Gettin' our Kicks...

Yesterday we had our first taste of Route 66! We stopped
at a themed diner in Dwight, Illinois, and I got all excited at
the Route 66 chairs, and the signs, and the tack... the beautiful
tack.

After freezing our asses off for about a month, the weather
suddenly turned HOT. Like, boiling hot. It hit 30 degrees
and our RV transformed from icy tomb to sauna overnight.
Gone were the layers, the wolf jumpers and the gloves.

It was crazy how quickly it happened. I've no idea if the
temperature did a u-turn, or if driving 100 miles south put
us in a different weather system? That probaby sounds stupid,
but it was damn hot, okay.

We headed for Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln's
hometown. We stumbled upon his tomb, and found ourselves
surrounded by a bunch of kids on a school trip. They asked a
tonne of interesting questions, and I learnt a bunch of stuff I
never knew! I forgot it all now though.

We spent the night at Beaver Dam state park, watching the sun
go down over a lake. It sounds romantic, but really we were just
waiting for it to go dark so we could steal some firewood.

That's a $5000 fine right there.

So today we carried on driving, hitting St. Louis, Missouri sometime
this afternoon. We pulled up by the Gateway Arch on the banks of
the Mississippi.

The arch dominates St. Louis' skyline, making it my favourite one
so far! It's known as the Gateway to the West, which I like a lot.
It's the tallest monument in the US, which is kind of difficult to
photograph when you're stood right under it. Still, it was well
impressive and I'm super glad it was sunny!

So tonight we're staying at a Walmart, with a record number
of other RVers, and in the morning we're headed out of
Missouri on Route 66.