June 6th - Missouri

Today we drove from Elaine's in Collins, Iowa to Binder Lake Park in Jefferson City, Missouri. It was about a 280 mile drive. The roads were good, with a few minor exceptions, and traffic was light. We arrived here around 5:30 PM. We filled up with fuel at a BP station in Macon, Missouri, $3.599/gallon. With the exception of one place that was the cheapest price we saw for diesel. Later we saw what we think was diesel advertised for $3.469. Most stations had diesel priced between $3.649 and $3.759/gallon.

We had checked this park/campground out when we were previously in the area. It is a nice little campground and a good deal for only $15/night. The good news is that we are here. The bad news is that every camp site is reserved starting tomorrow, so we won't be able to stay here as we had planned, unless someone cancels. The reservations people had already gone home for the day before we arrived so we will call them in the morning to better determine our options. I'm sure we can always park in Andy & Kelsey's driveway, as we did the entire month of November. The nice thing about staying here is that we are connected to "sewer" and don't have to worry about filling/emptying our grey/black water tanks.

We are "tucked" in with trees on all sides. Down the hill behind us, through the trees, is the main entry road and beyond the road is a large recreation area. When we were out sitting behind the RV earlier we could hear the crack of bats and cheering at a ball game that was occurring in the recreation area. Listening to the kids hollering was quite enjoyable.

Today's high we in the mid 80's and the low tonight is forecast to be 57.

Tomorrow we plant the rhubarb we dug up at Elaine's and we will probably do some tree trimming along the drive back to our property. Doug and Kathy both thought we would need to do some significant trimming before tying to drive the motorhome back to the house. It is late to be planting tomatoes but I bet, if we can still find some plants, that Kathy will also want to get at least a couple of tomato plants in the ground at the new house.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.