It’s June 10 and we have just set up the motor home at the Beacon RV park in St. Joseph MO. So, I’ve got some catching up to do.

Friday, June 4, we left Natchez Trace and drove north on the Natchez Trace to near Nashville. The Trace had a 50 mph limit for all except the last 10 miles, which was 40 mph. The road had a lot of twists & turns and to be truthful the old motor home had all it could do to hang on to the road at 45 mph. The Natchez Trace ended at Rt. 100. From there we drove to I-65, around/through Nashville, I-24 and headed towards Illinois. Along the way we crossed over the several waterways, the Cumberland River, a tributary from Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake that flows to the Ohio River, and the Ohio River .

I had gassed up in Tupelo MS and the next stop was a Flying J gas station on I-24 about 40 mile from Nashville. For that portion of the trip, which was 253 miles I got an astounding 8.4 MPG. I attribute the high mileage to the fact that the Natchez Trace has a 50 MPH speed limit. I am getting a little better mileage this trip. I had replace the stock air filter and muffler with a K&N air filter and a Magnaflow low restriction muffler. Overall I think I’m getting about ½ MPG better than the stock set up. But I’ll know for sure at the end of this trip. Trip pictures can be accessed at: http://picasaweb.google.com/jackbarbic/NatchezTraceToTomahawkRS#

Camground pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/jackbarbic/TomahawkCampgroundRS#

We stayed at the Tomahawk Campground, which was in the town of Pocahontas IL (what a coincidence). Our friends Tom & Phyllis live in Highland IL and were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to them!

See a few pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/jackbarbic/TomPhyllis#

 

There were other people we knew from going on cruises and we enjoyed a few days of them. We did some exploring around Highland and took care of some mundane chores like doing laundry, getting haircuts, and shopping. 

Unfortunately the day of the party Jackie wasn’t feeling well and needed to go to the ER. After a few tests the doctor thought it might be a reaction to something she ate. Since then she has had no problems and we are continuing our trip.