“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ” — Mark Twain
Tom and Huck’s Cardiff Hill
Mark Twain put Hannibal on the map, and the city is now using the places where Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn played and roamed to entice people to the tourist town. You can take a ride on a paddle boat, tour the dark corners of the cave Tom and Becky got lost in, visit his home and walk up 253 steps to get to the top of Cardiff Hill. I did them all, simply because. -- Photo by Pat Bean
I climbed the steps and then discovered the road that most others took to the top. I think I would have taken those steps even if I knew the road existed, however. That’s just who I am.
Bean’s Pat: Camping With a Canine in Cornwall http://tinyurl.com/726he22 This reminded me of many of my own adventuress when I was a tent camper. .
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I would love to see this. Thanks!
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What a lovely monument, and I love the gardens as well. Very nice.
Had no idea Mark Twain was in that neck of the woods. Thanks for sharing!
I love Hannibal. My mom lives in MO and we went there over 4th of July one year. Splendid!
I am embarrassed to admit that I’ve never read the book(s?). Just couldn’t get into Huck at all. Never even watched a film version.
Am I a bad person? 🙂
Hannibal is one of my favorite places too. 🙂