FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011
Leaving the campground at Lebanon I came across this guy crossing the road. I had managed to avoid his cousin on a raining road yesterday.
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| He wasn't very big... |
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| ...Glad I saw him! |
Lots of States today... Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri. I talked to Sandy a couple of times. She was my weather forcaster and river condition analyst.
My choices today were made by that big river, the Mississippi. I want to cross and we are in the middle of a devestatingly high river. Land and homes are being flooded. Today they will open some flood gates and let water run into some of the Bayou Country we visited last month. I believe it is being done to save flooding Baton Rouge. Sad.
In any case, I had hoped to cross the river at Cairo and go straight west rather than having to go north to St Louis. Memphis was never an option because of the water.
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| Look how high the water is! |
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| Yes, I took it through the van window... but the traffic was almost stopped. |
Obie and Chris called to chat and ended up helping me find a place to stop west of St Louis. Aren't friends wonderful!
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| GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK in MISSOURI |
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