Last summer I learned how to weave on a floor loom at Pipe Spring National Monument. When I told the Volunteer Coordinator at Fort Frederica, Ranger Michael, about it, he decided to buy a small table loom. After pricing them (even small looms can be expensive) he bought a Tumbleweed table loom for Fort Frederica. …
By Karen
Choices to Make, Choose Whom You Will Serve
We make so many choices in our lives every day. What will we wear? What route to take to work? Will we work as expected or goof off? Going to the grocery store means choosing from hundreds of varieties of beans, toothpaste, cereal, applesauce. Sometimes we can be overwhelmed by our choices. Tom and I …
Transwest Truck Trailer and RV of Kansas City
After we got our axle repaired while sitting in the QT parking lot, our service guy recommended we get new tires, new bearings, and wheel alignment before heading back to Ohio. Not knowing any businesses in Kansas City we asked for a recommendation. He suggested Transwest Truck Trailer and RV of Kansas City. Turns out …
Gates BarBQ in Kansas City, Missouri
When people heard we were stuck in Kansas City last October, they always told us to be sure we got some BBQ. Obviously, BBQ and Kansas City are synonymous in many minds. We tried Kansas City BBQ before and were not impressed, but we were certainly willing to give it another try. So, after our …
Truman National Historic Site in Missouri
As those of you who read the blog regularly know, Tom and I had a couple of detours on our trip from Arizona back to Ohio in October. We ended up staying near Kansas City Missouri for almost ten days. Six days in the QT parking lot and five days waiting for our alignment appointment. …
Repairing What We Made Before
This is our third season at Fort Frederica National Monument. Tom and I love it here. The weather is gorgeous January through April and there is plenty to do on the island. We go to movies, have our choice of restaurants, check out the fun and funky shops, and only drive three miles to the …
Are We Yet Alive and See Each Other’s Face?
Every year at Annual Conference, during the opening worship service, we sang “And are we yet alive and see each other’s face?” It is an old hymn with words by Charles Wesley. This hymn has been sung at Methodist gatherings for over 200 years. It certainly was a poignant hymn when most of the preachers …
Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site
The final place Tom and I visited while we were in Kansas was Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site. This is the preserved schoolhouse where Linda Brown became the first black child to attend a white school in the Topeka Kansas School System. In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially segregated public …
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas
We had to spend the weekend in Junction City, Kansas, as we waited for the installation of our brake actuator. So we decided to head out to the nearest National Park site. This happened to be Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Emporia, Kansas. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was an unexpected delight. Tallgrass prairie once covered …
Hickory Hut BBQ in Salina Kansas
Last week I wrote about traveling across the slow roads to Kansas. When we arrived in Junction City, Kansas, we parked the RV. The brake actuator needed to be replaced. While waiting on the brake actuator, we explored a little further afield than we had on previous trips to Junction City. One of the places …