Begining our trip of a lifetime

FINALLY we were on our way.

 We stopped at Little America in

Wyoming and I found this wonderful straw hat.

That made for a great start to our trip.

This very tall statue of Aberham Lincoln is at the highest

point on Interstate 80.

Welcome to Nebraska

                                 

                                          The first night we stayed in Sidney Nebraska,
                                       at the World Hedquarters of Cabelas, campground.

                                      The next day we found this city park along the way
                              so we stopped to eat lunch and play on the playground toys.

Mom was swinging and I was like a monkey

climbing on the ropes

Just after lunch we entered Kansas, looks a lot like Nebraska.

We found the Geographic Center of the US.

We could have gone anywhere from there.

Down the road we came across the only original

Pony Express Station still standing.

We went on a tour and saw the inside, boy am I glad

I wasn't a rider. They had it pretty tough.

We were looking for a campground and stopped at a

little grocery store in Belleville Kanas.  We asked the clerk

where we could camp and she told us to camp at

Rocky Pond the town park, That it was free and had showers.

It was wonderful and we pitched our tent 5 ft from the shore.

We found the interstate and headed for Kansas City.

 We got off just to drive around. 

Well we ended up clear down by KU. 

 I am sure glad for our GPS. 

It got us back on track and across the river into  Missouri.

We went looking for the Katy Trail State Park.

Well it was just what it says, a trail.

We were stopped along side a small road looking at the map,

when a car full of highschool girls came by and stopped and asked us if we needed help.

Well mom said yes (you all know I'm a guy) and they said to go back to the last stop sign

and turn left toward Franklin. At the stop sign is a convience store so I pulled in and when I got out there was an older man standing there.  I asked him if he knew where we could camp he pointed at apickup and said ask that guy, he owns the only campground in this area.

I talked to him and I paid him for camping and he gave me the code for the bathroom

 and a hot shower.Wow is that good luck or what. We were the only ones there.

Mom saw a deer and we slept like logs.

In Franklin there was an old caboose.

I had mom take a picture so I could send it to Mike Graham.

The corn there was taller than me.

Mom found a new friend waiting for her

 at the Nostalgiaville USA store.

On to St Louis Missouri and the

Gateway Arch.  It was very impressive.

We went up inside a very small elevator car.

You could see for miles. When we looked down

the people looked smaller than ants.

This is mom enjoying the very large Mississippi River,

 note the riverboat just to her right.

We stopped in Boonville Ill. to camp at a Conservation Campground.

We found a very secluded campground with no one else there.

The camp hosts came over from their RV campground and took our money and

said we were able to use the hot showers in the RV section, yea. 

It was by a lake and we went down to the boat launch and boy was the water dirty.

I guess I'm not to good at self portriats.

After 4 wonderful days we arrived at Susan's home in Radcliff Kentucky.

It is by Louisville Ky. Well we had to detour to Evansville Indiana

to visit the Joann's store before crossing the Ohio river into Kentucky.

And waiting for us was the newest addition to our grandchildren.

This is William and I'm not sure weather it was him

or Grandma who was the most excited to see each other.