We left St Peters, MO, in a midwestern thunderstorm. We had already enjoyed a heavy thunderstorm last night about 10 pm. We've seen these before, but it never fails to amaze a West Coast resident how so much water can fall from the sky in such a short time! Each of these storms dropped between 1 and 2 inches of rain in 20 minutes or so! Last night we sat by the windows and watched the sheets of rain dance across the streets. At one point, small hail began to fall and we wondered what we would do if the skylights were broken. The local news told us that there had been a "little rain, and thunder, but not anything unusual for this time of year"! We are extremely thankful, however, that we escaped with only some rain, since the local weather is predicting a very active weather week ahead throughout Kansas and Missouri.
Our two nights at 370 Lakeside Park in St Peters, MO, was very enjoyable. Coffee on the patio allowed us to watch a field of wild grasses being disced with some of the huge equipment in use in the midwest.
In the early afternoon we walked a bit on the bike/walking path around the lake/pond with Sasha. The entire path is about 9 miles long, with a short cutoff of 4.2 miles. We had plans to do the short version, but rain forced us to return to the motorhome at about the halfway point. We were all soaked when we got back! Sasha was so tired that she went to bed and slept until late in the evening!
Leaving St Peters late (checkout time wasn't until noon), we decided to avoid St. Louis by going to the north on M370 until we got to I 270. That took us across the Mississippi near Chain of Rocks Bridge and on to I 255 south. Eventually we turned east on I 64 and just after passing Burnt Prairie, Illinois, we turned off at the Grayville, IL exit, 160 miles east. Yeah, the only one. A thriving town of 1,700, Grayville is home to Davina's Country Kitchen, Hucks Food and Fuel, and The Palace of Seth (so labeled anyway, and apparently a private residence). Who knew?
A new KOA is located just north of I 64 on the way to town, so we pulled in for a nights rest.
There is a nature trail around the large rv park, so we took off with Sasha to see what it was all about. Dozens of rabbits and remnants of Coyote poop interested Sasha a great deal!
It has started raining again, so the window shades are closed, the tv is on, and dinner is started! What more could we ask for?
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