Day 5, Sikeston, MO. Some flooding

We are at the Hinton RV Park in Sikeston, MO. It's a great overnight stop and is close to Lambert's Cafe "The only Home of the throwed rolls". A great restaurant that calls to us every time we are through the area. I had the rib dinner and brought half a slab home for tomorrow nights dinner. Linda had the roast beef sandwich and she brought half that home as well as one of their cinnamon rolls for us to share!

We managed to get the wind behind us today so mileage was a bunch better than we got the first two and a half days of driving. We stopped at the Flying J, exit 57 on highway 55. As we exited the highway I looked to the east and saw part of the Mississippi a lot closer to the highway then I expected. Check out the two photos Linda managed to get. Click the image to see a larger version.


We saw a fair amount of flooding in Arkansas but nothing compared to the Mississippi, we are told it is at 41feet which is about 7 feet over flood stage! Linda usually wants to go to the New Marid river overlook but that wasn't going to be an option this trip.

We plan to be to Mom's early afternoon on Friday if all goes well. We will try to keep you informed!