OT43 Ap26 where the Santa Fe Trail left the others

May 2nd 2011
Cloudy and grey. We crossed into Kansas and after seeing the Lone Elm campground in Olathe, which was the first stopping point for most travelers, and headed to Gardner where the trails split. We continued following the Santa Fe Trail as the other two cut across land at an angle that did not parallel any roads. We gassed up at Baldwin. This community was the site of the battle of ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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Sharon Mock Whitaker and Valerie Mock

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We are sisters who began our love of travel with our parents when we were in grammar school. We grew up in Northern California and had traveled most of the Western States and Mexico before the 8th grade. Sharon traveled to Europe the first time when she graduated from high school to be a Girl Scout camp counselor and Valerie lived in Europe 7 years teaching the US military community at the graduate level. We rarely take a tour and usually travel on a low budget, by car, plane, and train. We have recently both retired and Sharon bought a Roadtrek RV, that we named Rosie II after our parent's "R... full info

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