Across Missouri

We started our morning off by gathering in the Monarch.  There were decisions that needed to be made!  We decided how far we wanted to go today, the route to take, the line up, and the campground where we would spend the night.  There were plenty of ideas, books, computers, an I-Phone, cell phones, and all were working together to get this day planned.  All this lead to lots of laughs to start off our morning.

The last thing we checked was the map on The Weather Channel's phone application.  Hummm, lots of green showing on the map of Missouri, which meant rain!!  Ohhhh boy, we were certainly in for an exciting day!

We 'coordinated' all of this little directional boxes that are attached to the sweet voice!!  Yeah right!!  Again, today, she turned ugly!  It seemed as if they were all possessed!  Two would say turn right --  two would say turn left!  We made it after a couple of goof-ups, and we were all laughing about it before the long day was over with!  There for a while, I think a couple of us were ready to throw that little box out the window and go back to the Atlas!!  A tried and true system of navigation for sure!!!

We did manage to find a huge Pilot/Flying J to park and we had lunch and relaxed a bit.  We had a few laughs when we found out we had actually stopped for a while in a city named, Peculiar Missouri!!

Kansas City here we come

A wild looking bridge span near Kansas City!

We had pretty much a full day of rain and high wind gusts that were courtesy of Isaac!  We made it though and it sure didn't dampen our spirits, because you can tell by the fields on the side of the highway, that they are very much in need of rainfall, just as we are at home.  I'm sure it was welcome by a lot of the farmers!  We didn't welcome it to drive in, but we muddled through, and made it to our destination of St. Joseph Missouri,and Beacon RV Park.

For our evening meal, Judy fixed dinner for all of us and we invaded their rig and had a wonderful meal together.  It sure was a mighty tasty dinner, and as we settle in for a good nights sleep, the raindrops are gently hitting our roofs, and we are assured that tomorrow is another day!!

We will leave out in the morning, possibly, for Council Bluff Iowa.  That will all be finalized in the morning when we have our meeting of minds and electronics!!  Tonight, though, we will all probably dream of rain, wind, ugly voices telling us where to go, and chicken & dressing, but we'll sure be ready to roll.

I only have a few photos to post of today's travels due to the rain.  I had a full days adventure just getting here.  These were made from my passenger seat, all the while, trying to catch in between the wiper blades, watch out for traffic, talking back to that voice in the box, and just holding on!!!  Hope to do a better job at this as we roll further down the highway!