Day 63 & 64 (Thu & Fri) 8 & 9 Sep

Day 63

Thu 8 Sep 16

Drove to Mountain View, MO. and stayed in the Ozark Mountain Springs RV Park.  Stopped along the way when we crossed the Ohio River into Illinois and drove into Fort Defiance Park to view the Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.  Also where Lewis and Clark spent 6 days mapping the rivers and learning to use their navigation equipment.  Drove on to Mountain View where it started raining as we set up in the RV Park.  It was at this time that we discovered water flooding the 5^th wheel in the bathroom and bedroom.  All we could do was to keep mopping it up with towels for 45 min till the rain let up.  Then I went outside and discovered the edge of the roof had been scraped by a tree branch and the roof covering was torn open in several spots.  I used Gary’s white duct tape to patch the 10 foot long tear.  Judy made TACOs for our dinner while Candy washed all the towels we used mopping up the water.  After dinner it started more Thunder and Lightning and eventually started raining again.  I checked for leaks and it appeared that the tape job was holding for now.

The Bridge we will take from KY into Illinois.

Crossing the bridge to Illinois

We are standing on the very tip of Illinois.  In back of us is the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

This is the bridge we will cross nect to go from Illinois into  Missouri across the Mississippi River.

We saw a fire that turned out to be a framer burning his field.

Here is the edge of the roof that I had to tape to keep all the water out.

Day 64

Fri 9 Sep 16

Drove to Marshfield, MO with a stop at the Laura Ingalls Wilder home and museum.  While everyone stayed at the museum in Mansfield, MO. I went on to the Camping World near Marshfield to find out what to do about the tear in the Roof of the 5^th wheel.  Got more tape to use for patching and called USAA to start a claim.  Drove to the RV Express 66 Lot and joined back with the others.  Candy called Joyce and she came to see the 5^th wheel. After introducing Joyce to everyone and talking for a while, we went to see Joyce’s place and see Janel and Shelly.  Visited there for a while then went to get Pizza for dinner.  Made plans for seeing the parade tomorrow and headed back to the RV Park.

Howard built this bike to ride in the parade.  It was fun to ride.