Catching Up

It's been way to long since I've spent time doing anything except thinking about this blog. Since my last entry I've traveled many miles, visited family and friends and running races. I had originally planned to leave a week later than I actually did because my grandson Chase had his final hockey tournament of the season and it was going to be held in Jefferson City, Missouri. I left on March 21st and drove to Flagstaff, Arizona the first day. The next day I drove to Shamrock, Texas. I didn't do much stopping either of the first two days because it hasn't been that long since I made the same trip and stopped at many places on the way. 

 

 

The third day I would normally have driven all the way to Tom and Stacie's but since we were meeting in Jeff City I decided to stop in Lake Ozark. It wasn't a particularly long drive so I took a side trip to visit the George Washington Carver National Monument. It was a nice peaceful place with a walking trail. 

 

    

The next day I had all day to hang out before I could check in to my hotel so after breakfast I walked to an overlook at Lake Ozark. I was amazed and disgusted with the amount of cigarette butts on the roadside. When I checked out I went to a really nice bookstore in Lake Ozark and then drove beyond Jeff City to Fulton, Missouri to visit the National Churchill Museum. It was a very good museum and outside there was even a section of the Berlin Wall. 

 

  

Churchill Museum 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I left the museum I walked around the historic downtown district of Fulton and of course visited a used bookstore. 

 

 

 

I spent the rest of the day visiting Katy Trail State Park and Jefferson Landing on the Missouri River in Jefferson City. Then I went to the hotel we were all staying at during the hockey tournament.