Our Weekend Day Trip to Lamar MO

It has been a whirlwind of things going on. We bought a new car then took it out for a drive this weekend. I Saturday afternoon started having a sore throat and could hardly talk by end of the day. It was really weird because I felt great  but then it just hit me. I think it must be allergies going into a head cold but still with taking the cold meds I have been sleepy and not very productive. I hope that it will be better and trying not to take meds today so that my foggy head is gone.

We just did one of our pick a direction and head in it on Saturday. We headed down 69 highway and stopped at the Downstream Casino in OK no luck there then headed over to Joplin Mo and drove around the city then headed up I 49 and stopped off at Lamar MO where Pres. Harry S Truman was born. We drove by the house but didn't go into it maybe another time. I just love looking at old homes and buildings. I know that if the walls could talk they would have a great story to tell. The house is a Missouri State Historic Site and even though we didn't take the time to go in the house we enjoyed stopping and taking pictures of the outside.

 This is a picture from across the street of the house.

 This is a side view of the house from the west side

 This is a east side view

 Memorial of Harry S Truman and jobs held on top and memorial on bottom

 Picture from back where you see the well, outhouse and smoke house

Another view from across the street from the house.

If you would like more information on this historic site check out

https://www.mostateparks.com/park/harry-s-truman-birthplace-state-historic-site

We enjoyed seeing it and will go back sometime.

We then went to Osage Village State Historic Site  It was the village of Osage Indians but it is just a walk and marked with markers to tell you what was there at one time. Though it would be a nice little hike it is only about .8 mile. It is a nice walk but was disappointed there wasn't more to see we didn't walk the whole thing because when we left home we weren't planning on doing any walking and I just had slip on shoes and the ground was saturated from the earlier rains. We will go back sometime and do the whole walk maybe but it isn't high on the list of things to do.

There are so many things to see and do in Missouri and Kansas that I think many weekend day trips are in the future.

Until Next time