Only a short drive today to Monroe City, MO which is about 30 minutes from Hannibal, MO where all of the points of interest relating to Mark Twain are. We will spent the next 2 says exploring the caves, homes and other sundry places of interest.
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Bill took this great picture as I was driving over the bridge to
leave IL |
We left Cahokia around 9:30 and had no problems with traffic going through St Louis. It was nice to see the Arch one last time before heading north. We arrived in Monroe City at about 12:30 at the Mark Twain Landing RV Resort. This is a super nice campground. Lots of the spaces are taken by year around residents and others who rent the space all year and come on weekends or most of the summer. There are lakes on both sides of the campground. This place is much better manicured that the last. All spaces have level concrete slabs, power, water, cable, picnic table and sewer. Most have a grill and a fire ring. Many trees and we got a rather shady spot with no neighbors right beside us.
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| Bill and Xena take a break after setting up camp |
Once we got set up, and oh, we had to back in for the first time this trip. A great guy that works here directed me and I got it in, it’s just going to take lots of practice and better communication between Bill and I. Anyway, we had lunch and set things up inside and I made some more calls regarding our break in and after a while we drove into “town” to pick up a bit of produce and to see if the hardware store could make any of the keys we need to replace due to the break in. Bill had no luck on the keys but I got what I needed at the small, but well stocked grocery. We drove through Monroe City, all 10 blocks of it and headed back. I stopped at the office to inquire about WIFI and they gave me a code to use.
We took Xena for a nice walk around the park and then we sat outside and checked out the neighboring RVs and sites for a while. I got some laundry going and made dinner. I George Foreman’d Hot Links for Bill and a salmon burger for me, made salad and baked potatoes. Simple dinner but Bill was excited that I found hot links in Missouri since I hadn’t found them at home for months and months. I did another load of laundry, Bill did the dishes and we both wrote some postcards. Then I got on the computer to catch up on some of my blog posting and photo downloading. It sure takes a lot of time, especially on a not so fast connection. Have the blog posted through the 15th so maybe tomorrow night I can totally catch up. I’m also labeling my pictures as I download so I don’t forget what they are.
I’m also trying to input phone numbers into my new Iphone as well as learn how to work it. Kam thinks I’m in over my head with that phone, and I very well might be. I was planning to get another plain little Nokia, very much like the last 5 phones I’ve had but Bill thought we might want more bells and whistles for traveling and I guess that’s a good idea. BUT he’s not the one trying to learn the phone.
My back is starting to ache and I better head to bed so I have the energy to do all the tourist walking tomorrow.
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