Sounds like a awesome trip to me!
I admit I am a little biased, I believe any trip is great in a bus.
(as long as your not in a hurry)
I still like the idea you had before you moved up there, about the
campout at the cave near you.
If you plan it we will try and make it.
Maybe we could cruise west across the Mississippi River to the old
capital of Illinois...................
What kind of Sailor is from Illinois???????
On Oct 16, 2006, at 7:44 AM, Bob Perring wrote:
Not exactly an awesome trip, but it was an awesome time.
Mary Beth and I took out in NeueBus yesterday mid-morning, and drove along the highway 3 bluffs over to a little nearby town by the name of Jacob; located just beneath the bluffs and down in the bottoms land of the Mississippi.
It was their annual Werstfest where these Lutherans cook a up lot of really good German sausages, potatoes, kraut, apples, desserts, etc., and then you get to eat as much as you want for $8.00 per person.
Later, we drove along the levee and looked for Tom Sawyer, Huck, and Becky; Instead, saw a lot of trees that had been snapped off a few weeks ago by the tornado that went through the area - WOW!
Then, drove across the Mississippi at Chester, Illinois (home of Popeye the sailor man), went to Kaskaskia, the first capital of Illinois. Pretty neat in that it West of the Mississippi, and is in Illinois. The town was French settled, and established in 1673.
Let me say that again - located West of the Mississippi, and still in Illinois.
Let me say that again, founded in 1673.
Oh, yeah, let me say that again.
Chester, Illinois
home of Popeye the sailor man ........ and .......... Menard prison; the prison where Dr. Richard Kimbell was being bussed off to when his prison bus was hit by that train, and the movie "The Fugitive" got rolling.
Additional bus content........
West of the Mississippi, and still in Illinois, we found a barn stored, but still abandoned VW bus.
Total trip mileage; door to door - about 100 miles.
Posting today, Lurking tomorrow, Bob
