We're off!

The first day of travel started off with a delay.  I had wanted to start at 8:00, Yvonne thought it was going to be 9:00 and it ended up being 9:40 by the time we got rolling.  Jacob started loading all of his 4 consoles into the Sienna along with his laptop and a ton of games.  I had to call a foul and threw out some of it.  He's made a tangled wire nightmare of my neat van.  I'll reorganize before we leave this morning.

We had lunch in Mt Vernon, Illinois. Gassed up at a BP then moved to the Burger King parking lot and set up shop; cold cuts for us and peanut butter for Jacob.  It was simple but it filled the void and we were back on the road.

We made our goal of 860 miles the first day, staying just north of Kansas City in St Joseph, MO.  This is the camping night, staying at AOK campground for $18 which includes electricity. We got everything charged up again, caught up on emails with the WiFi and reheated burgers from home that we grilled over the weekend. Our little 2 burner Coleman stove from the mid 70s did just fine. I'm getting ready to fire it up and make myself some breakfast.

The campground is right next to I-29. Sleep was difficult, I kept waking up when the big trucks would hit the rumble strip or just be really loud. I'll be looking for my mp3 player and headphones today or at least before the next campground. I slept in the screen tent while Jacob and Yvonne opted for the Sienna.  There weren't any mosquitoes or many other bugs to speak of, but they were terrified of getting bitten; ah, that pioneer spirit.  I don't know how they slept but Jacob is still asleep and Yvonne decided to go for a run. I banged up my toe, stumbling over a suitcase the night before we left and I think I'll wait a few days before trying to run.

Not sure where we are supposed to stop tonight but it will be a motel stop, somewhere about a half day before Salt Lake City if we keep to the plan.