Awake: 5:03am Temp 72 High overcast Overnight @ East Saint Louis,
Illinois
After watching the morning traffic report on TV, I thought perhaps we
should delay our departure & just hang out in this campground a few more
hrs. The TV showed traffic backed up for miles coming into downtown St.
Louis, Missouri, our initial direction of travel.
After breakfast, for some unknown reason, I changed my mind….maybe it was
the short distance we had to travel (just across the bridge), then we
would be in downtown St. Louis, MO & on I-70 Westbound.
We leave the Casino Queen RV Park in East Saint Louis, Illinois @
8:04am…..sure enough, our GPS guides us within minutes into that backed up
traffic line leading into the city & across the mighty Mississippi river.
And before we know it, we are lined up for the I-70 ramp & moving along @
60 + mph. That was so much faster than we had anticipated.
I-70 through Missouri, at this time, is not constantly smooth. Many areas
of construction & lane reduction are taking place. Couple this with a
fairly good cornering head-wind & my day was occupied with a close eye on
the road. Then there was the dreaded “toll road” that needed to be skirted
around Kansas City, Kansas. We had to avoid this obstacle @ all costs….
but it did cost. Our time, fuel used & frustration surely added up to more
than the toll costs would have been.....but we achieved our goal, by
golly!
We arrive @the Mill Creek Campground in Paxico, Kansas @ 2:40pm. This
campground has some open acreage & unique buildings which is obvious to us
as we drive toward the office to check in.
Today’s travel: 6+35 time 371.8 miles 46.6 gal used 7.92 mpg
57.0 avg speed.
We follow the golf cart driver to our parking site……behind the little red
school house. We like this area of the campground. In addition to the
school house that can be rented, there is: “Uncle Joe’s cabin on wheels” &
“Nellie’s ol blu Inn on wheels.” Both have air conditioning & can
accommodate (2) people in sleeping bags. And there’s more: “Letties
Lodge”….no wheels, but (2) beds, a desk, TV, sink, & a/c. All of these
small buildings are well decorated with antiques & signs. Basically they
are quite cute.
Just outside our coach, there is a wide swing luring us over to have our
wine before dinner & to enjoy the view....
7:15 dinner: Italian sausage, fettuccine in fresh tomato & vegetable
sauce, mixed salad & garlic toast.
High travel temp=upper 80’s Lights out: 11:03pm
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