We felt like a great deal of progress was made today, as we crossed through three States in one day. However, this was not a scenic route, and again, no gorgeous landscapes and cloud formations as we travel east.
The morning started by circumnavigating Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. There is a tremendous amount of road construction going on, which again made the drive stressful, both for the Morgan drivers and Philip with the trailer. Michael provides great lane change blocking assistance as he follows along behind us, as we change lanes to go the correct direction.
As the border sign crossing to Missouri was in the middle of the bridge crossing the Missouri River, hence it was not possible to capture a photo with Ellen Jo and Jim's Morgan in it. They are in a contest on visiting the most states with a Morgan.
The drive across Missouri was rather boring, with a highlight of the day being the lunch stop. Ellen Jo and Jim were quite a bit ahead of us and had scoped out Panhead BBQ in Kingdom City, MO.
We couldn't find the address on Garmin, so passed by it the first time down this old decrepit road. It was a challenge for Philip to turn our rig around to make it back to this restaurant, but the food was worth it.
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| Panhead (Billy's) BBQ and Tavern on Old Hwy 40 |
After lunch, we stopped at the Missouri Visitor Center to still try to obtain a free Missouri map, but they were closed. We later learned it is staffed with volunteers. There was the Missouri Firefighters Memorial in front of the building, so I captured photos while there. We LOVE our firefighters, having really appreciated them when the RIM FIRE was so close to us 2 summers ago.
The afternoon was uneventful, but stressful as we circumnavigated St. Louis via the northern route.
We did manage to get a photo of the Missouri Welcome Center as we left Missouri (and finally obtain a Missouri Map, as well as an Illinois map)
and a photo of entering Illinois as we crossed the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
Once across the Rivers, we finally headed in a southerly direction, now on our way towards Nashville (not Memphis).
The hotel where we are staying has had auto break-ins the last two nights, so we parked our cars directly in front of the entrance, in hopes that they can be watched by the reception clerk. We also took essentially everything out of them. We thought by staying far enough away from the big city, we would be okay, and are hoping that to be true.
Marj and Bart report they left Tucson a day late due to a leaky brake cylinder and leaking axle grease, discovered Saturday. Fortunately Bart was able to get parts by Tuesday and finished fixing it to be on their way on Wednesday.
Reportedly they are in Palestine, TX tonight.
I haven't heard recently from Ken and Pat, and Ken and Marion driving from Vancouver.
The New Zealand Morgans are in the warehouse now, as well as one container from UK.
The other UK/France container is awaiting paperwork completion by the customs agent. HOPEFULLY that will be all completed tomorrow, and all the Morgans will be ready for pickup on Tuesday, as Monday is a holiday.
And I have to have a cat picture to show we are missed.
I need a good Bentley photo, Kristi?
1 comment:
You're going to have a triple or quadruple trip by the time you get back!
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