Because I spend all Sunday afternoon at Laura Ingalls Wilder's home, I arrive at my hotel later in the evening and get a slow start on...

Entering the Lincoln Home Historical Site (National Parks), I notice several 3 x 5 index cards on the sidewalk near a dark green National...

Friday, Aug. 9 - I arrive at my parents' house in Louisville at 4 am, having gone to French Lick, Indiana the evening before. French Lick...

Aug 7: Speeding to Springfield at a whirlwind 45 mph, I u-turn at Garden Iron and More. Who could pass this cavalcade of metal roosters?...

Aug 6: I decide to take a detour. I think I have a few extra days to visit friends in Davenport, Iowa. Instead of going mostly east and...

BACKTRACKS: During my first week on the road, I had trouble connecting to strong enough WiFi to compose and post my daily notes. For the...

Saturday, I attempt to follow the biking directions from Springfield MO to St. Louis but cannot because the route is an actual bike bath...

BACKTRACKS: During my first week on the road, I had trouble connecting to strong enough WiFi to compose and post my daily notes. For the...

BACKTRACKS: During my first week on the road, I had trouble connecting to strong enough WiFi to compose and post my daily notes. For the...

BACKTRACKS: During my first week on the road, I had trouble connecting to strong enough WiFi to compose and post my daily notes. For the...

Driving along Route 40 into El Reno, the road looks completely different than 25 years ago. Instead of a desolate stretch bordered by...

Monday morning, I leave the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, fully charged, both the car and me. I drive the "frontage" road...

Tucumcari

At Mrsfroggyslongdrive.info, thepage Dropped Stuff is nested under the EXCITING! tab above. However, the page at this moment is blank. ...

July 22 - I leave Williams at dawn to drive to the Grand Canyon and start the hike down into the canyon on the South Kaibab trail at 7:30...

Coming out of Hoover Dam, the car temp gage reads 108 and the car says it has 30 miles of charge left. My spreadsheet says my next stop,...

Day 3 was Hoover Dam - Boulder City - Willow Beach where I got swim in the Colorado River below Hoover Dam and I met a bunch of really...

Actually, I skip LV. I have seen the neon of two casinos. I have lived. Also, it saves me half a day and a hop (50 miles shaved off.)...

After Baker, I continue to drive on Highway 15 up a long , long hill. The numbers on the dash drop rapidly again, although I am...

You don't have to have an oven to be a baker in Baker in July. The wind will suffice. Going into Baker, the dash says the temperature is...