Getting closer...tonight in Illinois!

September 12 – I didn’t set the alarm but was up at 7:30 and we were on the road at 8:30.  We discovered this morning that our water tank was empty as someone didn’t believe me when I said we needed more water in it for 2 days!  Luckily we had 2 gallon jugs to use for hand washing and flushing.

It was a boring ride today.  I drove until lunch then Bill drove the afternoon.  We saw more than our share of corn today.  You just would never think how much corn is grown all out in this area.

Approaching Missouri River

Other than a stop for fuel and lunch, we didn’t make any

As we crossed!

other stops.  We crossed the Missouri River north of Iowa City.  It was rather wide and would have been a nice photo stop.  It is hard to take good photos from the RV between the bugs splattered on the window and the screen on the door and the little window.

We arrived at Carl Spindler Campground and Marina at 4:05 in East Peoria, IL and they were closed but left our space info on the door.  We unhooked and drove the car in as it looked like it was crowded and we didn’t want to get in a pickle.  The space was fine and the only vacant one our size.  This is a seasonal place and it’s packed.  We went back for the RV and got settled in.  Bill put water in the tank as we are dry camping at least 2 more nights.  Once he got the water going in the RV I did 2 loads of laundry.  I put sauce with Italian sausage on to simmer for a while for dinner and made a batch of peanut butter muffins for breakfast.  After dinner we both got on the computer and then we read until bed time.

Maybe tomorrow won’t be such a boring day!