Tuesday October 2, 2007 Sikeston, MO

Another good travel day, we were up at 7:30 and casually prepared to leave pulling out at 10am. We stopped at a Flying J truck stop on I24 for lunch and a break. We both had the soup and salad bar, topped off the fuel tanks ($2.88/gal) and even started our Christmas shopping. Imagine, Christmas shopping at a truck stop! We also saw something new, a soybean field on fire. Lots of smoke coming from the large field was drifting across the expressway. We arrived here at 4pm and weren't near as tired as we were yesterday when we stopped. We crossed the Mississippi again, this is about 17 times since April....OK, twelve times while we were stayed in Natchez and crossed daily for sightseeing. I just checked the weather radar and we are expecting some thunder storms tonight, it's still 80 outside and almost dark (6:40 CST). We will be here 2 days and plan to wash the truck and trailer one day. We'll check to see what local history needs exploring too.