Spent most of the day driving from Maryland towards Missouri but got sidetracked by the last marker of the original Mason-Dixon Line. They did fall about 23 miles short of their original goal, but the Indians said they shall not go any farther in October of 1767. We stopped at the Mason-Dixon Historical Park in West Virginia. It was blustery and windy but we decided to make the trek to go see it. It was Read More …
Visited on July 12th 2024
Old Mines, Missouri is a small little town situated kinda in the east-central part of Missouri. They also have a nice Black powder shoot there too. Here are some pictures that were from this event in February of 2024. Pictures were taken by my brother Earl.
This year was at a new location. It was across the street from the old location. Very nice accommodations and staff. Weather was another issue. The lowest temperature I saw was -13F air temperature with -39F windchill. Snow was all around and snow drifts caused parts of I-80 interstate to shut down. I was surprised at how many vendors and the public did show up for this show. Looking forward to next year’s convention! Below Read More …
We took Road A west of highway 56 for 7.9 mile west of Elkhart, Kansas to the marker which is in the road. There used to be a windmill weather vane that sat near this location but it was destroyed between 2011-2019. All that is left of the windmill/weathervane is the base and concrete slab that it sat on. It was blustery cold outside the day we visited here. We made our way to the Cimarron Read More …
This Tri-State Monument is close to our hometown of Springfield, Missouri. This trip we were heading out west for several weeks. Neither one of us have actually visited this monument before. So on October27th of 2023 was our first official visit. We took I-44 west of Springfield, MO to exit 1 where hwy 400 and hwy 166 turn north. We followed it 0.37 miles to the roundabout and took the 3rd exit onto Downstream Boulevard Read More …
2023 Pine Ridge Muzzleloaders shoot in Huntsville, Missouri. Had a great turnout and great weather for this event!
