Today started off sunny and the traffic on I-64 wasn’t too bad. Of course, we were going OUT of the city, so that helps. We did, however, have a strong headwind, once again reducing our gas mileage. Tobey commented that we had a headwind when we were traveling east and now have one going west, it didn’t seem fair! We noticed the barges working on the Missouri River as we left St. Louis.
We noticed, too, that the wind is a cold wind, not warm. Around Taylor, Missouri, it started clouding up again and the skies were mostly overcast.
The rolling forested hills of southern Missouri are giving way to the more flat farmland of northern Missouri and southern Iowa. We saw several fields of corn being harvested as we drove along.
We saw several old cars converted into hot rods heading south. We wondered if there was some sort of car show or rally this weekend. One of them was even towing a little Scamp camping trailer!
Late in the afternoon as we got near Ottumwa, Iowa, there were breaks in the clouds and the sky was trying to clear.
We got to my friend, Kathy’s, house about 5pm. Penny just loves her and jumped all around and made herself right to home! Kathy made a delicious pot roast with carrots and potatoes for dinner. We spent the evening visiting before Penny said it was her bedtime!
We hope the weather cooperates and the wind dies down! Tomorrow we will all go to Marshalltown to visit some other friends and have Maid-rites and malts.
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