Like the coffee, the fuel's cheap here too. None of us have spent over $22 a day and the average is about $15! Memories of driving all d

Springfield might be the home to Bart Simpson (actually there are at least four Springfields in USA) but it’s also home to the biggest Bass

The Elbow Inn we had hoped to have lunch at had been decimated by millions of gallons of  water, the debris on the bridge showing just how h

Outside the long and short of it became evident when Rex met James and his big 'truck'! It was voted 'shot of the day' even

Our mate wasn't taking the law into his own hands but he did put a couple of guns in the hands of those who'd never experienced the

So our Eastbound tour ended in Chicago with a bang when they met up with the Westbound tour, fresh but nervously anticipating their trip...

Phil and Debbie Becker certainly made us feel at home in Dwight, opening up the old gas station especially and then showing us the very best

It was pouring when we left Edwardsville but at least we were on the right side of the river and the right side of the weather. The forecast

We awoke to the TV news telling us two of the interstates in and out of St Louis were closed due to flooding. That's only a problem if y

Eventually we found a path back around the flooded roads and by the time we reached the interstate they were letting local traffic through t