Dispatch from the Road 2023

 May 30 2023 We drove across Illinois today, staying mostly on state road 50. The part of Illinois we drove through was mostly forested or cultivated with a few pastures mixed in. The drive from Vincennes Indiana to St Peters in Missouri was only about 180 miles and with the time change to central time we arrived at lunchtime.  The trip so far. The campground which is owned and operated by the city of St. Peters looks brand new, has paved streets concrete pull thru site with full Hookups. About all it needs are some shade trees. One point of interest is the campground is on the river side of a large high dike. The electrical transformers are post posts about twenty feet in the air. I don’t think I would stay here if there was high water rolling down the Mississippi. Note my friend Bill told me it looks new because they had to rebuild it after the last flood. transformers mounted above flood stage. On the river side of the levee. We took advantage of the new laundry facility here at the

 May 29 2023 On our last overnight in Kentucky we were a stones throw from Indiana. From Carrolton Kentucky we drove along the river shore for about ten miles to Milton were we crossed the river and entered Indiana at the town of Madison. Main Street in Madison Indiana Madison is a great welcome mat for the state, it is a clean and the old Main Street is a vibrant business district. Homes seemed to be well kept; it just had that home town feel. From there the drive across the state was a pleasant journey through mostly agriculture. Small towns were as small towns go, some nice, some a little shabby. We traveled across the state in one day and arrived at Vincennes Indiana and to our planned campground early in the afternoon. Because of the holiday weekend we are staying here three nights. We don’t want to get stuck without a place to stay on the busy weekend.  Site 27 at Quabache Trails Park The campground is ok, it’s a long overgrown road to get here but the campground itself is adequa