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Charleston, West Virginia

By on May 26, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Sunday, April 28– We packed up and drove the short distance to Charleston. The dome of the capitol is so tall, we could see it before we got off the freeway. In fact, the state capitol is the tallest building in West Virginia.  It overlooks the banks of the Kanawha River. We parked close to the water and headed inside. Well, we tried to. We walked half way around the building, trying five different entrances before finding a door that was open. The capitol is a massive structure with two long wings on the east and west side connecting the main building. It was easy to get lost inside. The rotunda was under major construction on the inside and outside so we couldn’t see any of it. That was a bummer because the rotunda is usually the most beautiful part of the capitols. The House and Senate chambers were locked as well. And, because it was a Sunday, the information desk was closed...

Frankfort, Kentucky

By on May 19, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

–Saturday, April 27– We woke up with a start, RJ having remembered there was a time change half way through Kentucky and we needed to leave RIGHT NOW if we were going to make it to the capitol before it closed. We had less than a 30 minute buffer.  I scrambled around, stuffing everything into our saddle bags. We threw on our gear and made a bee line to Frankfort.  We made up time by taking the freeway, the fastest route, which is also the most boring but we had 20 minutes to spare by the time we screeched into the parking lot in Frankfort several hours later.  The capitol building was beautiful and void of anyone except the security guard and the receptionist. We took a hurried little tour. The House and Senate doors were closed but we were able to peak in the windows.  There wasn’t a gift shop but the lady at the front desk told us to check out a chocolate store down the...

Time in Kansas and the Missouri Capitol

By on May 13, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

Monday, April 22 – Thursday, April 25 We spent the next four days at my grandparent’s house. We ladies found all kinds of things to keep busy with while Grandpa and RJ were working. I had a great time galavanting around town and the country side with Grandma and Maria in the van. We set a puzzle, played card games and ate out a couple times. I got to see a lot of my old school friends so that was really awesome. We packed up and left Grandpa’s Thursday evening after supper. RJ had been route planning earlier that day and figured out that we could be home close to two weeks earlier if we got a bit of a head start. With the weekend hours or lack there of for some capitol buildings, it’s tricky trying to plan the route and make sure we get everywhere we need to be in the right amount of time. So I quickly did a load of wash and packed everything up that afternoon....

Heading East

By on May 8, 2019 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

We’ve been waiting for this last big trip for quite a few months now, and we are finally on our way. We had planned on leaving last September but decided it would be too hot and humid and we had also been given the opportunity to live in New York City for 2 months. So we postponed the trip to the end of April. And now, here we are, on the road, happy to be back on the bike but we also have sore butts from a few long days on the bike. We spent several weeks preparing for this trip, looking up different routes, planning around the donkey giving birth, making sure it wasn’t snowing, and setting up the tent in the living room along with all of our gear to make sure we were set for the trip.  After a few Amazon purchases, a faux pack, a trip down to Chico to service the bike, and a couple arguments that had to do with procrastinating about saving the route planning until the night...