Category: Illinois
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An historic river town – Quincy, Illinois
Following the Great River Road, we made our only stop in Illinois at Quincy.  This town is located alongside the Mississippi River and sits on the bluffs above it.  According to one of the plaques we read, Quincy owes its existence to the river.  It had ideal docking conditions for steamboats, and it became a “doorway…
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Tri-states means triple the fun!
Our slow southern migration continued to our next stop at Kieler, Wisconsin, which just happens to lie at the junction of three states – Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.  We established our one-week home base at Rustic Barn Campground and RV Park (Steve’s review here).  The unsettled weather while here added some spice to our “activities planning”, but I used…
