Long day, so, short post

We saw some more very interesting towns along the Missouri River in Missouri today, but we didn't plan as well as we should. By the time we got to the Kansas City environs, we realized we were short on time to reach Omaha where we had a reservation. We should have cancelled the reservation and just winged it for a while, but instead we put the pedal to the metal and high tailed it up I-29. Found out the sunglasses block most of the Prius displays including fuel gauge. When John took off the sunglasses he found that the car was declaring a fuel emergency and we really sweated out the problem. We made it to a service station, and put 10.4 gallons in a 10 gallon tank. Don't want to do that again.

We did see Rocheport, and should have grabbed one of the bed and breakfasts, but didn't.

We like to find the view of the River from the towns we visit.

They have some very fine establishments.

The view from Arrow Rock was great.








After 30 minutes of diligent searching, we found that  Lexington, Missouri, founded by folks from Lexington, Kentucky, has no view of the River.

We do know, however, that the Corps camped there on June 20, 1804.

Captain Clark; "Some very swift water today....a beautiful night but the air exceedingly damp, and the mosquitoes very troublesome."

At Fort Osage we found a beach which would have been what the Corps would have been looking for to beach the keelboat and pirogues.






Very tired tonight. Planning to head to Yankton, South Dakota tomorrow.