Today we drove from Effingham, Illinois all the way to Joplin, Missouri. This covered 396 miles of really beautiful terrain -- hilly for the eastern leg, and then flatter for the rest of the ride. The hills here are thick with oak trees, and the leaves were shiny and red-orange against the chilly blue sky.
The roads were great, too! Missouri really should tell the rest of the country how to maintain roads. I-44, in particular, was in splendid shape. There were a few places where we were shuttled into one lane each direction, but these places didn't last long and there were workers busily repairing the road so that we could continue to enjoy it.
Michael handled the navigation very competently, having no difficulties with mileages and road numbers. :)
We stopped for diesel in Effingham, before we got started. 7.7 miles per gallon, but that includes some generator time in the driveway over the past couple of months.
We stopped for lunch at a Rest Area, and at a couple of others along the way, just to get out and walk around a little. Though it's warming a little, it's still quite cool - 30's-40's, and Michael bought a pair of lightweight gloves at the Flying J.
When we got in here, we leveled and unhooked the car. Then we took Maddy for a walk around the campground. We'd been here before, back on March 25 on our way back from Tucson! They didn't remember us, but that was ok, because we remembered them!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
On the Road Again!
Ok, I'm starting another trip log!
We have this nifty wireless internet card from Verizon and it enables us to get online just about anywhere, and we haven't found anywhere yet where we can't get on.
We left Friday morning in a blinding rainstorm, against my better judgment. Then, just east of Indy, the windshield wipers stopped working. This gave a whole new meaning to the term "blinding rain!"
We were on I-70, 2 miles from a rest area. I drove along at 35mph on the shoulder, trucks whizzing past, till we got to the rest area, and we waited there all afternoon, evening, and spent the night. Saturday morning, the rain had stopped and bright sunshine ushered us eastward to Richmond.
Richmond was a good stop. We had a couple of little things that needed to be adjusted... and we had our wipers fixed with a new motor and some arm adjustments. I hope it holds this time!
This afternoon we're chilling (literally) at Effingham, IL, after driving 220 miles from Richmond, IN today. The driving was easy and we had a pleasant walk and lunch at the Honey Creek Mall (great mall) in Terre Haute along the way. We also collected nibbles from Cinnabon and Blondie's Cookies. We ate the cookies on the way here. :)
We have this nifty wireless internet card from Verizon and it enables us to get online just about anywhere, and we haven't found anywhere yet where we can't get on.
We left Friday morning in a blinding rainstorm, against my better judgment. Then, just east of Indy, the windshield wipers stopped working. This gave a whole new meaning to the term "blinding rain!"
We were on I-70, 2 miles from a rest area. I drove along at 35mph on the shoulder, trucks whizzing past, till we got to the rest area, and we waited there all afternoon, evening, and spent the night. Saturday morning, the rain had stopped and bright sunshine ushered us eastward to Richmond.
Richmond was a good stop. We had a couple of little things that needed to be adjusted... and we had our wipers fixed with a new motor and some arm adjustments. I hope it holds this time!
This afternoon we're chilling (literally) at Effingham, IL, after driving 220 miles from Richmond, IN today. The driving was easy and we had a pleasant walk and lunch at the Honey Creek Mall (great mall) in Terre Haute along the way. We also collected nibbles from Cinnabon and Blondie's Cookies. We ate the cookies on the way here. :)
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