Saturday, July 11, 2009



Saturday (7/11)  We got up and headed to downtown Hannibal.  Our first stop was the Mark Twain Interpretive Center.   The Mark Twain Complex includes a reproduction of Tom Sawer's home, Mark Twain's boyhood home (see picture), the office where his father practiced law, the drug store of the local doctor, Becky Thatcher's home (currently closed for renovations) and the Mark Twain Museum.  All of the buildings focused on Mark Twain's writings as they have very few artifacts. 

We took a wagon ride through the streets of Hannibal.  The ride was okay be not very informative.  We stopped in a very cute ice cream parlor for ice cream.   It has a 1950's Crosley car out front for advertisement (see picture.)   It was quaint and the ice cream was great.

From there we went to Terrible's Mark Twain Casino in Taylor, IL.  We only stayed a little while but that was long enough to loose.

Right now we are in the local Java shop using the free wifi as the signal at the campground is not good.  It has been a very relaxing day.


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