Friday February 10th
It took us a long time to get going; I guess you could say we slept in. By the time we had breakfast and got the Suburban gassed up, it was 1230. And it was snowing! The snow was light and was not sticking to the ground but the roads were wet and the winds were gusty all day. The temperature did not vary all day; it was 31 degrees when we started and stuck there all day and was 30 when we stopped in the evening. We arrived at the junction of I-55 and I-255 about 5:15pm so we decided to stop and have supper in Collinsville, IL to let the rush hour traffic die down before we got any closer to St Louis. Had a good Mexican dinner at a place called Zapatas. Then got on the road again and missed the I-255 exit because I couldn’t believe how close it was. So we had to go about 2 miles to the next exit to get turned around and on I-255 around the S side of St Louis. It seems to be a good bypass, we have never encountered any delays going that way. Shortly after we go on I-44 westbound we stopped for the night at the junction of STH-141 and I-44. No problem finding a 55 ft. parking place here, but last night was a different story. At the Peru, IL motel parking was tight and it took some time and patience to get the trailer backed into a corner of the parking lot where it didn’t block anyone from leaving in the morning. My new mirrors help a lot in backing; much better visibility to see where the trailer is in relation to objects around it and also better visibility on the highway.
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