Bill and Lisa's Great Adventure: The Trip Out

The Trip:

Well ,we finally departed on August 15^th after much running around, attempting to get the jeep repaired and other last minute items. The jeep got a new exhaust system and then died on the way home, luckily near our mechanic, Mike. Also, Lisa was following with Allen (our grandson) who we were watching that day.

Mike rode with me for a bit, and the sputtering finally happened with someone else in the jeep. Mike said it’s a fuel system issue. We thought long and hard about just taking it and dealing with the loss of power but finally we said let's go without it, knowing that our only wheels out west would be our 30 foot motor home. We started to pull out around noon and BAM! A mean ole thunderstorm hit, dumping buckets and buckets of rain. We finally just left, knowing we'd be dealing with wet roads and poor visibility.

Our first stop was in Georgia just south of Atlanta.

Then we made our way through Tennessee and Kentucky, stopping in Paducah for the night. The next day was a long one with us traveling though Illinois, then over the Mississippi river.

Bridge over Mississippi River

The Mighty Mississippi River

Through St. Louis and over the Missouri River

Kansas City

to Kansas City.

Kansas City KOA

We had a good time sitting outside since the weather was a bit cooler than we were used to in Florida. The next morning I had to work so we headed out later that afternoon to our next stop in South Dakota.

Iowa!!!

Something you will never see anywhere else is construction ahead with the left lane closed and everyone lined up, waiting their turn! No one tried to drive up the left lane and cut in at the last moment! I like Iowa!!!.