Author: robmin57

We still enjoy planning our own travel (most of the time😉). Using “Third Home”, a home exchange program, has added a new dimension to our travel planning. As Andy Dufresne says “Either get busy living, or get busy dying”

Missouri and riding the Katy Trail

Its always a pleasure to see an area through a native’s eyes. Luckily for us, it turned out that Kris and Neal (both born and raised in Missouri), could join us for a few days to ride the Katy Trail. It is a rails to trail passage that runs about 250 miles through Missouri, often following the Missouri River. Not to mention, they knew where to take us for some interesting and delicious wine tasting. This included a side trip to the charming town of Hermann. Hermann was founded by a group of ambitious German immigrants that chose to settle there because of its similarity to the Rhone River region.

The Wooden Boat Schooner Sail-in, finally!

  • It was a little chilly by the water so the men bought coordinating sweatshirts😉!
After 3 attempts, the Schooner Sail-in at Wooden Boat was finally a go! What a delight to watch these Windjammers come in to the harbor under full sail.

Westward Ho!

We bid our dear friends and camping buddies goodbye as we head in different directions.

Warning, Foodie Alert!!!

When you have two leftover lobster tails in the fridge and some fresh made pasta you purchased at a local farmers market, you whip up a batch of creamy lemon pasta with lobster. We don’t normally dine so fine at a Harvest Host but we didn’t mind, just this once!
  • Home Range Winery, Canaan, NY
  • Grand River Winery, Madison, OH
  • Tuscan Hills Winery,
    Effingham, IL
  • Sunrise over the Soybean field, looking out our frontdoor.
  • Ready to roll, one more day than we stay put for a few days!

1,400 miles and we’ve reached our third Harvest Host!

Four nights on the road and we are finally in Maine!

We started at First Landing State Park where we had a nice visit with Mom, to the parking lot of Midnight Oil Brewing where we caught up with some old friends, then on to the Linden Estates Winery. The last night on the road was spent in the LL Bean parking lot where we met up with our camping partners for the next 10 days.