The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
In early May, we needed to make an emergency trip from Kansas back east to New Jersey (1,100 miles in just over a day, woo-hoo!). After a few weeks on the East Coast, we reversed …
The Washington Memorial Chapel is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Though located within the park, the church and surrounding property is owned by the Episcopal Church. The chapel was …
America’s National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, Missouri, certainly feels out of place! I mean, Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, so what’s a full-blown museum to him …
I am not particularly interested in boats, so I would have skipped this attraction based on its name alone, but Doug said he was very interested in visiting, so we went. Well, it was amazing, …
Saint Meinrad Archabbey We briefly stopped into the Saint Meinrad Archabbey solely to see some pretty architecture, and it did not disappoint. The campus and buildings were lovely. The monastery is located in St Meinrad …
On top of the recent Civil Rights stops in Alabama and Mississippi, there was a little sense of dread about visiting another museum devoted to the dark side of America’s history so soon. However, the …
We detoured to Magnolia to visit the Lynyrd Skynyrd Memorial, which is near the site of the infamous plane crash. Doug deemed it a key moment in the history of rock-n-roll, and therefore worthy of …
Now drydocked at the Lower Mississippi River Museum in Vicksburg, Miss., the Motor Vessel (M/V) Mississippi IV was the fourth vessel operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to have been named the Mississippi, …
Though at this point I am rather feeling that all battlefields look the same, the Battle of Vicksburg was a key battle in the American Civil War, and therefore was deemed worthy of our attention. …
Though there’s not much to this site managed by the National Park Service, it feels important to honor the legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, and the sacrifice they made in the ongoing fight for …
