Horse Cave, Kentucky

     First I must add something from yesterday.  Springfield is on Route 66.  It goes right through downtown and we drove bits of it all day yesterday.  At several of our stops we ran into bus loads of Australians who were taking a tour of the US via Route 66.  I looked it up on the Internet and found several Aussie and New Zealand tours focusing on Route 66.  What fun!
   Today, well it has been a longggggg day.  Our projected drive was especially long because the campground I originally scheduled to stop at cancelled our reservation due to high water in the reservoir.  At the last minute I had to find another and went with a standard KOA which turned out to be close to Mammoth Cave, but quite a long way from Springfield.
    Knowing that we had a long drive, Rick got up early.  But everything with a new rig takes longer.  By the time we had closed everything up, driven to the dump station, dumped the tanks and hooked up the car we had already spent an hour getting ready to take off.
    Our drive took us south out of Springfield, then east through Indiana and more south into Kentucky.  We took a longer route to avoid some smaller roads because all the rivers in this part of the country are in full flood and we didn't want to get detoured.  The Little Wabash, Wabash and Ohio Rivers were all flooded into most of the surrounding fields for miles and miles.  They were fast and very brown with sediment.  I felt sorry for all the farmers in the area, but at least the water wasn't being funneled into the towns.
   Most of the scenery was flat - miles of corn fields.  And pretty windy so it was a chore to keep the RV on the road.  Finally, as we reached Kentucky, the fields became rolling hills with many rocky outcroppings.  Very pretty, except that every creek and stream was very high and dangerous.
   We finally reached our campground at 6.  Quite a late stop for us.  However, we have begun to coordinate our arrival tasks and had the car detached, the camper setup and dinner on the table by 6:30.  A glass of wine made the day seem shorter.
    Our campground for the next two nights falls into the lose column of the win some, lose some category.  Our spot in the Illinois State Fairgrounds was quiet and beautiful (a win),  this place has lots of road noise, extremely small campsites, and gigantic security lights which make it like daytime all night.  I only get extended coverage on my Verizon phone and no TV reception.  I am probably just cranky from the long drive, but so far this falls into the bottom part of my list of campgrounds we have stayed in.  Ah well.  Good books and, oh wonderful, campfire smoke and music from the camper next to us.  I am sure that it is just what I want to listen to all night. Perhaps it will drown out the noise of motorcycles blasting up the hill on the Interstate. Tomorrow is another day.  Mother's Day in fact.  Happy Mother's Day to all of you.