The drive from Frank Russell Campground on Mark Twain Lake near Monroe City MO to Thibaut Point Campground on Harry S. Truman Lake near Warsaw MO took a little over three hours and was uneventful. Mark Twain Lake and Harry S. Truman Lake – how much more Missouri can a fella get than that? Both are U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities, and both are fantastic “get away from it all” locations. I spent all day Friday, October 14, 2016 with my younger cousin who lives in nearby Osceola MO but whom I haven’t seen (beyond a couple of brief encounters at funerals, etc.) since I entered the Marine Corps in 1967. Fred is like many cousins – our age difference was too great to bond us as children and next thing you know everyone is
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