Half way there!!

Wednesday we had intentions of doing a lot of things but we were tired and ended up doing very little.  After a couple of loads of laundry and washing the bugs off of the windshield we called it a day. This base is used for National Guard training  and is very large but empty.  The camp ground host told us they are excepting 6,000 plus troop coming in a week or two.  We are glad we are here now.  We had burgers for dinner and walked around the camp ground a lot.  They are calling for thunderstorms tomorrow so we are going to stay one more night.

 

Thursday it was cloudy and looked like rain but never did.  We headed into town to get Diane a hair

Both in the same building
and served by the same counter
Had to laugh

cut.  First we stopped for lunch, then at an antique store and not just any antique store this one had a map so you could find your way around.  We walked around the outside isle and left before we got lost.  We drove around for quite awhile and finally found a hair dresser but not before finding a Starbucks and Kohl's.  After the hair cut we went straight back via grocery store and stopped for dinner(carry out) at Hickory Hills BBQ which was recommended by MWR at the base and finally made it to the camper.  I started a fire without any fire starters,  split kindling,  made some really small pieces and then shaved off some fine stuff and lit it with a match. It took right off I surprised Diane and myself.  Did we tell you the camp site comes with free firewood?  We started to pack and clean up had the BBQ for dinner and enjoyed the fire.

 

Friday we were up early to get a jump on the day's travel and then I looked outside.  The fog was so thick you couldn't see the end of the campground.  We sat around and finally pulled out about 10:00.

Camp-A-While in the
 middle of Illinois.

I thought we had 180 miles to travel but when Diane fired up the GPS we had 230 miles to go. We headed back on the interstate and traveled that for awhile to make up some time. We needed oil so we stopped at a Pilot fueled up, got oil and then took route 10 and 54  on into the camp ground in Lincoln IL.  It was nothing fancy, but a quiet place to park for the night with water and electric hook-up.  A beautiful evening, burgers on the grill and a couple of strolls around the CG just to move.  We did check out the showers, they were clean and spacious and a  $.10 meter to pay for water....I wonder how old they were. 

Darn road noise

 

 

 

 

Saturday we were up early (ha ha), with the time change and actually managed to get on the road by 9:00(central time).   We had three routes picked out and the deciding factor only one route had a Pilot with RV lanes so that is how we went.  Out route 10 to 136 and over to 27 and up to Mt Pleasant IA. We stopped four or five times to stretch and just walk around. We didn't get on the interstate at all today it was so nice.  We did have one low clearance overpass 13'4" plenty of room for us but it gets your attention. We parked around 2pm and are having steak and mushrooms for dinner.  We are heading to visit with Jim and Julie tomorrow  and will be staying for a few days.

 

Diane and Brad