December 20, 2022
On to St. Joseph. Railroad cars beside a grain elevator outside Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City has long been a major transportation hub in the center of the country. Before departing it entirely, we paid a visit to the TWA Museum at the airline’s former corporate headquarters at Charles B. Wheeler Airport just outside of […]
December 20, 2022
Starting out from Independence, Missouri. Ready to depart on the Oregon Trail? In August 2021, this was the route my 11-year-old son followed (with the exception of a short trip up to St. Joseph, the other starting point for the Trail), on a road trip that took two weeks. The county courthouse in Independence, Missouri […]