FIRST DAY ON THE ROAD - LINCOLN TRAIL PARK OR BUST

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Our day started out with the sun shining, the birds singing and no traffic tie ups ----- Whoa wait.... that was all a dream I had the night before we left on our trip.

The real story... we left on our trip in the dark and the rain was pouring down.

Joe needed help getting the RV out of the our driveway, so I volunteered to help. I needed my raincoat and cell phone. I couldn’t find my raincoat in the RV, so I ran back into the house to get it. Running back into the house, I ran out of my shoe and into a big puddle of water — crap. Okay, raincoat on and cell in hand, out I go to navigate Joe out of the driveway. I remembered when we were getting on the turnpike that I hadn’t closed the garage door — DANG IT.

We were feeling good about getting out of town even though the weather was bad. We were making some good time despite the rain, but we soon found out that would end real fast. We came to a complete stop on I-70. We were routed around the Interstate and got back on an hour later.

Then there was the folks with Iowa car tags that passed us and then slowed down?? We must have something wrong, so we waited from them to signal to us. All they wanted was a picture — of what? They got behind us and then passed us again waiving “thank you.” Hummm.... Joe thought they wanted a picture of the mural. I think they wanted a picture of the “mighty fine” truck we were towing. We will never know who was right.

Our windshield wipers became a great source of entertainment during the drive. On the delay setting, they would never stop in the same place twice. We thought it was odd and funny.

We did arrive at Lincoln State Park in Marshall, IL. Yes.... I did a good job of navigating Joe out of the driveway. I called my daughter to close the garage door. Oh BTW...my raincoat was in the RV all the time.

Entertainment for the day - Watching the wipers.

Question of the day - What is the reason for not putting a wiper blade on the RV back camera monitor?

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Photos

Sign on I70
Reason for Detour

First Mile Marker
Mile marker getting off I-70

Second Mile Marker
Mile marker getting back on I-70

Mural on our RV
Back of our RV

Our mighty fine truck
THE TRUCK

Lincoln Trail State Park
Where we stayed the first night

RV parked at Lincoln Trail Park
Side view of RV

Worms
Worms on the road