Day 32 - Made it to Springfield IL

We spent the night at the Mark Twain Casino in La Grange, MO.  We left with $30 more than we arrived with, I like it when it turns out like that.


From there we headed to Hannibal, MO.  Enjoy a cup of coffee and a slice of lemon cheesecake at Java Jive.

We walked around some and checked out a few places.

Spike found a place to pose for a photo, he is such a ham. 

It was really hot and humid and I was glad to get back in the RV and drive.  We headed south and drove through Louisiana, MO.  We read it had some nice homes and buildings, it did.

Day 31 - Made it to La Grange, MO

We spent the night at the Walmart in Independence, Iowa, we had a fellow RVer in front of us.  They had a long rig and I was amazed at the speed he parked it.  We watched as he came around the corner and pulled alongside the curb.  He then backed up about 15 feet and was done.  I usually circle the lot looking for a "good" spot.

We drove to Cedar Rock State Park to tour a home designed and decorated by Frank Lloyd Wright.  The house was amazing!  The original owners kept the house as designed and decorated by Frank Lloyd Wright.    If you are a fan of his homes this is a must see.

We then headed to Cedar Rapids and looked for some Lustron Homes.  We found two if them, and we even talked to an owner of one of them.  His house looked just like we hoped it would.  It looked like it had just been built, they truly unique homes.  Made of steel, everything, the roof shingles, exterior walls, interior walls, even the kitchen cabinets.

This is the house next door, also a Lustron Home.

Day 30 - Made it to Independence

We spent the night at the Walmart in Dodgeville, very quiet and we had a neighbor.

We headed out to Prairie Du Chien.  We stopped and walked around Blackwater Ave, a lot of beautiful old buildings.

From there we crossed the Mississippi River and visited the Casino Queen in Marquette, Iowa.  That turned out pretty good for us, we put $20 in a Sizzling 7 $1 machine, had a couple of small wins.  We slowly went down to$4, playing$2 a spin, and the next spin had three red 7's that paid $150!

We cashed out and headed to the buffet.  After paying for the buffet we left with $98 more in our pocket than we we arrived.

Our next stop was Elkader, Iowa just to check out the bridge there and some of the buildings.  The bridge was really interesting, it is a twin arch keystone bridge, it's also the longest key stone west of the Mississippi River.

Passing through Strawberry Point we took a few photos, more beautiful buildings.

Made it to Independence, IA just before sunset.

Day 29 - Made it to Dodgeville

We spent the night at the Cracker Barrel in Wisconsin Dells.

We had a great time in Wisconsin Dells!  We took a tour on one of the boats, a slow one on the upper side.  The rock formations were amazing.

I will update later with more photos.

We headed out and stopped at Taliesin but got there too late to tour it.  We took just s few outside photos.

Next, we happened across the town of Spring Green.  We discovered several buildings here had a Frank Lloyd Wright influence and enjoyed taking snapshots of some of them.  And what a friendly town, tonight was Locals Night - The Shed.  There was music, a crooner with a crooner microphone.  And food and drink.  All this happening in the prettiest downtown park.  We had a very pleasant time meeting and talking with some friendly locals!

Day 28 - Made it to Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

We spent the night at the Cabela's in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

We stopped the Mouse House Cheese Haus and bought some cheese curds.

Next stop was Fleet Farm for some fog food and diesel fuel.

Day 27 Made it to Sun Prairie, WI

We spent the night at the Walmart in Shawano.

We got on the road and stopped at the North Star Mohican casino.  That has been our best casino stop this trip so far!

First, they offer a free dump station for RVers.

They give new members $10 free play, seniors $10 free play and $10 free play for your birthday.  Together we had $50 free play!

We played that money and cashed out with right at $160, it was nice.

We then went to the buffet, they had a senior buffet that day for $9.95 that was also a nice meal.

After eating I headed out to the RV to check on Spike and left Debra while she finished her meal.  The AC was on and it was 71 degrees in the RV , so Spike was great.  Debra got back to the RV and said she stopped by the Kronos machine again and put in $6 and cashed out with $39!

We stopped and filled out fuel tank and got on the road.  We pulled into the Cabela's in Sun Prairie for the night.  Had a pretty good rain during the night.