Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Illinois, East St. Louis - Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - Casino Queen RV Park


We saw a few more of these beautiful Kansas sunsets than we had planned.


We got all packed up and ready to leave last Friday morning.  The last thing to do was let the air system raise us up so we weren’t sitting right on our tires so we could move – didn’t happen.  One of the air bags had a leak.  A service call from a company David uses for his farm equipment and trucks confirmed we needed an air bag replaced.  Naturally, the closest air bag that would work was in Chicago – it would be Monday afternoon before it would be into Pratt, KS.  We unpacked and settled in for a few more days.  The air bag arrived promptly and installation was quick so we were on our way Monday afternoon.  Really enjoyed our stay.



Our windshield was a little streaked and bug splattered but the trip through the Ozark Mountains was still beautiful.




We spent Tuesday evening in Branson at the Musicland Kampground.



This is a really hilly, wooded campground.  Thankfully, the guy who guided us to our site had done this a lot he was able to guide Greg while he was blindside backing into the site.



We just barely fit, the bike is hanging over into the trees.  Luckily, we didn’t plan on unloading the bike for just a one night stay.



The campground is located just behind the Titanic Museum.  We didn’t tour the museum, entrance fee was $25 each.  It might very well have been worth it but I wasn’t willing to take a chance.




I was, however, willing to take a tour of Stone Hill Winery which included a free wine tasting.  We spent our money more wisely on wine.



I was amazed that a tourist town such as Branson had such poor sidewalks



Or, no sidewalks at all.  It is definitely not a walking friendly town.  Before we left Kansas we had worked up to 3.25 miles a day, but there are a lot of steep inclines here that we aren't used to.



From the winery we walked for a while.  Paschettis Restaurant looks pretty interesting from the outside.



The Hollywood Wax Museum also looks interesting.



King Kong close up.  The sun wasn’t really in the right position to get a good shot of him.



In the evening we walked to the Clay Cooper Theater to see the Haygoods.




The Haygoods is a family of six very talented siblings who sing and play all kinds of instruments.  We highly recommend this show if you are in the area.



Tonight we will be looking at the arch from our site at the Casino Queen RV Park.



We are getting closer to Indiana by the day.  We will be at the Caboose Campground in Rensselaer, IN on Friday.


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