Journal entries are just that – the digital copy of my hand-written entries in my journal. If you aren’t interested in the daily details of our adventure, feel free to skip on to the next “regular” post.
We have coffee and breakfast then wrap up packing. Joni gave us some beautiful Snap Dragons from her flower bed to brighten up our home – they’re gorgeous and look great whether framed by our curtains or a nice view of greenery out the window!
All together we hook up the trailer and say our farewells. It’s definitely bittersweet. We had an amazing visit but are glad to be back in our home. We definitely broke the fish and houseguest rule – stayed well over 3 days – but we still have a return invitation and they were sad to see us go.
We hit the road again, aiming for a campground in Illinois that is close to Davenport, Iowa. We cross into Iowa and comment on the hills – hopefully they aren’t like this for the bike ride!
Ashley takes over driving and gets us across the Mississippi River (narrower than I picture it, compared to crossing into Missouri) and back into Illinois. She brings us on into the Hillcrest Event Center where we pay for 2 nights.
Takes us a few tries to find a spot and we’re melting in the heat/humidity before we’re through. It was so nice and cool when we left this morning! And we’re supposed to bicycle another 50 miles today. Blech!
We’re glad to have electricity for the A/C and it’s our first time to use the sewer hook-up instead of just dumping our tanks. It will be nice not to have to pay attention to water usage for a few days in our wheel estate.
After getting settled and cooled down we decide that it’s a good afternoon/evening for movie watching so we settle in to do that, taking breaks for super and popcorn. Ashley knits for a bit.
Made a salad for supper. We didn’t used to like salads but have really come to enjoy them (though Ashley still likes them more than I do). Especially with some sort of protein mixed in they seem to satisfy fairly well and can be quite delicious. Just not with iceburg lettuce.
Finally we pause the movie and head to bed.