Well, we left Branson early, about 7:00 a.m. and drove and drove and drove! We didn’t even stop for lunch. We ate peanut butter and vanilla wafers and a bowl of fruit (while we drove) Paul had bought the night before! It was such a delicious lunch! (and I’m not being sarcastic!) We crossed the Mississippi River and saw the Gateway Arch (known as the “Gateway to the West” in St. Louis. We were well into Illinois before we even realized we were in another state, Missouri and Illinois look so much alike—long stretches of farmland once you get out of the city a ways. We drove and drove some more through Indiana. Still the same scenery! We crossed the Ohio River from Indiana into Kentucky and back into our own time zone. Our bodies will take awhile to adjust when we get home. After all, we’ve been through 6 time zones in 3 ½ weeks. I’ll let you know when we get home how many miles we actually put on the van since we’ve been gone.
Most of today has been overcast and cloudy. For the longest time we kept thinking we were going to get into a storm, but we never did. The sky was beautiful, all stormy looking. It hasn’t been so hot today, and I’m glad of that. We didn’t even have to use the air conditioning much.
I am so thankful to be still for a little while. Our room in Kentucky isn’t quite as nice as the one in Branson, but it is pretty good just the same. We went out and grabbed a bite of supper, and I came back and got in the whirlpool tub. Yea! I finally got a room with one in it! My body was screaming for it, too. Our supper was anything but relaxing! I won’t give details, but I’ll just say there was at least one squealing kid (with a very high pitch) in the restaurant right close to us. Mom and Dad seemed to be totally oblivious to his screams, but everyone else in the restaurant wasn’t.
Tomorrow night will be our last night on the road. Two more days of driving. I am excited about driving through Kentucky and West Virginia, though. These are two states I’ve always wanted to visit. Tomorrow’s my chance. By this time tomorrow night we will be in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Home! At least our home state! We have had a great time, but we are both ready to see Bear Grass and our home. We’ve missed everyone. (yes, Seal too) We are ready for some relaxing time at home now. But, of course, Paul has to go back to work on Monday. You probably know Embarq has been bought out by CenturyTel and will now become CenturyLink. There will be a lot of changes coming, as he found out some of them just today. Hopefully, it won’t affect his job too much. We’ll see.
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