Lucille's Road Trip - Day 6 (4/1/2014) Mountain View, MO to Henderson, KY

Tuesday.  This will be our last night on the road, and we are probably no more than 70 miles from Lucille's house.  She really couldn't understand why we wouldn't go on in tonight, but we always like to spend the last night nearby so we can dump our tanks before we get to her house. 

We had a pretty good night again last night, although I had trouble getting back to sleep in the middle of the night.  We got on the road about 10:00 a.m., and when we passed the gas station we filled up at last night (when we missed the turn-off to the campground) we saw the price was 10 cents higher than yesterday.  We were curious about where Lucille would choose to sit today, since she was Goldilocks yesterday, trying out three different seats.  But she chose the co-pilot seat again, which surprised me.

We crossed the Mississippi River, then the Ohio River immediately afterwards about 2:15.  We didn't spend much time in Illinois.  We had never crossed here  at Cairo before and were quite surprised when the second river showed up.  I had put the camera down when Joe gave me a heads up that a second bridge was coming.

 We hit some rain about 20 miles from our campground destination in Henderson, KY.  At least we got the windows washed, which sorely needed washing.  We came through Paducah, KY for the first time, which seemed to take forever. As we neared the Kentucky/Indiana line, we started seeing coal mines and conveyor belts transporting the coal across  the highway. 

 We finally got to the Audubon State Park in Henderson about 5:45, and it was raining pretty good then, but it didn't last long.  So we loaded up, and headed for -- wait for it -- WHITE CASTLE.  It had cooled off by then, and I think it is supposed to be in the 50s tonight, with rain and thunderstorms forecast for the next 2-3 days.  Yes, we are back in Indiana.  In tornado season!  Joe drove 306 miles, but at least he wasn't fighting the wind. 

We should have Lucille home by noon tomorrow.  She was pretty wound up when we stopped tonight -- she couldn't believe we were going to stay all night in a "park," and she couldn't believe we were "camping in the rain."  She thought maybe she should call Fred to just come get her.  Of course, during these last 6 days she has from time to time mentioned trying to just get a bus to take her home, and yesterday she seemed to think she needed rescued (I think she thought we had abducted her and were never going to take her home).  But now that she's close to home, she's asking about when we have to head back, and that we should pick a different route.  So maybe she has enjoyed this trip more than we thought????