GTTC: The First Day
All Packed And Ready To Go!
As you may know, we have embarked on the Third Annual GTTC (Great Trip To California). We got all our stuff together. Here it is:
Got it loaded in the car and we set off at about 7:00 this morning (Eastern time).
We waved as we passed Crossville on I-40.
At Nashville, we turned a little to the right and took I-24 up through Kentucky, past the Land Between the Lakes. Near there, we stopped at a gas station called Huck's to refuel. The sign out front said that it is "employee owned."
From there, we passed Paducah and entered Illinois. The road through Illinois was annoising ('nois' as in Illinois -- annoying). It was rough. We saw lots of corn in Illinois.
After Illinois came St. Louis. We saw the St. Louis arch and traffic got very busy.
(I didn't take this picture -- I found it on the web.)
After St. Louis, we were in Missouri, which went on and on and on and...
...eventually we got to Columbia, about halfway across.
We checked into our hotel and got settled. I had been reading about the "MKT" trail, so named because it was built in the bed of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad line. It runs from downtown Columbia out to a cross country trail called the "Katy Trail".
With directions from the front desk and our trusty GPS receiver, we were able to find our way through Columbia to a trailhead on the MKT trail. Based on what I've read, the MKT trail is about 9 miles long. The Jay Dix Station is at mile marker 4.7, so we would've had to walk another 4.2 miles to get to the junction with the Katy trail, further than we felt like going.
So we contented ourselves with walking a little less than two miles. We did cross Hinkson Creek.
And we walked along the edge of a soybean field.
A closer up view of soybean plants:
Back at the car, we pointed the GPS at the hotel and took off. We stopped by a HyVee supermarket along the way and found a few things we couldn't live without (carrots and some watermelon -- such as that). The HyVee sign said it is "employee owned", also. Hmm... It's a nice store.
Finally, back in our hotel room, we wrote to all our friends about our adventures.
We look forward to more tomorrow.
As you may know, we have embarked on the Third Annual GTTC (Great Trip To California). We got all our stuff together. Here it is:
Got it loaded in the car and we set off at about 7:00 this morning (Eastern time).
We waved as we passed Crossville on I-40.
At Nashville, we turned a little to the right and took I-24 up through Kentucky, past the Land Between the Lakes. Near there, we stopped at a gas station called Huck's to refuel. The sign out front said that it is "employee owned."
From there, we passed Paducah and entered Illinois. The road through Illinois was annoising ('nois' as in Illinois -- annoying). It was rough. We saw lots of corn in Illinois.
After Illinois came St. Louis. We saw the St. Louis arch and traffic got very busy.
(I didn't take this picture -- I found it on the web.)
After St. Louis, we were in Missouri, which went on and on and on and...
...eventually we got to Columbia, about halfway across.
We checked into our hotel and got settled. I had been reading about the "MKT" trail, so named because it was built in the bed of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad line. It runs from downtown Columbia out to a cross country trail called the "Katy Trail".
With directions from the front desk and our trusty GPS receiver, we were able to find our way through Columbia to a trailhead on the MKT trail. Based on what I've read, the MKT trail is about 9 miles long. The Jay Dix Station is at mile marker 4.7, so we would've had to walk another 4.2 miles to get to the junction with the Katy trail, further than we felt like going.
So we contented ourselves with walking a little less than two miles. We did cross Hinkson Creek.
And we walked along the edge of a soybean field.
A closer up view of soybean plants:
Back at the car, we pointed the GPS at the hotel and took off. We stopped by a HyVee supermarket along the way and found a few things we couldn't live without (carrots and some watermelon -- such as that). The HyVee sign said it is "employee owned", also. Hmm... It's a nice store.
Finally, back in our hotel room, we wrote to all our friends about our adventures.
We look forward to more tomorrow.
Labels: 2008, California
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