One of the nice things about moving to the heartland is the opportunities I now have for pretty easy travel to parts of the country I haven't yet seen, or at least seen post-1970.
Some of my sewing group ladies are doing all 69 stops in the Illinois Shop Hop, the one leading the expedition is still working and is doing this as her vacation this year, usually just taking Fridays off and shopping on weekends. But some stores are closed on Sundays and some are far enough away that her planning deserved a couple of Thursdays and overnights. (I've gone to about 12 shops with them)
We are discussing doing an overnight to Missouri Star, is a bit over 4 hours away so could be done as a day trip but really... we are all getting older!
It is almost the same distance going east to go to Paducah...another discussion with the sewing group, but the hubby surprisingly would like to tour quilting mecca with me
