It was only a short trip to our stop for tonight, the Double J RV Resort in Chatham, IL. We left just before 9, stopped to top off the air in the RV and truck tires then headed right on. We took the interstate, then rural route, then interstate. The small road was great. Lots of truck traffic which meant it was a good road. Very straight, only a few 4 way stops along the way.
We’re just south of Springfield, IL. The resort had gotten a lot of the rain the last few days so some of the sites were too wet and blocked off. They are VERY picky here with a list of rules a mile long, no, make that a mile and a half. They are sticklers on being perfectly straight on the site and the truck has to be straight in the front or back of the RV. They want you centered on the space. We have a pull thru and the parking “guide” would NOT leave until we were just like she wanted. I could have backed in easier than all the back and forth to get centered just so!
They could have at least given us one of the dryer spaces as we saw several. We had to step in water to hook up the water, electric and poop hose. THEN, the sewer connection was way to the back of the space and we had long enough hoses to put together to reach it, but didn’t have but 1 connector. Bill never thought we’d need it to be 30 feet long, so when we were out and about we found an RV sales place and got in right as they were locking the door and bought one. At least we got lucky on that one! I was planning to do some wash tonight so had to have it connected. Bill got ‘er done and I did 2 loads of wash. However, once we got settled in it was lunch time so we ate, watched a bit of TV, then headed into Springfield.
We went to the Dana-Taylor House which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was amazing! He not only designed the house, but every piece of furniture and every art glass window, every piece of art displayed, the organ, literally everything in the house. The really unusual thing was this house was built in 1904 and looks like a house you’d see built now. It was 12,000 sq ft with a dining room that would serve 40. I wasn’t sure Bill would like it but he enjoyed seeing all of the unusual things Mr. Wright did in the process. By the time we left it was after 4 and too late to go to anything else, so that’s when we looked for a place to get our hose connector.
On the way back after that we saw the Route 66 Drive In and A-Team is playing so we might go to the drive in movie tomorrow night. We called and they have 2 screens and each shows a double feature, but since it doesn’t start til 9, one feature is all we’ll last through. I made a steak for Bill tonight and I had salmon with a lemon/dill seasoning, whole wheat orzo with an artichoke pesto sauce and steamed broccoli. I think we will grill enough tomorrow night for 2 dinners. We sat outside for a while after dinner. Today was the coolest day since we left, high was 83 and the evening was so pleasant. Since the Internet was working, Bill got on for the first time since we left home and did some of his email. We put our cactus out and Chief Wahoo and our personalized sign, so everyone will now know Bill is a Cleveland fan, in case they didn’t notice the Chief Wahoo on the truck in 2 places or the tag on the truck that says “Wahoo44” or that he wears Cleveland stuff most of the time! Time for bed, a big tourist day tomorrow.
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