From Noah's Ark to a Lincoln
©2013 Text & Photos by LeeZard Friday August 9 - Lebanon, MO-Springfield, IL via St. Louis, MO Everything is wet or damp, including Trooper and me. It’s time to drive, swim or canoe out of here. Checking weather forecasts to the east, I see that I’ll have to drive well into Illinois to escape this unseasonable stormy weather. Fine with me. I’m so anxious to get out of here that for the first time since Idaho I will drive all Interstate Highways. My original plan was for my next destination to be along the Mighty Mississippi River, a ceremonial crossing if you will. There’s so much history along the big river and the economies are so dependent upon it; it is a perfect stopping point. Like the farmers, however, I am at the mercy of nature. Perhaps I’ll have better luck on the westbound trip. I map my way to Peoria, IL, six hours but clear skies in the forecast. As luck would have it my route takes me through St. Louis. I’ve never been there, always wanted to vis...