Since my horse show schedule has somewhat taken over my vacation travel, I try to make the most of it and look for interesting stops on my road trips across the USA. From Dallas to Chicago, I took a slight detour to Hannibal, Missouri to visit The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum.
Mark Twain was by far my favorite author in school. In fact, I basically hated reading and his books like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn may have been the only ones I ever finished during the school year! I liked his writing so much, that I took an entire class in college dedicated to his works.
So to me, stopping to visit Twain’s boyhood home was a very exciting endeavor. I wished I had made more time to wander Hannibal’s charming downtown too. But with the black sky and ominous storm approaching, I only took a few hours to check out my favorite author’s childhood abode.
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