Blogs from Willow Springs, Missouri, United States, North America

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Day 4 Woke up around 6am on the farm and had eggs over corned beef hash for breakfast (Diego’s request). Absolutely delicious! Never a bad meal with Martha and Chef D in the kitchen. Heather has been working very hard at keeping up with her exercise regimen while we’re on vacation, but today she got in even more steps than she intended to! She set out to take a walk around “the loop” where George and Martha live. It’s all dirt/gravel roads, very hilly and very strenuous. The thought setting out was that it was about 3-4 miles around the “neighborhood” (in reality a lot of different farms, with houses scattered here and there). Eventually all the roads and farms blended together and she ended up doubling back on her footprints adding a couple of miles ... read more
The boys with Grandpa George
Willow Creek
Neal the Dog sure loves his foot pillows!


Day 3 Woke up bright and early on Spring Creeks Farm in Willow Springs, MO! Heather went for an early morning walk/jog around the property and I stayed behind to blog and get caffeinated. On her walk, Heather met some of the local cattle and also found a small box turtle who seemed as though he was heading for the creek behind George and Martha’s home, so she helped him get there quicker (after bringing him to the house to show us of course)! Once everyone was awake, Martha made a delicious breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage (with Chef Diego’s help). It’s so nice sitting around the kitchen table spending time with family, really brings home the entire reason for this trip which is to see and spend time with all the lovely people ... read more
The dam at Mammoth Springs. (I took a dam picture!)
Heather and everyone’s buddy Neal the Dog
Livy girl <3


Day 2 Woke up in our hotel room in Terra Haute, IN and started our Tuesday on the road. Heather headed to the hotel gym for a workout while I stayed with the kids and did some blogging. We got mostly packed up and headed for complimentary breakfast next to the indoor pool on the first floor of the hotel. Pretty good, the girls had oatmeal and the boys went for the heartier options (eggs, meat, potatoes, and they offered biscuits and gravy which were pretty good). After breakfast, we did our final packing and set out for the great state of Missouri. Or at least that’s what I thought at the time! We actually ended up spending far more time in Illinois than I realized we would when I was laying the trip out on ... read more
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Hillbilly Junction ... is about all I have to say because that's where we are and have been all day. End of blog. LOL Missouri it is today continuing along route 60. Missouri, in this area anyway, is the shirt untucked shoelaces undone state, a discombobulated mixture of fields and hic-towns along the route, with no shortage of lived-in trailers, abandoned trailers, overturned trailers, rusted out cars, unkempt people with missing teeth, closed down gas stations, grooved uneven highways, tattered motels from the 60s. It was an uncomfortable eye opener, and had me thinking about getting home to family and familiarity. Perhaps the massive thunderclouds overhead darkened my spirits today. At times, I was quite anxious about the weather and imminent incoming systems that appeared overhead without warning. Forecasts today predicted thunder and lightning storms. We ... read more
Duck for cover!
Duck for cover!




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