Hard Road - Day 4/5

(Once again parts of this blog are borrowed from my mom's posting)
Monday, June 22, 2009 - St. Louis Gateway Arch was our first stop of the day. We arrived about 9 am. The first incident was when we were trying to find parking and found we had to make a U-turn with the motor home and the trailer we were pulling. The trailer jack-knifed and cut the fiberglass on the motor home, but we were able to get turned and parked without any further damage. The arch is really neat to see. While we were in the top of the arch, we were able to see the river below and noticed that the "parking" areas were all under water from all of the flooding that has been taking place. No wonder we couldn't find parking! We spent over an hour site seeing and then got on our way. Our goal for today was Louisville or Lexington, Kentucky, and to stop early enough to enjoy the evening. The drive was uneventful except for the heat and humidity through Kentucky. The landscape is very green and lush. We called Rick's dad and got the name, address, phone number, and cost for staying at the Kentucky Horse Farm RV park. We decided that we would stay there and so went to Lexington. The GPS took us on a scenic farm detour to get us to the horse park. It was really pretty. We arrived about 7 pm and got set up. This was a very nice RV park. We fixed supper and then we went swimming. Katie was so fun in the pool. She would kick her legs and even took a few steps by herself in the kiddie pool. After that we all cleaned up and relaxed. Katie was so excited to be out of a car seat, the motor home, and not hot. However, we noticed that she has a heat rash from all the humidity and heat.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - Another traveling day. We arrived in Harrogate, Tennessee, around 1 pm. We were all glad to get out of the motor home and into an air conditioned home. The motor home would not make it up the road to Kevin & Cindy Jones' home and so Cindy had arranged for us to leave the motor home and moving truck at the local park. Rick unhooked his truck from the moving truck and drove it up to his parent's home and unloaded the truck. Katie was so excited to be in her walker and able to go where she wanted when she wanted. She was running everywhere and made it her goal to run over everyone.

The guys went and unloaded our moving truck into Kevin and Cindy's garage. So we had finally arrived. Thank goodness.