Pining for the Fjords

Did you read Part 6 of the blog?  You should - it's a good one - it's got yummy food, national parks, and potentially inclement weather! A tired Zoe is enjoying staying in place for more than two days at a time Since we'd spent Saturday night in Grayville, Illinois instead of St. Louis, our expected eight hour drive to our Airbnb in Winchester, Kentucky (northeast of Lexington) was reduced a bit.  This meant we could take our time waking up on Sunday morning; Chris started an extremely thorough flush of the tanks, since we didn't have plans to use the rig after this (other than to drive it to a service spot and be like, "please fix the slide!"); I took a shower and then headed to nearby New Harmony, Indiana to Black Lodge Coffee Roasters for breakfast and caffeine options. The drive was lovely - it is so green in this area of the country right now due to all the rain - but I could see why the flood warnings were justified.  We didn't experience any iss

In Part 5 of the blog, we traveled past Uranus to make it to the Gateway to the West, St. Louis, Missouri! Family Arch selfie! Despite the KOA St. Louis West RV park being crowded on a Friday night, everyone was extremely respectful (even the screaming Boxer), and we slept pretty well (a little bit of freeway noise and a few trains, but that's to be expected).  This would be our day to see St. Louis (what we could see with these two nuts in tow, of course), and we started off with a good breakfast of pancakes and bacon, as well as a meander around the grounds. The girls near the stream that runs through the back of the KOA's property Breakfast time! Before too long, we were on the road, heading east into St. Louis proper, about a 30 minute drive.  As we drew closer, we started to catch glimpses of its star attraction and our first destination, Gateway Arch National Park . I see it! I see it from a different angle! We parked in a lot near our lunch pick, the downtown location

Part 4 of the blog series took us from Amarillo to Tulsa, then around the city of Tulsa, where we enjoyed a gorgeous day full of history and great food! At a fantastic rest area near Conway, Missouri - all of the shelters were Route 66-themed When we made our reservations for the KOA Tulsa NE , we knew our site would be trackside at Will Rogers Downs , and our time there was right in the middle of their spring thoroughbred racing season.  We also knew that, unfortunately, we'd likely arrive after the Tuesday races concluded (if they happened at all, because of the extremely windy weather).  What we didn't anticipate, however, is that a set of Thursday afternoon races meant that the horses would be out working the track on Thursday morning, so we had a chance to see them doing their laps as we made breakfast and packed up! Coming around the bend! And down the straight! As you might imagine, the dogs were losing their tiny minds at all of this. While our breakfasts on travel day