Still Raining

Travelled through rain, at times heavy, for Monday and all day Tuesday until we stopped in Effingham, Illinois. At least the temp stayed in the double digits and our plan was to get far enough south before the front passed and the cold weather returned. Most of our "westing" has been accomplished and we're ready to head south in the morning. Our roadside slide apparently leaked with all the rain and road water so we had a lovely mess to clean up. I guess it doesn't matter whether it's a new car, truck, boat, house or whatever - there are allways warranty issues - we'll see how the RV Warehouse/Newmar handles this one. We managed to clean up most of the mess thanks to our trusty Honda generator which Ray would absolutely never part with. Driving through Indiana was beautiful even in the rain. You could easily pick out the Amish farms, they are immaculate and so neat and pretty. Interstate 70 must definitely be a truckers route. Ray counted over 100 18 wheelers in just one mile!!!!!!! The good news is that the highways are heavily patrolled (all you speeders beware) and we didn't encounter even one rude trucker. Too bad we can't say the same for the Canadian highways! The size of our rig might be helpful - it's always nice to look out at the doors of the big rigs instead of the hubcaps. Today we crossed Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.