Best of....

BEST Rest Stops- Iowa (they have wi-fi and filling/dumping stations)
Needing Street Repairs for Smoother Driving- Indiana and Ohio and some of Missouri and OK and AZ from Flagstaff to Kingman
Most Hilly- Wyoming
Best Last Place Resort- Walmart
Kindest People- Missionaries and Dave from the Garage in IL, who answered his phone way after hours to help us find a tire shop
Biggest Corn Fields- IL
Most Corn Fields- Iowa and Missouri
Best Wagon Ride- Nauvoo, IL
Reading Recluses- Zachary, Nicholas, Andrew, Rosan, Ethan, and Alexander
Most Popular Way to Pass the Driving Time: playing games- electronic and card
Best Driver-Brian
Best Navigator- Rosan & Garmin (gps)
Worst Signage: NEW YORK
Funniest Sign: We fix large cracks
Most Popular Sign: Road Work Ahead
Funniest Saying: "We call those pillars and not the ones you sleep on" KY Ranger (translation note: pillars means pillows)
Coolest Rest Stop: Delaware because it was an island in the middle of the interstate with a mini-mall and large food court
Coolest Food Stop: a McDonald's that was suspended above the interstate!
Most Humid: Virgina and Kentucky



Thursday, July 7, 2011

Day 10: Flooding of Missouri River and Winter Quarters, NB to GG


Today’s travels take us from the Walmart parking lot in Mitchell, South Dakota to Iowa to Nebraska and back to Iowa. The Missouri River is overflowing as are the tributaries we have driven by on our trip so far. Today, Alexander took a picture of a flooded on-ramp to the I29 and the surrounding stores. Now after stopping at a rest stop to ease the odiferous offerings from the back half of the motorhome, we now are offered the vistas of cornfields and farmhouses. Flat ground abounds in this area, so it is no wonder with the flooding of the Missouri River, the highway is also damaged and field after field has an enormous pond near a rows of corn.

Off to Winter Quarter’s Visitor’s Center. There we learned about the pioneers’ temporary 18-month stay in Nebraska in the harsh winter. We walked around the cemetery and viewed the temple.
Now off to dinner tonight in Iowa: Alexander’s choice…Carl’s Jr. but re-named as “Hardee’s.” Onward to GARDEN GROVE that is in IOWA not CALIFORNIA! The saints founded the city and the signage gives reference to this fact. Now onto a good night’s rest in Centerville, IA in another Walmart parking lot.

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