Route 66: Branson to Carthage Ioana, 14 September 20238 August 2025 The first stop was a huge hunting and fishing store, Bass Pro, in Springfield, Missouri where we spent close to 2 hours and didn’t manage to see it all! They had a very interesting firearm museum there (with the balustrade leading to it made of rifles). Next destination was the… Continue Reading
Route 66: Cuba to Branson Ioana, 14 September 20238 August 2025 This day was definitely a day of up and down and paralel roads. The roads that we drove passed through beautiful country. We crossed Piney Creek (peaceful, lots of canoes), took Hooker Cut, the deepest cut by the original road, with the two lanes still in local use today, to… Continue Reading
Route 66: St Louis to Cuba Ioana, 14 September 20238 August 2025 We first drove to Times Beach visitors centre and Meramec River Bridge. There is an interesting story – Times Beach newspaper sold land in this area in 1925 to develop a community of holiday houses (people could buy land for just $67.50 with a 6 month subscription). It ended up… Continue Reading
Singapore 2023 Ioana, 13 September 20238 July 2025 September might not be the best time to visit Singapore as it’s the end of the southwest monsoon – which means hot, humid weather. For us though it turned out to be quite an enjoyable, short holiday. The night we arrived was the day after the blue moon of the… Continue Reading
Route 66: Springfield to St Louis Ioana, 29 August 20231 August 2025 We came across a section around Auburn where the old road structure of red bricks is still visible, making one wonder at the amount of time and effort spent to build miles and miles of road. We drove through corn country today – green around us as far as the… Continue Reading