Go West Young Man!!!!!! And Find a Ball of Twine!!!!!!

  "Go west young man" or in our case young woman!!!!is a quote by American author Horace Greeley concerning America's expansion westward, related to the then-popular concept of Manifest Destiny.He saw the fertile farmland of the west as an ideal place for people willing to work hard for the opportunity to succeed. So here we are heading west so that our daughter will succeed in the call upon her life.

 As we trek across this country I began thinking of the trek that those who settled the west had to take. Time marches on where covered wagons have been replaced with RV's. Wagon wheel ruts have been replaced by highways and state roads, but the spirit to succeed still resides in all of us we just have to be willing to have the "drive" to pull it out. We always need to continue pressing forward but still remember the past to give us the proper perspective.
  
  
So in that spirit of remembering the past our trip has been filled with finding the forgotten!!! We found a little town in Missouri called Warrensburg. A trial took place here that causes us all to use a phrase today that we never think of the origin of it. That phrase is "man's best friend". You can read the story of Old Drum and the powerful eulogy given by the lawyer over his death called Eulogy of the Dog.

   Cawlker City Kansas, a little bity forgotten town on US 36 has a claim to fame in it's own right. It has the Largest Ball of Twine!! It was started in 1953 by a man named Frank Stoeber. It is a shame to see funny things like this forgotten all for the sake of speed and convenience because along with it go the towns and the people in them. Next time you are on a trip try to take time to find just one forgotten thing it will bless both you and the people that still find it important.

Now on further west to Colorful Colorado!!! Entering Colorado from the east you think that you would see mountains but that is far from the truth. Farmland and ghost towns, complete towns empty and forgotten for various reasons probably with noone around to tell you why. Wouldn't it be fun to go and rebuild a town to it's former days ?? We then help to remember these towns by going to the History of Colorado Museum in Denver where they are preserving some of the forgotten. What a fun and hands on experience. Here are some of our pics from the museum.

Go West Young Man and find a ball of Twine and along the way find the forgotten!!!!