Friday 8 July 2011

Awake: 5:52am     Temp 69     sleep 6+20     heavy rain & TRW's     overnight @ Hillsboro, Ohio. 

This was the 1^st time that we retracted our slides while raining. I was expecting to see water dripping onto the carpet but, none. The sweepers on the slides must have worked. 

We each had a Kathy muffin & then we left Hillsboro, Ohio @ 8:02am following  U.S.-50 with our windshield wipers keeping our windshield relatively clear. At one point, in the State of Indiana, we changed over to I-64 to go through St. Louis & take I-44 south & find a suitable Wal-Mart for the night.Kathy looked through the Wal-Mart book & located a Super Wal-Mart, made another phone call & talked to the Night Manager & got the OK tor spend the night. 

We arrived in the town of St. Robert @ 6:45pm; parked our M.H.near the Big Truck area & then walked into Wal-Mart to cool ourselves off & get some exercise. Today the temp was 20 degrees lower than Hillsboro, Ohio; our last stop. However, it was still hot!  Dinner:Leftover Tuna salad with apple slices & chips. Driving time=9+53 hrs  551 miles     90 gal used     6.1 mpg     56 avg speed. Lights out: 10:06pm.