Western Tennessee

More Pictures from the recent vacation - 17-19Apr18.  Paris, TN, but mostly Ripley, TN.  59 pictures yielding 3 waymarking visits and 18 waymark posts.  There is a great antique shop just west on TN 209 from the Square.  Like an idiot, I was too busy shopping and not waymarking!

The Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, TN

Lauderdale County Courthouse - Ripley TN

Always up to the challenge of the Municipal flag waymark
Riplry TN flag

Ripley TN Home of the Tomato Festival AND
the Ripley Tomato - who knew!

New Madrid, Missouri

Again, more pictures from my last day of vacation.  I knew there were going to be visits here, but I didn't think I would actually get enough variety of posted waymarks to get a Lucky 7 - those are always fun to post.  87 pictures taken with 6 waymark visits, and 34 waymarks posted.

Doorway of Immaculate Conception Church
My first Frieze Art Category Posting

Waymark Visits overlooking the Mississippi River

Relocated one-room schoolhouse in New Madrid, MO

Helena, Arkansas

What an excellent find and gem Helena, Arkansas, turned out to be!  This was the last day of our recent driving vacation along the Great River Road through the Mid-South.  I ended with 94 pictures, 7 waymark visits and 35 waymark posts.  The absolute highlight and gem would be the Confederate Cemetery and the gravesite of Patrick Cleburne.  I had NO idea General Cleburne was buried here, so it turned out to be a VERY unexpected and fortuitous find.

Maple Hill Cemetery
A quiet country cemetery on the National Register.

Patrick Cleburne's Gravesite and Monument
The flags flying are the first National flag of the Confederacy and
the Hardee Battle Flag.

The peaceful Confederate Cemetery.

Deep In Enemy Territory
or
How a Gorilla Dad Waymarks around Mules

I've been rather lax keeping this blog up - here's the latest entry.  We took a leisurely Sunday afternoon drive to Warrensburg, Missouri, today.  This is the home of the University of Central Missouri - Mules, a big rival of my daughters school - Pittsburg State University (Kansas)  I took 277 pictures today in the Sunset Hill Cemetery and in the Downtown Historic District.  I'm hoping for around 30 visits and 100 new waymarks.

Old Warrensburg Post Office

Confederate Memorial 
Sunsey Hills Cemetery

Medal of Honor Recipient
John A Falconer

Batesville, Arkansas Waymarks

We visited Batesville, Arkansas back on the 14th of April, 2015.  I ended up taking 203 pictures for the day and I have posted 102 waymarks.  I am awaiting paperwork on the National Armory National Register Application from the National Park Service.  This will add an additional 4 waymarks.  I did get to post my first featured waymark with waymarking.com - exciting stuff!

John Yancey's Woodman marker - 

this is the featured marker and one of the finest Woodman 

markers I have ever found!

The County Offices and Library that

used to be a Federal Courthouse.

An example of an Art Deco courthouse

Independence County Courthouse

The headstone of William Johnson in the 

Pioneer Cemetery near downtown Batesville.

Return to Mountain Home

Back for Round Two in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  We had such a good time around here last year that we thought we'd come back.  Saturday was a stop to MountainWoods place.  He is another waymarker I have been corresponding with for a bit.  We had a great visit.  I was able to pick up a cache and a waymark at his place.  Sunday was a late start, but we picked up another geocache and seven waymarks.

A Pileated Woodpecker that showed up outside MountainWoods window.  

This is only the third Pileated I've seen.

MountainWoods (Warren Swan) collecting a visit

on my waymarking sticker.

A dogwood flower near the lower Oakland Cemetery

near Mountain Home, Arkansas.

A history lesson at the Hart Cemetery.

My first Fish Hatchery Waymark post - WhooHoo!

I adore ya', Eudora.

Finally been able to get out and get new pictures - working on the batch from Pleasant Hill, Mo from last month (details to come).  This was from my birthday last Sunday to Eudora, Ks.  I found two geocaches, got bored, and then went waymarking...  I took 28 pictures of the downtown area - they translated to 21 new waymarks - not a bad ratio...  Most were Kansas Historical Markers, but four of my favorite buildings were:

Masonic Building

A very nice example of late 19th century architecture.

IOOF building

Unusual in that these buildings are usually three stories, not two.

This rather plain building - :) - was a bank

in the 1920's and 30's.

Another former bank - one can definitely tell

by the architeture.