Comments on: Playing Tourist In Missouri http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/ Fulltime RV Travel In Our Winnebago Motorhome Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: George Stoltz http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-2694 George Stoltz Thu, 21 May 2009 16:29:20 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=1890#comment-2694 Many of your reader's comments describe a variety of interesting and worthwhile places to see. I think I should have become an RVer 10 years ago. As it is I will never get to see all that I'd like to. Many of your reader’s comments describe a variety of interesting and worthwhile places to see. I think I should have become an RVer 10 years ago. As it is I will never get to see all that I’d like to.

]]> By: Claire http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 Claire Thu, 21 May 2009 13:23:10 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=1890#comment-2690 Hey Nick, Missouri also is the start of both the Sante Fe Trail and the Oregon/California Trails. If you get a chance to go to Independence you can visit the Oregon Trails Museum and also see swales near the Museum left by the wagons as thousands of them left the town. Chuck and I are "Rut Nuts" and we've been to Independence several times. There is a small campground close to the Museum if you take your bus.Truman's home is here, too, as is his Presidential Museum. And some very interesting LDS churches. Its well worth the visit. Another interesting Missouri stop is around Booneville and New Franklin. The first wagon out to Sante Fe left from here, I believe, in 1845. Off your beaten path perhaps, is New Madrid, MO (emphasis on MAD). The biggest earthquake ever in the US was here. For me, that's a "believe it or not!" It's a quaint little town with a nice community park where we stayed overnite at the curb. Then just East of St. Louis in Illinois you'll find Cahokia near Collinsville. It, too, is worth a visit. Thought to have had a larger population than London during the Middle Ages. There's some interesting archaeological work being done there on the mounds and stockade and a small museum. We love following you on the blog and hope to see you again in Celina. Hey Nick,

Missouri also is the start of both the Sante Fe Trail and the Oregon/California Trails. If you get a chance to go to Independence you can visit the Oregon Trails Museum and also see swales near the Museum left by the wagons as thousands of them left the town. Chuck and I are “Rut Nuts” and we’ve been to Independence several times. There is a small campground close to the Museum if you take your bus.Truman’s home is here, too, as is his Presidential Museum. And some very interesting LDS churches. Its well worth the visit.

Another interesting Missouri stop is around Booneville and New Franklin. The first wagon out to Sante Fe left from here, I believe, in 1845.

Off your beaten path perhaps, is New Madrid, MO (emphasis on MAD). The biggest earthquake ever in the US was here. For me, that’s a “believe it or not!” It’s a quaint little town with a nice community park where we stayed overnite at the curb.

Then just East of St. Louis in Illinois you’ll find Cahokia near Collinsville. It, too, is worth a visit. Thought to have had a larger population than London during the Middle Ages. There’s some interesting archaeological work being done there on the mounds and stockade and a small museum.

We love following you on the blog and hope to see you again in Celina.

]]> By: Jerry and Suzy LeRoy http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Jerry and Suzy LeRoy Thu, 21 May 2009 12:58:02 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=1890#comment-2689 Nick - we must all recognize that those Confederate soldiers, while fighting for what many of would call the "wrong side," were still heroes in their own right. They fought and died for a cause, they bled the same quantity of the same color of blood. So it is right to honor them, to remember them, and to write about them in the Gypsy Journal. Nick – we must all recognize that those Confederate soldiers, while fighting for what many of would call the “wrong side,” were still heroes in their own right. They fought and died for a cause, they bled the same quantity of the same color of blood. So it is right to honor them, to remember them, and to write about them in the Gypsy Journal.

]]> By: Jesse http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-2687 Jesse Thu, 21 May 2009 12:28:19 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=1890#comment-2687 When I questioned my vet about dogs being color blind he said they see what we see. When I questioned my vet about dogs being color blind he said they see what we see.

]]> By: Nick Russell http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/05/21/playing-tourist-in-missouri/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Nick Russell Thu, 21 May 2009 06:23:10 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=1890#comment-2677 Dan, Miassouri is one of our favorite states, full of hidden gems we love to discover. Nick Dan,
Miassouri is one of our favorite states, full of hidden gems we love to discover.
Nick

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