On our first night in Missouri, Trenton and I stayed at the Mark Twain State Park, which is 45 minutes West of Hannibal.
The campground host warned me of raccoons when I was buying a bundle of wood and suggested I put the cooler and...
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Photo Friday: Bell Buckle, Tennessee
Bell Buckle, Tennessee has a population of 315 people, but on June 15, 2013, there were over 10,000 people walking along the streets. We were all there to partake in the RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival.
"RC Cola and Moon Pie Fest?" you are...
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The Baker Hotel
The Crazy Water marvel brought forth the need for more sleeping facilities, and the Crazy Hotel was built by a Dallas man, Carr P. Collins in 1927. The Crazy Hotel featured 200 guest rooms, shops, a dining room, doctor's office, florist, barbershop, bookstore, recreation department, drinking pavilion and a bathhouse. This seven story hotel also...
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There’s Crazy Water here!
I got on Hwy 281 in Lampasas, Texas and headed north to a town named Mineral Wells.
Mineral Wells got its name from the mineral springs in the area, and were famously popular in the early 1900's. Texas is known to have the second most mineral springs in any state with Wyoming having the most.
In 1877,...
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