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Camping with the Eagles at Mississippi Palisades State Park

March 6, 2022Illinois, Illinois State Park, Travel

Mississippi Palisades State Park For spring break we decided on staying at the Mississippi Palisades State Park in Savanna, Illinois, which is the northwestern part of the state. Since we…

Family Travel Experience Peninsula State Park Family Photo

Peninsula State Park Is My Happy Place

February 26, 2022Beach, Camping, Door County, Travel, Wisconsin

Peninsula State Park This is my favorite state park in Wisconsin, it is located between Fish Creek and Ephraim in Door County. Peninsula State Park as over 400 campsites, a…

My daughter back lit by a large flashlight during out self-guided tour in the Delaware Mine in the Michigan Upper Peninsula's Copper Country.

Exploring the Michigan UP Delaware Copper Mine Abandoned in 1887

February 19, 2022Geology, Michigan, Michigan Copper Country, Travel, UP

The Delaware Mine is one of three copper mines in Copper Country in the Michigan Upper Peninsula's Keweenaw Peninsula open to the public to explore.

A collection of Ordovician period brachiopods and a horn coral from the Richmond Fossil Park in Richmond, Indiana.

Hunting for 450 Million Year Old Fossils in Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio

February 17, 2022Fossil collecting, Indiana, Ohio

My daughter holding a piece of limestone completely encrusted with Ordovician period fossils along the edge of the Miami River north of Dayton, Ohio. My kids have interest in hunting…

Vivian Fornell on a Jackolope at Wall Drug, South Dakota.

The Must See Tourist Trap of Wall Drug South Dakota

February 16, 2022Camper, RV, South Dakota, Travel

Our daughter on a Jackolope at Wall Drug, South Dakota. During the Great Depression in the mid-1930s, the small drug store in Wall, South Dakota was not doing well, but…

Entering Washington Island via Death’s Door

February 16, 2022Beach, Door County, Travel, Wisconsin1 Comment

Pebble Beach Door County Wisconsin About Washington island is around 35 square miles and located roughly 270 miles from Chicago. Even though this island is relativity small it is recommend…

The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Delta-09 missile silo.

Take the Kids to See a Nuclear Bomb at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

February 16, 2022South Dakota, Travel1 Comment

The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Delta-09 missile silo with a preserved Minuteman nuclear missile. You can visit the remnants of the front line of national defense during the Cold…

he Soviet Sputnik IV (but the Russians referred to it was the Korabi-Sputnik I) satellite crashed into the middle of 8th Street (North Route 10), near the intersection of Park Street

Monument to Russian Sputnik Space Race Junk Raining Down in Manitowoc Wisconsin

February 13, 2022Travel, Wisconsin

Monument in Manitowoc Wisconsin for the Soviet Sputnik IV (but the Russians referred to it was the Korabi-Sputnik I) satellite crashed into the middle of 8th Street (North Route 10),…

The 20 foot high Superman statue in downtown Metropolis, Illinois. Photo by Dave Fornell

Visit Superman in Metropolis Illinois

February 12, 2022Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, Travel

A Superman flying from the Super Museum in Metropolis, Illinois. Note the Daily Planet sign on the building. Photo By Dave Fornell Comic book Superman fans will want to stop…

Breathing new life into our camper by Removing Sun Faded Decals

February 12, 2022Camper, Camper improvement, DIY, RV

What you do you need to remove those decals? (not much)... This is all I used! (Full disclosure, I am an amazon affiliate and this post contains links to products…