Day 1 - Rainbow and River...IN, IL & Iowa

We got an early start heading west this morning.  Left Shipshewana, IN at 7:30am and followed the directions given to us by a guy at the OR Service Center which kept us away from the I-80/90 Toll Road around Chicago....For our friends & family from Gettysburg area it was mostly US 30 -Lincoln HWY West via a couple of IN state routes.....Now to those who maybe coming that way west, US 30 West skirts south of Chicago heading toward Joliet, IL.....took us about 50 minutes longer than going the Interstate/Toll Roads, but sure was less stressful....

On US 30 it rained some, but knew we were going to have a great day cause we spied a full Rainbow crossing US 30.  Sorry the photos aren't very good, but you get the idea...

Then we got to cross the Mississippi River later on....

The only negative so far has been the HEAT!!....The day started out at 75F  when we left Shipshewana and got worse as we went west....When we landed around 2pm Central Time it was 100F at this campground Office..and the poor camper's A/C has been running ever since we turned it on....Hope there's some relief soon....There's a pool here, but it's probably bath water.....guess I'll stay in the A/C....

That's all for now....Stay tune....