Left Golden, CO early Wednesday. Drove through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana and finally reached Louisville, KY about 6:00 PM EDT today. Richard used to think driving through Nebraska and Iowa on Interstate 80 was the most boring drive in the country. Well guess what? Corn and Soy Beans are infinitely more interesting than Grass, and FLAT and we mean FLAT plains.
There were some high points though. For excitement we spent Wednesday Night in Russell, KS (Kansas), at the hight of the summer thunder storms and Tornados that blew through there that night. Fortunately we were north and east of the Tornado warnings, but the wind was strong enough to really shake our 12 ton motor home.
Thursday the weather was much better. Actually slept with the windows open, and the AC and heater turned off at Boonville, MO.
Nice Photo’s from the Eisenhower Museum
Stopped in Abeline, KS on the way to visit the Eisenhower, home, library, and museum. In our lifetime, Ike was the first president that we were really aware of. He was quite a guy. His wife Mamie was also a very interesting person, and very well respected. It was an interesting couple of hours.
There are photos from the grounds and the Museum, that will be joining the Gallery shortly.
Friday, was a long driving day. Mostly driving, across the plains of Illinois and Indiana. Louisville is right on the border between Kentucky and Indiana. They’re only separated by the Ohio River. Now you’ve had your geography lesson for today. 415 miles with the traffic around St. Louis made for a rather tiring day.
We plan to spend the weekend here, and then move on east through Lexington, and on into West Virginia, before we head south to Charlotte, NC on Wednesday.
