What do you do when you volunteer?
We get asked this all the time, What do you do when volunteering at SWOER projects? We never know, we show up and help out… Read More »What do you do when you volunteer?
Sharing our way
Adding States to our maps
We met up with our SOWER friends, Bruce and Katie at Heartland Retreat Center in Marengo, Ohio on Saturday. We will be traveling and working… Read More »Adding States to our maps
First Stop, the Gemini Giant
Today we stopped by the Launching Pad Restaurant, home to the Iconic Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois! We came from Timber-Lee Camp in East Troy,… Read More »First Stop, the Gemini Giant
And just like that we are done here
Three week ago we arrived at Timber-Lee not knowing the two other couples that we would be working with. Today we started our trip to… Read More »And just like that we are done here
Reconnecting
My cousin Julie and her husband David live about 45 minutes from Camp Timber-Lee,where we are volunteering. When we were growing up, our families did… Read More »Reconnecting
Another Museum along the way
We were looking at another short travel (a little under 100 miles) so I checked google maps to see if there was anything interesting along… Read More »Another Museum along the way
Camping along the Mississippi
Our next stop was the Grant River Recreation Area, a Army Corp Campground. It is a very nice campground that is in Wisconsin right along… Read More »Camping along the Mississippi
National Motorcycle Museum
This morning we were getting ready to leave the Bass Family Farm in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and head to Grant River Campground, along the Mississippi… Read More »National Motorcycle Museum
Harvest Hosts in Iowa
We stopped at a couple Harvest Hosts on our way through Iowa. The first one was The Living History Farm, but we were there on… Read More »Harvest Hosts in Iowa
A Danish Stop along the way
When we arrived at the Scatter Joy Acers we were met by a volunteer named Dean. As we talked we discovered he was Danish. He… Read More »A Danish Stop along the way