Day 33 - Made it to Troy, IL

We spent the night at the Walmart in Springfield.  It was a quiet and the weather was comfortably cool.

We visited Abe Lincoln's home were he raised his family.  It was also the place where he accepted the nomination from the Republican party to run for President.

His old neighborhood has been preserved and restored, it is like going back in time.

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.