Summer 2023, Day 46: Herbert Hoover NHS

After a wonderful Shabbos in Omaha, I drove east, stopping in West Branch, Iowa to visit Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.  The visitor center was well done:

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Turns out Hoover was a pretty impressive fellow:

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Hoover’s childhood town and surrounding countryside:

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I continued east to overnight at the Cracker Barrel in Hammond, Indiana:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2023, Day 42: Moab, Day 9

When I attempted to put the truck camper back on the truck, I discovered that the truck camper’s corner jacks are not strong enough to lift truck camper with it full of stuff, so Trish and I went to town and bought a farm jack which we used today to help unload the front jacks to be able to lift the front of the truck camper so we could get the truck camper back onto the truck:

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As we worked, a hot air balloon flew over and landed a few hundred yards away on the road:

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I took a few farewell pictures after the truck camper was on the truck:

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I reluctantly dropped off Trish at the airport before driving east to overnight at a rest stop on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs, Colorado:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.