I spent yesterday in Hannibal, MO, exploring all the sites like the Mark Twain History Museum, Mark Twain's home, and so on. I took a riverboat cruise - about an hour of time on the Mississippi River. Then I took the tour through the Mark Twain cave, which was the most interesting of all the things I saw. Hannibal is a very small, quaint town that is part tourist traps and part monuments to history. I then drove the 45 minutes to the Mark Twain State Park - which took more than an hour because it was difficult to find the campgrounds. It is a beautiful place - many lakes and forests. The campground was quiet, wooded, and clean. The closest toilets were 'privies,' but they were clean. I was so tired and there was so little light that I slept in the back of the van, again, rather than go through the trouble to pitch my tent. The cot in the back of my van is fairly comfortable, especially since my brother loaned me a mat to put across it. It is actually quite cozy back there. I hope to eventually set up a gallery of photos or even photo essays about what I saw in Hannibal. I'm sitting in McDonald's at a rest area in Kansas, typing this, but need to get back on the road. I lost all phone service while I was in MO, but seem to have it back now, though I still can't access my voice mail. I don't know why.
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October 2014
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