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July 2001 Photo's Devils Lake State Park East Bluff Trail Baraboo, Wisconsin July 27, 2001 Devil's Lake State Park was on the way to LaCrosse Wisconsin and we stayed in the area to sight see. The East Bluff trail was one of several trails in the Park. It provided a great view of Devil's Lake. It was a large lake. It provided a beach for park guest. Different view of the lake along the trail. This looks like the tree was holding up the rock along the trail. Sailboats were on the lake. Dale along the trail. Took a picture of us on the trail. Balance rock was a view on the trail. View of the lake above balanced rock. Close up of the sailboat on the lake. You can see the glitter of the sun on the lake. Another view on the trail. The view was great. Cave up by Elephant rock. Elephant rock had the form of a elephant, but was not able to be seen that good by a picture. We went off the main trail by mistake and found it along the way again. Natural formation of a edge of a bluff holding up another large boulder. Took another view of the lake as we walked back. Denny with Shadow on the bluff edge by the lake. Parfrey's Glen Natural Area Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin July 27, 2001 Parfrey's Glen Trail was connected to Devil's Lake State Park. The trail was easy to medium and went back into a natural setting that according to the State park is a must to see. It went from dirt to a wooden boardwalk. A creek ran along the trail from the natural falls we were hiking too Another view of the creek. The digital camera lets me get great shots. Roots growing out of the side of the bluffs. We call them Cliffs in Florida and they call them bluffs. Another view of the setting. Different views all around. Dale stopping to take a rest. The smile shows how much we are enjoying our traveling. Also that smile is one of the many reason's I love her. Great view of the boardwalk. Trying to get good with the camera, by showing the perspective of the leaves and the distance of the boardwalk. Boardwalk crossing the creek Behind us. Dale with Shadow walking ahead. Catching up to her. Shadow waiting for Dale to get down the steps before he goes. Had to keep him on a lease since it was a busy trail from other hikers. The bluffs were getting closer together. The trail weaved between them. As we climbed up by the bluffs we came closer to the water falls Behind us. Dale and Shadow together. The small natural waterfall after we went through the deep gorge. Close up Baraboo, Wisconsin July 26, 2001 The Cheese Factory Restaurant in Baraboo Wisconsin. It was meatless restaurant. We stopped here for two nights on our way up to LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Dale enjoyed the flowers surrounding the outside. Along the street. Around the front. Several different types. Wild flowers. More flowers. Front Entrance. Someone is a true gardener. Fountain even had flowers. More flowers. Even on the windows. Up the walls. Along the side. They even had a little park out back with flowers. The food was very good and we went there for breakfast the next day. Mark Twain Boyhood House and Museum Hannibal, Missouri July 22, 2001 The town of Hannibal Mark Twain's Boyhood Museum. Mark Twain's Boyhood house. The garden behind the house. Flower garden The old white fence that Tom Sawyer had his friends pay him to white wash.  Even though the characters in his novels were fiction, it was based on people he knew. Mark Twain's favorite desk he would sit at to write. One of his typewriters. Mark Twain was a type setter through his boyhood. This is a case used in printing shops. Large letters would be placed in the top of the case and smaller on the bottom. This is where upper case / lower case came from. Type set letters to make a newspaper were small. Even to make it harder the words were backwards. One of the many guns used in the era of the gambling days. The top gun had six barrels . You turned to the next barrel for another bullet. It was described in one of Mark Twain's novel as the Alien gun. Another gun used in the gambling times was the belt buckle gun. It allowed the gambler to run a wire up through his shirt sleeve and control the trigger by a ring over the finger. This allowed a card player to keep both hands above the table. His boyhood bed His parents room. Notice the hoop skirt . Another view Mark Twain's sister Mary taught piano lesson's to earn money after her father died. Another part of the house. Becky Thatcher's House was Mark Twain's boyhood sweetheart, and he was Tom Sawyer. The pharmacy Tom Sawyer told about in the Mark Twain novels. A tooth key used back then. You place the hook over the tooth and twist the key. The tooth would be wrenched out of it's socket. A early cork squeezer to seal the medicine bottles. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens. His Father had a law office across the street from their house. As a justice of the peace, He was a stern man and required everyone to be silent after he sat down on his three leg stool. The New Mark Twain Museum showed life back then and some interesting facts about his novels. Parts of the museum had clips of movies made from his novels Mark Twain was also a Steam boat Pilot, and you can see some interesting things on how the boat was controlled by the pilot. Another part of the museum showed the Norman Rockwell paintings of Tom Sawyer. Molly Brown Birth Place and Museum Hannibal, Missouri July 22, 2001 The Unsinkable Molly Brown's Birth Place. Molly Brown's parents Home and her birthplace is located in Hannibal Missouri. Her  husband and she became wealthy after Mr. Brown discovered a way to shore up the walls of a gold mine using hay. This allowed the mine to dig deeper and help discover more gold. She went on the Titanic and she survived. One of three rooms of the Molly Brown's birthplace. The view of the kitchen area. Molly Brown's