We spent two great nights in Sikeson, Missouri. We went to visit our friends Bill and Suzanne. Suzanne served as Chris' deacon when we were at St. George's in Illinois and he was her sponsor for seminary. They were also our boating buddies when we were learning to go through the locks and helped to keep us off the walls. I could not have done it alone.
We had a great service on Sunday morning. The church is currently without an organist. They have a computer program that goes through the organ and the music sounds as good as if an organist is playing. It is not temperamental and will play whatever song is requested. It doesn't play too fast or too slow and never complains. The cost is a mere 20 dollars a week and is a blessing for this small church. We are both so proud of Suzanne.
We did not get to go to Lamberts. I called to see when was the best time of day to visit and they said the wait was an hour and a half all day. No roll is that good. We settled for Mexican.
It is so hot in Missouri that we don't dare spend any time outside. It was 91 in the Rv when we stopped for the day. Thank goodness for 2 air conditioners.
An apology to our friends in Illinois. We did not make our planned visit in Belleville. We just ran out of time. We have to be in Iowa for a Rally that starts on Wednesday. We might be retired but we still have deadlines.
We left Sikeson early this morning but we are still in Missouri at the end of the day. We had planned to go to our favorite restaurant on the river road through Illinois but the rivers are flooded and after serveral attempts to reach the restaurant by phone, we decided an alternate route and headed to Hannibal, Mo, home of Mark Twain. We found a wonderful state park to stay the night. It is half way between Mexico and Louisiana, in the town of Florida. I think by the time they started naming cities in Missouri, they ran out of creativity and just started using names they heard on their travels. They don't even think up road names. We turned left on MM and then headed north on BB.
The camp host just came by to let us know there is a weather advisory and where to go. If we need to evacuate they will come by with an alarm to warn us. I should sleep well.
Tomorrow is going to be exciting. We are going to the future birthplace of Captain Kirk.
Love to all...barbara
These pictures are as follows: campground Sikeson, St. Paul's Episcopal in Sikeson, sunset through the trees in Mark Twain State Park.
Our camp parking lot in Sikeson
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