We started the day with a wonderful breakfast at Cracker Barrel and departed by 7:15 AM EDT. Whenever we go on a road trip, we like to purchase large submarine sandwiches from PJ’s Sandwich Shop (our favorite sandwich shop discovered when we lived in Parrish). Today we polished off the second halves of our subs for lunch at the Illinois Welcome Center on I-24 (just across the Ohio River from Paducah, KY). The sandwiches were delicious.
We arrived at the Casino Queen RV Park in East St. Louis, IL (just across the Mississippi River from the Gateway Arch) at 3:40 PM CDT. We were too tired from 9 1/2 hours of travel to donate our retirement savings to the casino, so Beth did some laundry and cooked some delicious chili which we enjoyed while watching college football. Beth thoroughly enjoyed a hot, very high pressure shower at the campground public facilities.