completed my mother’s wishes. Also while in Ottawa, we toured the town and I gave Carol a history lesson of the good and the bad. So many of the places I loved as a child,…

Finally back on the road; after a couple mishaps!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 26, 2020
Post category:Adventure Airstream Drone

We left Jackson Center OH and the Airstream Factory Service Center today. Lithium batteries are installed and so far they are working well (after a few adjustments this morning by Airstream)! We are at a Harvest Host site and fully relaxed. Here are the mishaps:I wanted to fly the drone to get some arial photos of the Airstream factory to show just how enormous the operation is! Well, not to go into too much detail, but I was just about to launch and two Chatty Cathy types came near me with 42,000 questions. I went ahead and launched and that…

Hanging out at Airstream Factory Service Center

Post author:Colleen
Post published:August 24, 2020
Post category:Airstream

We are in Jackson Center, OH at the Airstream Factory Service Center, upgrading our battery power to Lithium Batteries. The work was not completed today so we are staying one more day. The good thing, they have a small campground on the property for service customers. No big deal, we needed a down day to recover from the hectic departure! Because of Covid, the Airstream Factory tours have been discontinued...oh well.We should be moving on tomorrow or early Wednesday.

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