We traveled just a tidge under 500 miles between Tuesday and today, getting to this campground just south of Springfield, Illinois. Why here? Have never camped in Illinois and wanted to see some of the Lincoln Memorial things. Will sit for a week before the final jump to the Dayton/Springfield area of Ohio.
We crossed over two major rivers to get here - the Mississippi and the Illinois. Very very large bodies of water! Have seen both rivers before but forgot how wide they are. And many smaller streams and creeks we passed along the way, the waters flowing from all the thunderstorm activity in the last week. A little known fact - Iowa is the only state where rivers form their eastern and western boundaries. East is the Missouri, the west is the Little Sioux River.
Bridge over Mississippi |
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| Mississippi River is really big |
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| Illinois River |
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| Illinois River |
Couple of things stood out to us as we traveled across Iowa and into Illinois. First - I had the assumption that Iowa was flat. Not so. At least not the parts we traveled. Looked more like southern Ohio, very hilly, up and down. Got the worst gas mileage tracking of the RV during the Iowa cross state trek. The second thing is - very green, very lush. No irrigation of farms - it was obvious it wasn't need due to the moistness. As we were driving in Illinois it looked like it was smoky in the distance, the humidity is that great.
Have been reintroduced to humidity, big time. As a matter of fact, this area is under a severe heat advisory until next Tuesday. Feels like 20 degrees warmer due to the humidity than the actual temperature. Dripping sweat. Ugly. We have used the air conditioner more times on this trip than we ever did with the 5th wheel for 5 years. Amazing. We probably will run the beast non stop for the next 5 days, it is awful outside. And mosquitoes. Pesky buggers.
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