Friday, 27 March. On to Missouri

Got up early and Mark (and Robin) had a great breakfast for us this morning.  Ellen went for a walk, and I worked on the camper.  We got back on the road a little after 8AM.

South of Springfield, we were ‘out in country’.  We travelled every thing from an 8 lane expressway (briefly) to roads that were more narrow than our driveway at home.

A brick road in the middle of no-where

Hard to believe this was the 'Nations Highway'

Even THIS used to be Route 66

Felt like an abandoned alleyway through corn fields.

We made pretty good time getting through St. Louis and then back to the ‘country’.  We spent a lot of time following a the railroad across Missouri and Interstate 44 seemed to follow old Route 66. 

St. Louis

We passed Lebanon where my Uncle Gene (who was born in 1900) was the Service Manager at the Chevrolet dealership for many years.   We went just past there to rural Conway which was the ‘homestead’ for the early Enstrom family when my Dad was just a boy.  That property is now part of a dairy farm, but we all travelled down there near the old home site to have a family portrait taken.

"Cousins"  Gloria, Keith, Sandi (& Les), and Beverly.

We all went back to the ‘Rocking Chair Restaurant’ and spent almost 3 hours eating at buffet and re-living memories that should be visited more often……….  We DID enjoy each other’s company.  There are other Enstrom cousins that need to be included in the future.

Ellen and I are at the RV Express campground in Marshfield for the night.  It’s right off the highway and will make for a fast get-away in the morning.    We hope to make Edmond, OK tomorrow night to visit some of Ellen’s family.  We made 301 miles today and had a great day!