Columbia, MO

We had the oil changed and tires rotated on my car a few days before we left Eden.  We needed to have it done again.  When we got up this morning, I called the Chevrolet dealer and made an appointment to have that done.  As we loaded the car, an electrical storm was starting.  The Chevrolet dealer was only a mile and a half from the hotel.  By the time we got there, the storm was going pretty hard.  I was glad to sit in their waiting room and watch the storm rather than having to drive in it.  By the time they finished the car, the storm was over.  Ironically, they gave us a free car wash.  We drove the dirty car through the wash.  After the wash, the car didn’t look much different.  It is going to have to be hand washed and scrubbed.  I will be calling Carl when I get home. 

There are no pictures from this morning since I was driving.  We stopped to eat lunch in Lincoln, NE.  As we turned in the restaurant, we saw the big sign announcing that all the wire and guard posts across the road were the Nebraska State Penitentiary.  With all the razor wire they had, I wouldn’t want to try to climb out of there. 

We saw field after field of corn and some kind of bean.  We also saw sunflowers, lots and lots of sunflowers. 

At some point, I don’t remember where, we passed a beautifully restored Chevrolet truck.  Danny said it was a 67, 68, or 69.  Jonathan will probably know which it is.  It had been painted a beautiful Carolina blue.

Danny was driving when we got to Kansas City.  The traffic was terrible.  As I’ve mentioned before, traffic makes him nervous.  By the time we got around KC, he was a wreck and I was a wreck because he was driving.  Tomorrow morning we will be going around St. Louis.  I will be driving.

Nebraska State Penitentiary

More corn fields

Sunflowers

Beautifully restored truck.  I loved the Carolina blue.