Up early to a overcast sky and a fine drizzle of rain. No snow however so it was a go as far as packing up and getting out of there. On the highway headed east by 10:00 am, a respectable time considering the weather and having to move the bike off the rack on the trailer bumper and into the back of the pickup. I just kept having these visions of the bumper failing and the whole thing dropping on to the highway at a steady 65 mph. At least now I might be able to sleep better at night. Will have to find some one to weld it again once it warms up a bit more.

    A nice following wind behind me all morning so it was late afternoon before I even had to stop for gas. Of course going through St Louis was a lot of fun. It's usually a real white knuckle drive during the best of times, but today there seemed to be highway work every couple of miles or so and lane changes every mile or two. So two and a half hours to get through what usually takes about 45 mins.

    But that part is over now and there isn't a lot of city driving left in this trip. It was fun looking at all the flooded fields on both sides of the Mississippi River. There were several of them that were just white with resting snow geese flying north. Several of the flocks had to number between 10-20,000 of them. I've seen numbers like that in eastern Colorado at times, but it has been quite a while, and it is still a thrill to see the all in one place.

    There were also 5 different groups of wild turkeys sighted today. What a success story they have become as far as rebounding in number. It is also nice that they are large enough to spot easily from the highway as I'm driving.

   Currently hanging out in a rest area about 50 miles west of Louisville. Will most likely make it into camp by tomorrow afternoon. Finally found a couple via the Internet that look like they may work for this weekend. They are a bit farther away from where the dance will be than I would prefer, but sometimes you just have to take what you can get. Time yet to maybe finish my current book then it's to bed with a couple extra blankets for tonight.