Days Inn Effingham

... cemetery in Springfield Illinois. Their eldest son, Robert is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Dedicated in 1874, the tomb is constructed of brick sheathed in granite. At the center of the tomb is an obelisk that rises 117 feet, surrounded by four Civil War Union services – infantry, artillery, cavalry, and navy. At the tomb entrance is a bronze marble head of Lincoln.

... 8217;s own paragraph. Tish and I drive to Greenwood to meet Ed the RV Guy. Our GPS directs us to the location and we pull into the parking lot of a large building. The first two doors we come to are not our destination. We start looking around and realize that the "office" for the RV "dealer" is not in the large building at all, but in a small "hut", "shack", "trailer" in the parking lot at the back of the building. Umm...ok, the RV we were ...

... place around for those of you that don't know.) Then, after a transfer to the van and a bit of hanging out with the fam we were off again. We stopped for the night in Effingham, IL. We have to be in Chesterfield, MO tomorrow morning to check out a church there. That's about it for tonight. Just gettin ready to hit the sack. Night! Curt

... the campsite we had planned on staying at had no electricity because of a storm last night which had passed through and which had possibly involved a tornado. So we decided to press on to Casey, Illinois, which was considerably further. The roads were rough with lots of potholes but we made it. It was quite late so we plugged in the RV and fell promptly asleep. Adam

Days 9 through 11 "Hiatus" On hiatus in Hamburg, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. We stayed in my sister Mary's driveway, which worked out really well. We arrived on Friday and spent the afternoon swimming capped off with famous "Beef on Weck" sandwiches, which were a hit with all. Friday evening we went to see my niece Allie play fast pitch softball. They lost but Allie had some good plays. Saturday was a day of four different ...

On the way out of Champaign-Urbana, we saw this giant cross next to the I-57. Must be one of those quirky roadside attraction things. It's huge and looks like it has floodlights all around it. Man. This really marks the start of the Bible Belt, doesn't it?

Well it's cooled down a bit. 88 and after 107 and 105 thats great. Chett was so hot she couldnt sleep in the truck, so they all squeezed into the camper. They saw the St. Louis arch. Other than that its just farm land. Quite like home sweet home. Iam typing and talking to Chett so I will be short. They are just motoring along with no real excitement. They should be in Ohio tomorrow and then Home! Missing my family already. Love Jim

... to cross over the mighty Mississippi and check out the awesome Arch, and there came a downpour... some dingdong ( and they are all over the US by the way) squeezed his way in front of our 10000 lbs or so (and thank God Dave was driving) we hit the brakes and began our slide...scared the **** out of us, lost blood in all our ...

Hi everyone, Well one more step in the process is done. I have now booked my flights to go to Russia. I will be leaving St. Louis on the morning of the 10th and get into Vlad on the 12th. I will be staying at a different hotel then I did last time. It is closer to his baby house which will make visiting him much easier. My court date is on the 15th and it all depends on how that goes as to when I will be home. I am hoping to have the 10 ...

... I am going to be taking a laptop with me so I will be able to upload pictures and keep you all informed of the process. For now,I have a million and one things to do and also do my job. I need to start a list so I don't forget anything =0) I hope you all are as excited as I am and I look forward to sharing this life changing event with you all. Love, Heidi