Hannibal

We took a tour of Hannibal the first morning we were there. The town is tiny and only there because Mark Twain lived there until he was 18. All the other industry is gone by now.

This is a statue of Huck and Tom at the staircase up to a lighthouse that has no purpose. The garden is pretty though.

This is the trolley we rode around town.

Downtown It's pretty clean.

This is Samuel Clemmens' statue in the park in town.

The view of the Mississippi from the statue.

The other direction

Becky Thatcher met us back in camp after our tour. This girl is in eighth grade at the middle school. She had to try out for the part. The process takes almost a year. She is one of five Beckys, and there are five Tom Sawyers. They take turns doing stuff like this for a year.

This is "lovers leap",and as the legend goes a couple of indians that could not marry lept fom there.

The view of Hannibal from "lover's leap."

The Mark Twain

We got on board and got ready for our dinner. Nothing to write home about.

That is Illinois across the Mississippi.

The evening's entertainment.

The next night we had dinner at a BBQ and walked across the street to see this man's one man show. He did it all take tickets, serve some cookies and tea, and played the part of Mark Twain.

We were in Davenport, Iowa for a couple of days before the Mark Twain tour. I didn't take pictures, but your dad did. We toured John Deere, toured an arsenal and had the tour guide from Hell the first day . We got to see Hoover's library the next day. When I have the time, I'll write about St. Louis. We have two very busy days to come in Memphis.