Benton, United States

This is our last stop before home...

... to get Kara in, but eventually she gave in.  It was such a cool, well warm, experience.  From there we headed off to Benton, CA.  There we were welcomed by Colleen and Toby.  Colleen is my mom's cousin on her mom's side.  It was a ...

... be confronted with that old Lewis and Clark malarkey as well as notice boards explaining the strategic positioning of the town - Fort Benton. It was the furthest navigable point upstream on the Missouri for the paddle steamers. We ate lunch and filled up ...

... if that is the worst news for this trip, I will take it. The stop off today in just outside the Southern Illinois town of Benton near Rend Lake. We discovered a small bike trail in the local state park which was nice after driving all day. Now we are back ...