Day 2 (We're in St. Louis)
Day 2
June 23, 2006
Olive Hill, KY to Cahokia, IL (427 miles)
We woke this morning to a wet trailer, but since we had more than 400 miles to travel, we didn’t have the luxury of waiting for the canvass to dry, so we folded it up wet.
The West-Virginia-like, eastern Kentucky mountains gradually gave way today to rolling hills in western Kentucky and Indiana, and flatlands as we crossed Illinois. We got a first dose of wide open spaces in Indiana where there wasn’t much to see except a ribbon of highway, crops, oil wells and natural cover. We ate lunch and bought gasoline (for the second time today) in Elberfeld, Indiana. At least the gas prices have been about 25 cents per gallon cheaper than they were in Maryland when we left. We have averaged 18.8 miles per gallon on our first three tanks of fuel.
We arrived at our destination, a private RV park near East St. Louis, at about 4 PM Central time. We swam in the pool and ate dinner. We caught a glimpse of the arch while we were driving to our campground. Tomorrow should be exciting.
June 23, 2006
Olive Hill, KY to Cahokia, IL (427 miles)
We woke this morning to a wet trailer, but since we had more than 400 miles to travel, we didn’t have the luxury of waiting for the canvass to dry, so we folded it up wet.
The West-Virginia-like, eastern Kentucky mountains gradually gave way today to rolling hills in western Kentucky and Indiana, and flatlands as we crossed Illinois. We got a first dose of wide open spaces in Indiana where there wasn’t much to see except a ribbon of highway, crops, oil wells and natural cover. We ate lunch and bought gasoline (for the second time today) in Elberfeld, Indiana. At least the gas prices have been about 25 cents per gallon cheaper than they were in Maryland when we left. We have averaged 18.8 miles per gallon on our first three tanks of fuel.
We arrived at our destination, a private RV park near East St. Louis, at about 4 PM Central time. We swam in the pool and ate dinner. We caught a glimpse of the arch while we were driving to our campground. Tomorrow should be exciting.
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