mother, (Johanna Tobin) would of cooked the family's meals on this stove. Molly was one of six children. Duining room / living room  Bedroom. A three room house for six kids. Lover's Leap Hannibal, Missouri July 21, 2001 Lover's Leap in Hannibal Missouri. The view from Lover's Leap over looking the town. View 2 View 3 View 4 View 5 The cliff off Lover's Leap. Weston Bend State Park Weston, Missouri July 13th - 16th, 2001 Weston Bend State Park is located 30 minutes North of Kansas City, Missouri. It has hiking trails and a 3 mile paved bike trail through the woods. We came here, because Denny had to take the RV generator in for warranty repair South of the park. The Missouri river ran along the park. There was a board walk out to a lookout over the river. Nature visited us the next morning at our RV site. Cameron, Missouri Down Under Camp Resort July 7-9th, 2001 We had to go over to Cameron, Missouri for a oil change on the motorhome. That was the closest Ford Truck center (1 hour away). We first went to Wallace State Park, but had to leave there and went to this campground (Down Under Camp Resort). The electric was too low in the State Park, causing the  A/C's not to work good. The Down Under Campground was nice with a lake view from our window. This was site 60. There was a farm next to it and the horses would come over to the water hole around 3PM. The temperature was getting hot for this weekend and hit a heat index of 103 degrees. Dale and I stayed here from Saturday to Monday, so I can get it to the Ford place. She left from work here on Monday. So it was a nice long weekend. Missouri River,  St. Joseph, Missouri July 1, 2001 Glen and Karen invited us to a boat ride on the Missouri river. Several other boaters were drifting on the river tied together. The weather look poor, but it improved over the evening. Enjoying the ride up the river. Feel the experience Dale and Karen The boat has two beds, bathroom, and kitchen Garth and his Father Glen Glen, (son) Garth, (wife) Karen, Dale , (Glen's daughter) Jamie, and Denny Took another picture and they switched on me. All of us and the boat. Boat only. On the sand dune we stopped at had a campfire built up already and we enjoyed it. On the way back we stopped by a restaurant that had live music. We enjoyed the music for a half hour and went on home. Sun going down and the sunset appeared. Great sunset Another view. The sunset going away. What a great boat ride, nice evening, with great company. Thanks Glen, Karen, Garth  & Jamie. Patee Museum St. Joseph, Missouri July 1, 2001 The Patee Museum in St. Joseph. Once was a luxury hotel in 1858. Then the Pony Express headquarters in 1860. The Museum is a Historic site.  In 1860 it also had the hannibal -St Joseph railroad office inside. Then it became a female college. Then it turned into the Patee Hotel, then it turned into a shirt & Garment factory after that. Now it's a museum.  It showed some furnishings from the past of the building Streets of St Joseph was part of the museum that let you step back into the past and see the businesses back then. The pony express headquarters What they look for to hire the Pony Express riders What was interesting in this exhibit was that the pony express was not part of the post office, but the  post office used the horse as a logo until 1960. Then Mr. Zip was used. A pharmacy in the past General store Horse sleigh A tin lined wooden bath tub. Umbrella case from the past Camera's from the past. This is a Daguerreotype type photograph. The mirror image were made on copper plates and must be protected by a case. A Optometrist in the past Different lenses to check vision. Printing press shop from the past. A bank from the past View of connecting hallway for the stores. Barber Shop from the past. Another view of the barber shop Toys from the past. Automobile repair shop from the past. Cars from the past. Early car air conditioners in the past Dentist area Badges from the past police in St. Joseph. Spoons made into keys that were found on inmates. Cock Fighting spurs that were confiscated. The Hannibal--St. Joseph Railroad that crossed Missouri in 1859. Abraham Lincoln rode the train before his Presidency. Inside a post office train car. Mail bag for the train. This showed how the mail bag was hung on a pole for the mail train to collect while they were moving. This ball of string was collected by the late I Buy Anything CC Kelder at 22nd and Messaine Street in St. Joseph. Seen on Ripley's it weighs 1,050 lbs. The museum is two floors and had a lot of things on display Another angle of second floor. A portion of 2,000 bottles collected during a 50 year period. The lady was a piano teacher and her students would give her perfume bottles for her collection. The perfume bottles are numbered and the teacher would keep a numbered log of who gave it to her. They are perfume bottles from all 50 states and all over the world. This room showed some carousel items and furniture back then. The room was once the ballroom of the Patee Hotel. One of the benches from the Carousel Another view of room. Showing some of the furniture. Another view 1921 Sprinter Carnival games and older toys. A goat driven butter churn A 13' X 20' miniature train display built in 1963 by Ferdiand Schimdt. He retired and moved to St. Joe and built it in his basement. Close up showing the detail. Light bulbs from the past. Including a thousand watt bulb And several foiled filled bulbs for photographers Items that were carried in a wagon back in the past. Radio's from the past. TV camera's in the past. Televisions from the past. Telephone switchboards from the past. Relays and switches used for telephones Display of telephones through the years. Another display The Patee museum split off into several rooms. With several connecting hallways. The blue room was the final room. It showed the western legends from the past. The room use to be the dining room of the Patee Hotel