I had visited here several decades ago and had forgotten what I saw when here then. Plus, my tradition is to try to wake up on my birthday in a place other than my own home town. This year, that place was Hannibal.

I really liked the downtown Hannibal area. Small, easy to navigate, lots of parking, many shops and restaurants, all the Mark Twain buildings were together for tourists.

As I drove home from here, I got to look forward to a friend taking me to dinner (near home) at a restaurant that had long been on my list to dine there but had never gotten around to going there -- until today!