We got on the road promptly this morning and have made some great time. Stopped briefly in Jersyville at the hardware store to buy some washers for one of my toe clips that fell off right as we pulled into town-- great timing! I noticed that I had already repaired the other pedal, and I wonder why I would have decided not to simply do them both at the same time?!
We are currently in Carrollton, Il, at their lovely public library--surprise there, eh? We're trying to locate a stopping point for today. There isn't much in the way of facilities between here and Quincy, and no marked campgrounds at all. But of course we're resourceful and ready to camp wild. The only real concern for me is that the temperature is supposed to crest above 95 degrees today, and sitting out in that heat waiting for the sun to set doesn't sound smart or too appealing.
With the help of Donna and Angie, Carrollton's "ace" librarians, we were able to locate the McCully Heritage project that has a primitive campsite south of Kampsville. A quick phone call to the project's headquarters confirmed that we can indeed pitch our tents there and that while there are no showers(yet), there is well on site and actual restrooms...always a great bonus!
So we'll linger at the library doing "research" until their 2pm closing time, and then try to eat VERY slowly at the Dairy Queen until the heat breaks later in the afternoon. At that point we'll put on another 20 or so miles to our campsite. Along the way we'll need to cross the Illinois river and so we'll catch the Kampsville Ferry, which amazingly runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...or so says their website.
Tomorrow we'll be trying to reach Quincy. From there its the push into Iowa and hopefully Cedar Rapids by Wednesday or Thursday. Town and city names are starting to sound more and more familiar!
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Troopers!
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