We left Salina, KS early with the idea that we would spend some time in the Cabela’s store west of Kansas City, KS. And we did. The store is set up like the others we have been to and has a huge bronze statue in front of three mule deer. The aquarium and the mule deer gallery inside are fantastic. The center court mountain with its various animals (goats, sheep, bears, etc.) is about the same as the one in PA. Terry looked at some clothes but opted not to buy. We did pick up a percolator for the trailer, as I really like my coffee to be something other than from a bag. Then we walked through the gun racks. While I saw several nice rifles I wouldn’t mind owning, I could only “justify” the purchase of a Cabela’s replica of a Hawkin flintlock in .50 caliber. I have two percussion rifles (one a Hawkin and the other a modern in-line) so shooting a black powder rifle is not new. Shooting a flintlock will be new, however and should be lots of fun. PA has a special season for the use of “primitive” weapons and that was the justification. I don’t think Terry bought my reasoning though. Then again, she did get some very nice Native American jewelry at the Koshare Trading post and lots of Pankratz pottery in Monument. She bought pretties. I bought a tool!
We drove all the way across Missouri on I-70 and then crossed the Mississippi before stopping on the other side in the state of Illinois at the Granite City KOA for the night. We started to get some rain on the Missouri side of the river but got to the campground just in time to get set up and inside before the rain got serious. No dip in the pool today!
The front edge of Dennis is meeting a cold front from the northwest right over this part of the country. It may change our plans for tomorrow. Instead of stopping near Dayton, Ohio we may continue on our way to the Geneva, Ohio to get north of the rain. The bulk of the rain is supposed to fall just to our south along the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
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