Road Trip 2010: Day 71: Russell, KS to Columbia, MO

Wow! What a long, long day of driving. We left Russell in the fog at 7 AM heading east on I-70. With no plans to stop except for gas and grub, we had about 400 miles under our wheels when we pulled into the beautiful Cottonwoods RV Park adjacent to the Boone County Fairgrounds.

The day started out foggy and a cool 60 degrees but, as we moved east, it cleared and the sun heated things up. With the air temperature hitting the upper 80s, the pool was too inviting to ignore. Terry and I spent an hour soaking and sun bathing before we returned to the trailer for dinner.

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The slide out is giving us grief again. It will extend and retract in a herky-jerky fashion moving only 6 to 10 inches at a time. And it requires several pushes of the button to get it to even move each time. I've tried unplugging the "brains" as Nick suggested back in Loveland, CO, but it doesn't seem to have done any good. I may have to see about getting some "brain" surgery done when we get back to PA.

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We've done a little replanning of the next few days.

Thursday (Day 72) will be a relatively "short" day which will see us end in Terre Haute, Indiana. We'll lose another hour crossing the state line, however. That will put us back into the Eastern Time Zone.

We will also be celebrating our 38th wedding anniversary. Nothing special is planned.

Then, on Friday (Day 73), we'll traverse the balance of Indiana, all of Illinois and some of Ohio. Another longish day of close to 400 miles.

Finally, Saturday (Day 74) will see us make the final leg of our journey to Ive's Run on Hammond Lake just a short hop from our PA home. I just made reservations for a week and a half at Ive's Run. That will give us time to clean out the trailer and, perhaps, get it inspected before I take it to get the slide out repaired and then back up to the Bolt Hole.