Thursday - April 25

Today started out high and dry with mostly cloudy skies; but around noon, the rain started (radar had looked ominous.)    When we got to southern IL, we saw so much water in fields, ditches, golf courses, and flowing over the river banks.   WOW.......had some heavy rain off and on and we stopped in Marion to let some of the heavy stuff pass thru. 

We stopped at the Five Brothers Restaurant in Salem for some chicken pasta soup (me) and chocolate cream pie (Mark) to go and were back on our way......added BLT's for supper!

So....a very wet afternoon and still coming down here in Vandalia where we are parked for the night at the Kaskaskia Dragon Campground (only 12 sites and operated by the Kaskaskia Hardware Store folks across the street). 

 

 Beauty in Vandalia with all the rain

Landmarks here at Kaskaskia Campground

Windmill and Dragon

What a difference a day makes for traveling....yesterday was picture perfect in the mid 80's - and a short time ago it was 58 and dropping down to an overnight low of 49.   WELCOME to IL !!!

Today is Mark's patron saint day - the feast of St. Mark!   

 130 miles to Kamp Komfort (our home for the next 5 weeks)!!!