We're stuffed!  We took six hours to drive down to Sikeston, MO, and stopped at Hinton Campground - we've been here before.  It's a good stop with Escapee discount, cable TV, wifi, and a shuttle to Lambert's - home of the "throwed" rolls.   It's a fun place to eat and bring home enough for another meal...  Okay, now we really do plan to overnight at Flying J's and WalMarts.  Isn't it annoying that Columbus Day "holiday" is Monday when Columbus Day is really next Friday?

Mark Twain's Cave and Campground has free wi-fi so here we are...  it was a COLD 52 degrees in the cave but well worth the stories we heard.  If you watch The Weather Channel they are here today doing a show on the temperature, humidity, etc. of caves.  The truck was in the area checking on the tornadoes around Palmyra and Hannibal is just down the road.  We went into town and visited Mark Twain's Boyhood Home which included an interpretative center, museum, and several homes in the neighborhood.  Last night we drove up to Lover's Leap and looked over the river and train depot and the whole of Hannibal.  You, too, can read all about it at www.visithannibal.com  Is anyone out there checking on the websites I send along?  Is anyone out there reading our website?  Tomorrow we start our driving days and nights at Flying J's and WalMarts on our way to warm weather and humidity.  YES!

October - a month with several holidays to decorate and celebrate:  we'll be on the road, though, so you all enjoy while we are travelling.  We had planned to leave this a.m. but it was raining and storming...we're retired so we decided to wait a day...the wind will be pushing us along, also, instead of pushing us back.  Hugs to you all.