Lawrence, KS, to KOA, Goodland, KS:  Drove across Kansas today.  Most people think Kansas is totally flat, but it really isn’t.  A lot of rolling hills—especially in eastern Kansas.  Today was our longest driving day, so we left early—8:00.  I drove 3 hours and Mike drove 3 hours.  We were in Goodland and set up by 3:30.  Really it’s 2:30 because we’re now on Mountain time.

 

Sculpture of Louis IX--St. Louis's namesake.

St. Louis Art Museum

 

We went to the STL Art Museum while we were home to see an impressionist exhibit "LeGray to Monet".  This is a painting by Monet. Beautiful!

Sun, May 25:    St. Louis to Lawrence, KS:  We’re off again—this time to Moab, UT, to meet some friends of ours.  And we got an earlier start than I thought.  We were pulling out of our storage area by 8:30. Raining hard as we left and at times it was a deluge.  We both got soaked hooking up. I drove to Columbia, MO, where we stopped for some breakfast and then Mike took over driving. By now the raining had stopped and the sun was out in all its glory. Pulled out of the restaurant at noon and Mike had driven for less than an hour when we heard this noise and the power steering, brakes, and air conditioning stopped working.  So, we pulled off at the next exit (mm84) and parked in the rear lot of a Stuckey’s.  Turns out the serpentine belt broke and we’re dead in the water.  On a holiday weekend.  The clerk in Stuckey’s told us of a diesel repair facility back in Boonville that’s open.  So we called and he came out to fix it.  He had to drive back to Columbia to get a part.  So, long story short, four hours and $772 later we were on our way again.  We’re staying in Lawrence, KS, tonight which is about 25 miles west of Kansas City.  We were there and set up by 7:30.  All in all, we were lucky.  We might have had to spend the whole weekend in that Stuckey’s parking lot.

 

Waiting for the repair guy to show up.

Cute little barn nearby.