The David Rush Travel Chronicles
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Midwest

This page covers our travels through the Midwest. We go through states like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota & a little bit of Kentucky.

The next 8 videos are Cleveland, Ohio

In this video I'm heading into Cleveland. Now this stop is very special because my daughter Sarah and my grandkids were there. (Video further down)


Cleveland, Ohio

This is our first Cleveland Lodging sponsor.
They helped me raise money for my gas-they allowed to clean their windows.


Crest Bed & Breakfast

The Crest B&B owner Phyllis took me on a tour of Cleveland


Cleveland City Tour

Here they are. My daughter Sarah and 2
of my grandkids Ian & Ilias with their dad Clay


Sarah, Clay & the Grandkids

Here is our restaurant sponsor


La Dolce Vita

Here is our second lodging sponsor


Stone Gables Bed & Breakfast

Phyllis took me to the Lake View Cemetery-one of the biggest in the country
It's so big, it took two videos


Lake View Cemetery-Wade Chapel


Lake View Cemetery-Garfield Monument


The next 10 videos are of Evansville, Indiana, Metropolis, Illinois and my first attempt at 2012 dead bird interviews


I put some miles on the road getting to Metropolis, Illinois. I stopped in Evansville, Indiana for the night. (that's the next video)


Columbus, Cincinatti & Lexington

I stayed in Evansville for the night and just happen to run into fire tossers in the local park.
Check it out


Evansville, Indiana

This video is my first attempt to interview somebody in one of the places that the dead birds fell from the sky. If you remember at the beginning of this year, there were 3 places it happened-Louisiana, Beebe, Arkansas (5,000 died) and this place I went to Gilbertsville, Kentucky. I had no luck finding anybody who had direct experience. I got some good interviews in Beebe (coming up later)


2012 Reality or Myth? in Gilbertsville, Kentucky

I'm coming into Metropolis, Illinois-the home of Superman


Metropolis, Illinois

Here is our lodging sponsor


Summers Riverview Mansion Bed & Breakfast

Here is our first restaurant sponsor


The Grille

The next 2 videos are of a whirlwind tour of Metropolis on a carriage ride.


Brugger's Carriage Service


Brugger's Carriage Service 2

Here is our next restaurant sponsor


Willy Jack's Bar & Grille

Here is another local attraction


Fort Massaq

The next 13 videos are of the Cairo, Illinois sinkhole, the New Madrid Fault line, the Beebe, Arkansas dead bird interviews and the 150,000 dead fish interviews near Ozark, Arkansas.

The next 13 videos are part of my 2012 Reality or Myth? theme. I videod these events that have happened recently and hopefully it will inspire you to research and find out for yourself why these things are happening lately-to see if 2012 is a reality or a myth.

Here I am on the way to Cairo


On to Cairo, Illinois



Here I am coming into New Madrid




New Madrid Historical Museum

The next 2 videos are on the New Madrid Fault Line





I went to the local barbershop and talked to locals about the fault line



The next 5 videos are of the 5,000 dead bird interviews I did in Beebe, Arkansas

In this one I head to Beebe and run into a crop duster. It's also one of my first dead bird interview









The next 2 videos are of the dead fish interviews






The next 7 videos are of 2012 interviews & Independence, Missouri

This is footage of a tornado that hit Etna, Arkansas and an interview


For my 2012 series I filmed the aftermath of the Joplin, Tornado and some interviews. They are the next 2 videos.





Here is our Independence lodging sponsor


Three Trails Inn Bed & Breakfast

Here is the city


Independence, Missouri

I just happened to be in Independence when they had one of their biggest yearly events-The SantaCalGon Days Festival. It was huge, like a state fair. Check it out.


SantaCalGon Days Festival

I filmed some of the religious history of Independence, most notably the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints-although they changed there name, they still have a lot of history here.


Independence Religious History

The next 9 videos are on the Midwest flooding & Logan, Iowa

I left Independence, Missouri and took a detour to Adam-Ondi-Ahman


Adam-Ondi-Ahman

Here is the start of the Midwest flooding


I-29 Flooding

I'm coming into Iowa and witness more flooding


Iowa Flooding

In this video I go through Omaha, Nebraska on my way to my lodging sponsor in Logan, Iowa


Omaha & On to Blue Bird Run B&B

Here is my Logan, Iowa lodging sponsor


Blue Bird Run Farm Bed & Breakfast

Here is Logan, Iowa and the towns surrounding it


Logan, Woodbine & Missouri Valley, Iowa

There is a Religious Museum with artifacts from all religions. Check it out


Museum of Religious Arts

I went to Blair, Nebraska and just happen to run into the Mayor. Check out his interview


Blair, Nebraska

I left Logan, Iowa and headed up to the Gavin's Point Dam-the source of all the flooding that I just witnessed down below it. Check out how much water is still flowing out of it like Niagara Falls


Gavins Point Dam

The next 6 videos are of Minnesota & the Minot, North Dakota Flooding

I'm heading to my camping sponsor in Sandstone, Minnesota.
I show you how to get to this hidden place.

On to 2 Creeks Campground

Here is my camping sponsor. This is a clothing-optional campground


2 Creeks Campground

After I stayed at 2 Creeks, I headed back to Forest Lake, just north of the Twin Cities. It is one of the places where I grew up. I was there in my second and third grade. I show you where I had my first swimming lesson and my first cup of coffee at the Der Loch Haus. Then I take you a couple miles north where we move to Comfort Lake. I got stung by a catfish there and I show you my next store neighbor's house, where my best friend Brucy's mother had the Abraxas album by Santana. Brucy put it on, even though he wasn't supposed to and I've been a fan ever since.


Forest Lake & Comfort Lake

Now I take you to Brooklyn Park-a northwest suburb of Minneapolis-where I graduated from Park Center High. I took a drivers ed class there and first learn how to drive. I also show you where I worked my first job as a dishwasher. Oh, them days.


Brooklyn Park

I headed to Minot, North Dakota and show you the devastation of the flooding there



Here is some interviews I did