Yesterday was the longest drive yet... Over 800 miles. We slept in a Cracker Barrel parking lot in Columbia, MO. There are some businesses which allow camping overnight - Cracker Barrel is one of them, with the idea that you sleep in their RV space then eat breakfast there, which we did. Cabelas, most Walmarts, and Camping World are others which allow overnight camping.
It is interesting how different neighboring states can be. Kansas is flat, dry, brown, and has few trees. There are some rolling hills as you approach the Missouri River. Crossing from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO and into Missouri, it is suddenly green and covered with trees and hills.
Listening to J. Vernon McGee on the radio this morning as we head into St. Louis. Driving east through the time zones has caused some confusion. We didn't realize that the time changed in KS and that we are only one hour behind now, at any rate, sadly, we missed church this morning.
St. Louis today!! We spent an hour or so at the Gateway Arch NP. Isaac earned his Jr. Ranger.
The Tom Sawyer on The Mighty Mississippi. As a child, I read the complete works of Mark Twain - multiple times. It was fun to walk along the River today with my family on an adventure of our own. To paraphrase Mark Hamby of Lamplighter Publishing, "You will be the same person five years from now as you are today, except for the people you meet, the books that you read, and the places you go." Being a vociferous reader, travel has added more color and context to the stories (fiction and non) I have read over the years. The children are connecting their past reading with our adventures as well.
It's a small world. So far on our trip, we met a shop owner in Fairbanks who originally lived in Morrisville, a woman on a shuttle bus at Glacier NP who lives in Levittown, and a family in St. Louis from the Princeton area. We also met some people in Seward, AK who live near our alma mater, Grove City College.
Dinner at Richard's Farm Resteraunt in Casey, IL. We enjoyed a delicious dinner and spent time exploring this late 19th Century barn which was converted to a resteraunt in 1976, it holds the Guiness World Record For the World's Largest Pitchfork. We walked the garden and even explored the hay loft. So much fun!
World's largest pitchfork
A small part of the garden path. I wonder how my garden is doing at home?
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