What should have been a rather ho-hum day, got interesting at lunch. Outside of St. Louis, we stopped at the Route 66 State Park for lunch. After the second half of our Philly Cheesesteak, we walked one of the trails in the park, hoping to end up at the Visitors Center, but there was no decking left on the bridge across the Meramac River(any one in our extended family might be surprised by a homophonic river in Missouri). Anyway, the visitors center, which has a Route 66 display section, and a Route 66 store, with many potential Christmas presents, was a Roadhouse on the outskirts of Times Beach, a ghost town, which had to be evacuated because they treated the roads with oil laced with dioxin. The town was leveled and incinerated, and is now a state park.
On to Illinois...our Campground is immaculate, everything is perfect...except we are totally alone...kinda spooky! We are coming very close to the end of our trip, and we are just over 800 miles from home...1 - 800 mile day, 2 - 400 mile days, 3 - 270 mile days....we settle for the 2 day option....tomorrow, Huntington, WV
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