History has shown that reliance on google 'hours' of travel will spell a late arrival. Judging from the 1000 km planned for day 7 and the previous accomplishments, 2 days would be a more fitting ride ! So it was to be ...
Heading east to St. Louis from O'Fallon we are met with grey skies and intermittent falling rain. Nice to be cooler, for sure, and no need for high volume A/C.
We pass the St. Louis Cardinal stadium and the Famous Arch on our way through town.
Hoping to arrive at a destination in reasonable time, we pick a spot just across the Missouri border into Ohio - home of a former rock quarry and nice little RV campground - Natural Springs Resort, in New Paris, Ohio, just east of Richmond, Missouri. Our neighbour at the camp had a Great Dane, to match up with our Great Pyrenees. The younger Marmaduke was rather rambunctious, so did not meet nose to nose with ours, at his owners behest. The camp had a good number of permanent weekend owners, with golf carts and trailers. We almost missed the check in, arriving just before 7 pm.
Astrid whipped up a specialty pasta dish of hers, always delightful, and we retired for an early get-a-way the next day - on the road by 0830 hrs.
Passing through Indianapolis, we see the Lucas Oil Stadium - a state of the art, retractable roof stadium - home of Super Bowl XLVI, 2015 NCAA Final Four, and the NFL Colts.
Road Construction remains as a mainstay in our day, with some of the roads particularly rough and bouncy ... first time Astrid says Steve swore at the road ! Traffic out of Akron at 4:14 pm was typically heavy for major cities. The concrete highways are noisy compared to asphalt ! .. and bumpy ... twathump, thwathump, thwathump, over the seams.
Our first hint of east coast was a sign for the Interstate 80 highway ... to New York City. Must be more than half way !
Just before 6 pm, we pull in to Clarks Mills, Pennsylvania at Al & Kathy's ... an impressive estate in the country where lawn mowers are obviously king !
See our journey on Google Maps !
Stay tuned...
Cheers
Astrid 'n Steve
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