There is no such thing that I know of as the “perfect day”. We seem to get a lot of “near perfect days” but perfection eludes us. We had a nice drive back through LBL into Kentucky where we headed west to Paducah. Breezed right into the downtown historic district to the parking lot without a hitch. Parked along the outer edge of the lot so avoid being blocked in by anyone. We put the pets in the RV with the fan on and walked across the parking lot to the National Quilters Museum. It was very impressive from little mini quilts only 12 inches square to queen size ones. The designs are amazing and the workmanship unsurpassed. We didn’t care much for the totally “artsy” ones, but the ones of animals and people were awesome and the ones with somewhat standard old designs were beautiful. Some were available to buy, but we didn’t dare ask the prices. I can’t imagine the hours it takes. Some quilters said they would be obsessed and quilt 15 hours a day.
We had our lunch in the parking lot before heading across the river to Metropolis, IL, the home of Superman. I had taken Kam and Jared there over 20 years ago and think we approached the town square from a different direction. I don’t remember the 30’ Superman but didn’t get to find the phone booth where Clark Kent makes the switch. It was in the Chamber of Commerce before but Xena was with us and the sidewalks were really hot and she just couldn’t spend much longer walking around. I stopped in the Superman Gift Shop for a thimble, magnet and a couple of postcards.
Got back to the interstate and on the way to our stop for tonight, Ina, IL. We didn’t know how long we’d spend in Paducah and Metropolis so arrived
around 3. We’re at Sherwood RV, no not like Sherwood Forest, although we do have trees. Some of the trailers and people are straight out of “Deliverance”. It took 3 boards on one side of the RV to level side to side and then up pretty high to get the nose close to level. We hadn’t planned to unhitch since it was only for the night, but since we needed to raise the nose so much I just pulled up enough to clear the hitch. Later Bill said he was going to go fill up with diesel while I was at the Laundromat using the WiFi. The tailgate was down and he didn’t think and shut it and then pulled away, leaving a rather big dent in the tailgate where it hit the pin on the nose of the RV. The good news is the tailgate will still close, but it’s pretty much a mess. When we get to Springfield he was going to take the truck for an oil change so now will ask about the tailgate. We’re thinking we will have to order a new one!
So there went our perfect day! We had leftovers for dinner and took Xena a nice walk. We started feeling better about the campground when a big Class A and another big 5th wheel came. Now there’s a Class C too. So maybe we’ll survive the night!
We had our lunch in the parking lot before heading across the river to Metropolis, IL, the home of Superman. I had taken Kam and Jared there over 20 years ago and think we approached the town square from a different direction. I don’t remember the 30’ Superman but didn’t get to find the phone booth where Clark Kent makes the switch. It was in the Chamber of Commerce before but Xena was with us and the sidewalks were really hot and she just couldn’t spend much longer walking around. I stopped in the Superman Gift Shop for a thimble, magnet and a couple of postcards.
Got back to the interstate and on the way to our stop for tonight, Ina, IL. We didn’t know how long we’d spend in Paducah and Metropolis so arrived
around 3. We’re at Sherwood RV, no not like Sherwood Forest, although we do have trees. Some of the trailers and people are straight out of “Deliverance”. It took 3 boards on one side of the RV to level side to side and then up pretty high to get the nose close to level. We hadn’t planned to unhitch since it was only for the night, but since we needed to raise the nose so much I just pulled up enough to clear the hitch. Later Bill said he was going to go fill up with diesel while I was at the Laundromat using the WiFi. The tailgate was down and he didn’t think and shut it and then pulled away, leaving a rather big dent in the tailgate where it hit the pin on the nose of the RV. The good news is the tailgate will still close, but it’s pretty much a mess. When we get to Springfield he was going to take the truck for an oil change so now will ask about the tailgate. We’re thinking we will have to order a new one!So there went our perfect day! We had leftovers for dinner and took Xena a nice walk. We started feeling better about the campground when a big Class A and another big 5th wheel came. Now there’s a Class C too. So maybe we’ll survive the night!
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