This was our second turn through Missouri, the first included our entrance through St Louis and the arch on our way west. I really like Missouri and I intentianlly wanted to see the southern part of the state. After spending the night in an RV park near the Interstate in Springfield, we got back on Rt 60 to head across rural southern Missouri to find a place to paint. The only trouble was that 60 which was supposed to be a rural road was in the pr
ocess of becoming a divided highway. Just west of Poplar Bluff, I finally saw a road and barn as we were coming out of the hill country. So I appropriately did my little painting in Fluekville. (no fluke) As we crossed into Kentucky, I had to drive the Minnie across what I thought was a one way bridge. Locked into my lane by a construction stop which I had not judged correctly I was horrified when I saw the opposing traffic including massive tractor trailers coming toward me. One missed me by inches, then just when I was out of the woods, I saw that there was another identical bridge to cross. I began to exhale when we got on I-40 outside of Paducah. We were now on our rapid return route to Florida and stayed on interstates the rest of the journey. We got back to Florida in 2 days, just in time to feel the winds from Hurricane Gustav which was coming ashore in Louisiana.
