Sept. 4, Pulled out of WalMart at 9 am, drove 10 miles and got off Interstate 80 and got fuel. Had driven 203 miles and got off at Cracker Barrel at Exit 440 and met some friends that we had made in 2006. Had a great catch-up time talking about everything in our lives, we haven’t seen them since 2015, we do keep in touch through facebook and e-mail, we had a great lunch and a great time. We then traveled some more and found another WalMart to stop for the night in Des Moines, Iowa at 6 pm. The temperature is 80 degrees at 7 pm.
Sept 5, We left WalMart at 9 am, still traveling Interstate 80, crossed into Illinois, drove about halfway through and stopped at Illini State Park for the night. Before stopping at the state park, we had stopped about 8 miles before our exit and went in to see J.C. Whitney retail store, when we got there they had closed the store, you can only order on line now. We have stayed here before a couple of times, someone told us about it, really nice state park. We had parked along the water, saw a few boat going by, hoping for a barge but one never did, that we saw. Met two other couples from Illinois, stood and talked for a while. Ken had got the bugs off the trailer and truck while I had made steak and corn on the cob on the grill.
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