The 260-mile drive was more tiring than the mileage would imply. Traffic around St. Louis is heavy no matter what you do to get through or around the city. We took the route that was as far south of the city as we could get, probably adding about 20 miles to the trip, but there was still a lot of traffic. The other very tiring thing was the rough condition of the interstates which rattled our teeth and was very unpleasant for Lovie and the cats.
This was a day of rivers with nothing else interesting going on.....
Not a good picture with the railing in the way, but this was the last of our numerous views of the Missouri River since June. It's an amazing waterway. Looking it up on Wikipedia, I just found out it's longer than the Mississippi River.....all of 21 feet longer! It starts in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and winds all over the place before finally flowing into the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Lewis and Clark really had their work cut out for them finding its source.
The border between Missouri and Illinois, the Mighty Mississippi River with lots of barges in view.
And here's the Ohio, the border between Illinois and Kentucky at this point, which looks every bit as big as the Mississippi here. Big difference is that we couldn't see any barge traffic which is constant on the Mississippi.
Our campground is okay. Not a place where we'd want to spend much time but it's very convenient to I-24 and is certainly adequate for an overnight. It's on the outskirts of Paducah, only six miles from the National Quilt Museum which I'd planned on visiting this afternoon. However, once we got set up I realized we were both worn out and really didn't need to go out again. The quilt museum will have to wait for another visit.
Tomorrow we go 255 miles to Bean Pot Campground in Crossville, Tennessee, for our final night of this trip. Nashville is the only big city on the way and it's not intimidating like KC and St. Louis.
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