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We were on the road by 7:00 a.m.  It had rained in the night and the temperature dropped to 50.  It was chilly so we actually turned on the heater in the car.

We love driving I-80 across western Iowa especially this time of the year when the crops are beginning to ripen up.

 

We filled up with $1.95 a gallon gas at the I-80 Truckstop and had lunch.  This is the third time in three weeks that we have been here.

This is the bridge over the Mississippi River from Iowa to Illinois.  At Omaha/Council Bluff we crossed the Missouri River and, at Peoria we crossed the Illinois River.  On this day we crossed three major rivers in the midwest.

We made it to Decatur by 4:00 p.m. and quickly unloaded the car so we could pick up Sandy.  She was very happy to see us.  They treat her well at Ruff-Inn-It, but it just isn't home.  We had a great time and saw and learned so much.  We ate lots of good food, enjoyed time together, and made many wonderful memories. Covid didn't affect us much.  If the place we went into required masks, we wore them; if it didn't, we didn't wear them.  The motels substituted sit-down breakfasts with "bags-to-go."   There were no condiments on restaurant tables or refill drinks without a clean cup.  We adapted but look forward to more "normal" trips.