Day 1 - St. Louis, MO

We have been packing the RV for a whole week. Finally, it is Sunday morning – Father’s Day – and we are about to head out for an adventure to states we have yet to visit. We will be heading north through Missouri, on to Iowa, then South Dakota, the Montana, and who knows where else.

Since Peaches and Bear are going, I’ll have to give Peaches one of her travel sickness pills. She only takes a half pill, but it is really a pain to give it to her. If she doesn’t have one though, she is likely to get sick. So, I’ll get up early and stuffed a travel pill down her throat. We are lucky that Bear doesn’t share her affinity for car sickness. Of course, as soon as she had the pill, she went to hide.

There are just a few things left to pack up. Most important are Peaches, Bear and their litter box.

Jimmy brings in the cat carrier. Peaches, of course, is hiding. So, down on the floor to look under beds to find Peaches. She has secreted herself under the bed in the middle bedroom. The only problem with her hiding place is that her tail is sticking out. So, I scoop her up and pop her in the box. The normally reliable and unafraid Bear is now missing. I find him in the middle bedroom laying flat on his belly looking under the bed to help me find Peaches. So, scoop up the Bear and put him in the carrier and we are off to St. Louis.

It is a long first day of our trip. With one stop for fuel in West Memphis and a stop for lunch at a rest area further north in Arkansas, we arrive at our destination for the first night. We park in the truck parking lot of the Harrah’s Casino. There are not a lot of vehicles out in this lot, but there are a couple of RV’s and a few semi-trucks. We find the flattest spot available, level the RV and head in to have dinner. After a really great steak dinner, it is back to the RV to watch a little television and go to bed. It wasn’t a terribly long day, but it was tiring.

No pictures today. Most everyone who will be reading this has made the trek to St. Louis or can visualize what Interstate 55 looks like north of Memphis.