We left
Memphis early Friday morning. It was a
nice day to travel except for the wind.
We were getting just 5 miles per gallon because of all the wind resistance. When we were hauling the motorcycle on the
lift we would get 8 mpg or a little over.
Since we have started pulling the Jeep a little over 7 mpg is the best
we can do.
Had a little
slow down coming into St. Louis. We want
to get into the campground early this afternoon because we plan on getting to
the 69th Annual St. Louis Square & Round Dance Jamboree later on
this evening.
It’s a good
thing we waited until Friday to travel.
Our route was flooded shut on Thursday, all was good on Friday. We did see some major flooding around Cape
Girardeau, MO when we came through there, but all in all we didn’t see as much
flooding as we expected. The Mississippi
River is definitely up.
I know we
aren’t all the way back in Indiana yet, but I’ll go out on a limb and say our
trip back this year has been pretty good.
We’ve been lucky to get into good campgrounds and avoid the really bad
weather. We haven’t had any major coach
problems. We are going to have to look
for a trim piece around one of our headlights, the wind blew one off on
Friday. We heard a noise when it came
off, I thought it was inside the coach and got up to see what had shifted –
everything looked secure. Greg thought
the sound came from a passing tractor trailer.
When we stopped at a rest area for lunch we saw what the problem
was. We also got a ding in our
windshield, a truck passing in the opposite direction threw a rock. I could see it coming and just prayed it
would only ding and not shatter.
The
campground where we stay when we are in the St. Louis area is at the Casino
Queen Casino which is actually in East St. Louis, IL. If trains bother you it might not be the
campground for you since one runs right next to the campground. It does run rather late, but we stay up until
midnight usually so it doesn’t create any problem for us. Also, if you plan on staying here, don’t rely
on your GPS to get you all the way here.
It will get you off the interstate correctly, but from that point on be
sure to watch for the casino signs. It
is correct until it tells you to make a left turn on Continental Grain
Road. There is a right turn at a stop
light to get you on the road where you can turn on Continental Grain Road that
the GPS misses. There is a casino sign
for the right turn so watch for it.
We got to
the Jamboree on Friday night in time to dance from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. We went back on Saturday right after lunch to
take advantage of some workshops. We
took a break to watch a workshop for round dancers. The crowd was a little sparse here. This room was filled with square dancers from
7:30 to 10:30 on Saturday evening. What
a great time. They had dance halls for
beginner dancers, plus dancers and advanced dancers. We are plus dancers, which is where most
people are. The callers on Saturday were
speedy callers so you really had to be paying attention.
Today we are
resting, doing some laundry and watching the NASCAR race – go Dale, Jr.!!
We are
leaving here Monday morning heading to Indiana.
We’ll be spending at least our first two weeks in Indiana at Timberline
Campground just outside of Chesterfield.
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