June 2, 2008 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is located at 415 North Main Street in Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri.   Vi kørte sydpå langs Mississippi-floden, ned til idylliske Hannibal, Missouri, hvor Mark Twain - dengang Samuel Langhorne Clemens - tilbragte sin barndom, og hvor han fik ideerne til mange af de personer, der optræder i hans historier. We drove on south along the Mississippi River, down to the idyllic town of Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain - who was then called Samuel Langhorne Clemens - spent his childhood, and where he found inspiration for many of the characters in his stories.       "Jeg er født den 30te november, 1835, i den næsten usynlige landsby, Florida, Missouri.... [Mine forældres] første børnehøst var født [i Tennessee], men siden jeg var af en senere årgang, husker jeg ikke noget om det. Jeg blev udsat. Udsat til Missouri. Missouri var en ukendt ny stat og havde brug for attraktioner." "I was born the 30th of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Missouri.... [My parents'] first crop of children was born [in Tennessee], but as I was of a later vintage, I do not remember anything about it. I was postponed - postponed to Missouri. Missouri was an unknown new state and needed attractions."

Barndomshjemmet er fantastisk effektivt præsenteret med gipsstatuer af Mark Twain selv rundt omkring i stuerne. The childhood home is presented with amazing effectiveness with plaster statues of Mark Twain himself throughout.

Tom Sawyers stakit... Der er almindelig enighed om, at Tom Sawyer i virkeligheden var inspireret af Mark Twain selv. Tom Sawyer's fence... There is general agreement that Tom Sawyer was actually inspired by Mark Twain himself.     Mark Twains far var dommer, og havde kontor lige på den anden side af gaden. Mark Twain's father was a judge and had his office right across the street.     Brosten fra gaden ~ Paving stone from the street

Mark Twain fortalte selv, at inspirationen til Huckleberry Finn kom fra barndomsvennen Tom Blankenship, som boede lige rundt om hjørnet. Han var et af otte børn i en ludfattig familie med en fordrukken far. Mark Twain himself said that the inspiration for Huckleberry Finn came from his childhood friend Tom Blankenship, who lived just around the corner. He was one of eight children in a dirt poor family headed by a drunkard.   Tom Blankenships faldefærdige hytte er forlængst borte, revet ned omkring 1911. I dag står her en noget mere velholdt kopi. Tom Blankenship's wretched looking cottage is long gone, torn down about 1911. Today a somewhat more well-kept replica stands here.

Overfor Mark Twains hus ligger Becky Thatchers hus. Hun var Tom Sawyers første kæreste. Opposite Mark Twain's house is Becky Thatcher's house. She was Tom Sawyer's first sweetheart.

"Da jeg var dreng I den lille by Hannibal, Missouri, var alle folk fattige, og ingen af os vidste af det..." "In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, when I was a boy, everybody was poor and didn't know it..."     Cardiff Hill, hvor Tom og Huck og resten af drengene legede i Mark Twains historier. Cardiff Hill, where Tom and Huck and the rest of the boys played in Mark Twain's stories.   Tom & Huck

Camping/Boondocking Information We're boondocked at the Wal-Mart in O'Fallon, Missouri. They were happy to let us stay the night, but it is worth noting that apparently this is also a staging area for the local school buses, so about 7:45 am it starts to get awfully busy and loud in the parking lot.   More Missouri Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW