Day 8

Kewpie on our morning excursion in Mt Vernon, IL.

Today was a short day. Gosh was nervous about my tires... something about rain and hydroplaning... So we called a local dealer in Mt Vernon and though they didn't have the tires, he sent us to LaMond in Evansville, IL. There they are out in the middle of nowhere- there is about a block of homes, some abandoned buildings, a few industrial businesses and some abandoned/ taken apart buildings with debris and a smell of mold. You know, along with everything being green comes the idea that nothing ever really dries. Those buildings may have smelled bad but they looked lush!

Back to the story... Gosh called LaMond before we left Mt Vernon, they found my tires (which is apparently a big deal- my rear tire is something of an odd size) and they were able to get the bike in and out relatively fast. And friendly! We were out of there in less than 90 minutes!

We left our new friends and headed out to find a perfect IL wedding present. Gosh had us stop along the freeway but I wasn't impressed with the goods. I asked how long until we reach KY and he said we had some time so I wasn't worried... Until we reached IN! Crap! Now what are we going to do? Can't backtrack, that's not right! So we plugged along and when we stopped, we  found something I thought about picking up earlier in IL... So we are pretending we got it in IL. Shhhh....

So we have IL and IN gifts safely tucked away when we enter Louisville, KY! And then rapidly leave again. THAT was crazy! We crossed the Ohio River twice and ended up in Metro Louisville KOA in Clarksville, IN. We are on the train tracks in our own private Idaho.... replete with green grass, tented neighbors and lots of RVs (at least one of which has it's own BBQ trailer tow-along that matches).

Kewpie looking cute!

Kewpie on our morning excursion in Mt Vernon, IL

Kewpie and I discussing the day...

Kewpie is ready to ride!

Evansville, IL- LaMond is just at the end of the street.

The Gosh walking with us in Evansville as we wait for tires.

The pond we walked around as we waited for tires.

One of the front yards along that stretch you saw in the picture above.

Floyd packed up and receiving the gift of new tires

SEE??? New tires!

Well, there's no sign and Kewpie is barely in the shot, but this is IN.

SEE? There was a really nice man who took this for us. There was another really nice man who suggested we ride to Nova Skotia... HOW DID HE KNOW???

SheNayNay checking out the sunset in our campsite in Clarksville, IN.

Nothing too philosophical today... mostly, it was about chatting with good people, riding along the freeway (some of the forests areas along the farms looked like they were buried under four feet of water- Gosh said if he'd had a canoe he'd have been in heaven!). It was pretty, for sure, but not the same as riding through those smaller towns- they used to be the reason the roads went that way! Now it is much easier to stop and a Love's or a Pilot or a Flying J... But we are trying to get to my sister's by Wednesday without anyone's eyes bleeding, so we are pushing in one way to relax in another.