Saturday

We are at Mitchell, SD tonight. We had a wonderful drive today. The temperature was about 72 at the warmest part of the day and it felt so good. By the time we get this far on the trip, there are fewer trucks on the highway and the traffic is really light, so it makes for very pleasant driving. When we got to Kansas City, we turned north on I-29. Then at Sioux Falls, SD, we turned west on I-90. The roads we have been on today and yesterday follow the Lewis and Clark trail. I am including the photos below that gives a little history about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

When we arrived in Mitchell, we visited the Corn Palace. If you are not familiar with the Corn Palace, I will explain a little about it. It is the only existing corn palace in the world. It is decorated using corn to create murals. The original Corn Palace was built in 1892 and each year the murals are created with a different theme. Lots of people stop at Mitchell to visit the Corn Palace. According to the information we saw, about 500,000 people a year visit the palace. 

If you look closely, you should be able to see the ears of corn making up the image of Willie Nelson. 

We were surprised to find the UT/VT football game on TV here, and we are watching the game now.  

End of the day Friday

Tonight we have made it to Council Bluffs Iowa. We had rain during quite a bit of the trip today. We drove 470 miles yesterday and about 500 today. We got to see the most spectacular sunset that either one of us had ever seen today. It was absolutely beautiful. We were driving on the interstate and I was unable to get any photos.

Starting Our Day on Friday

We had rain during the night & also this morning which delayed our campground departure. We got through Saint Louis traffic with no problems. I was told by someone in the campground this morning that during the night Kansas City had received eight and a half inches of rain so we don't know what to expect in that regard as far as flooding.

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We made it to our first overnight destination

Tonight we have made it to Mount Vernon, Illinois. We had hoped to go farther to possibly Danville, Missouri but we were just too tired. We drove in rain about the last 70 miles before we got to Mount Vernon. I have a son that lives in Illinois but it's over three hundred miles north of here so we will not be visiting him on this trip. I am scheduled for treatment on the 20th of September in Jackson, Wyoming. It was a very good driving day today and it was so good to be out on a road trip again. We're looking so forward to what we will get to see and do on this trip. A real adventure awaits us.

The beginning of our trip

Good morning. We left on our trip at 7:10 am. We are not yet sure of our goal destination for the day. It will either be Mount Vernon Illinois or Danville Missouri. Thank you for joining our blog.
Jerry and Reta

We will start updating this blog on September 8, 2016 when we leave home to begin our trip. Sometimes, I will be adding more detail to my posts because this blog will also serve as a journal for us. As I mentioned earlier, many of the photos will be made using a smartphone. By using our smartphone, we can post to the blog while we are on the go and from anywhere we can get phone service. If we post photos made from our other camera, I will have to do it using the computer we have with us. This would give us much better photos to post but is much more time consuming. I will try to post photos made with my digital camera (DSLR) when time allows.

We are very thankful to be able to take this trip. I be getting treatment at a medical center in Jackson, WY.  My schedule for treatment is twice a week for three weeks then I skip a week. That schedule gives me twelve days off treatment. We will go to Jackson Hole on one of those breaks and return on another.

We hope you enjoy following along with us on this trip. We are glad you are with us. We love taking road trips and each one is a real adventure.