Missouri to Illinois

We continued east on Interstate 70 this morning heading towards Saint Louis. We got another look at the Missouri River then skirted the city on Interstate 720 until it joined up again with I-70. We also crossed the Mississippi River shortly after it had been joined by the Missouri. I kept trying to get a picture and kept having trucks come along and block my view. I got this little bit of it as we approached the shore...

As we crossed into Illinois, it started to cloud up and by the time we got to our campground it was starting to rain. Everything is VERY lush and green. We did see some corn fields that were drying out and even saw one that was being harvested. The soybean fields are a mixture of yellow and green -- they look like they are a long way from being ready to harvest. The lush green is quite a contrast from the drought look of Kansas.

Since it is now officially Fall, I keep watching the abundant deciduous trees for signs of changing colors, but so far have only seen a few red Sumacs.

We are parked for the next two days at Timber Trails Camp-In outside of Mulberry Grove, Illinois. The camp is pretty much in a treed woodlot and Forry was concerned that he would not be able to get TV reception with our satellite. But we are parked in one of the pull-throughs on the outside edge of the camp -- right next to a field of corn stubble -- and we have great reception.

We got our cheapest diesel yet today -- 52 gallons at $3.629 using our Frequent Fueler card at the Flying J near Warrenton, Missouri. We should have made a stop at Triple A while we were in Columbia. I had to BUY maps of Illinois and Indiana. We'll need to find a AAA when we're in Indianapolis and stock up on East Coast state maps.