What a Hoot!

Wednesday and Thursday were both “Travel Days”:

            Wed  – 261 miles from northern IA into MO, all US 63
            Thurs – 200 miles across MO to the south and west, US63& US54

The fall colors are here but not as bright and distinct as in Minnesota.  The roads have been curvy and hilly; very pleasant riding.  Missouri has a lot of water from Corp of Engineers efforts which add to the scenery.

We found a Corps of Engineers facility in Hermitage MO which is a flood control project.  It turns out that they don’t offer camping here, but there is a state park nearby that they recommend.  We don’t quite have the place to ourselves, but the park is less than 10% occupied, so there is lots of space and quiet – except for the owl that hooted for a long time last night.  Thankfully, it must have captured its prey and quieted down for the night.

Today, Friday, is a day off.  We slept late, had a hot breakfast, did the laundry here in the park, washed the motorhome and took a bicycle ride (not exactly sleeping in a hammock for a day off, but pleasant).

For the next 3 weeks we will be working a church camp which is less than an hour away.  Normally the NOMADS show up on Sundays to get settled in and to meet with our co-workers, but this camp is open to us early, so many of us will pull in tomorrow.

The map to the right hasn’t been working too well lately, but it appears that Google solved whatever the problem was, so it now looks a little better.  Click on the map anywhere and you can make it bigger or smaller.  Click on any dot, and you should see the dates we were there.