Day seventeen – Wednesday

Another change in plans today. We were going to drive to a state park on Lake Michigan. We could have been there easily in one day but decided to head south instead. We’re in Petersburg, Illinois, just north of Springfield, Illinois. My cousins, Don and Barb, convinced us we needed to go to Springfield to check out the Lincoln library and museum.

We’re staying in a RV park at the “Lincoln’s New Salem Historic Site.” It’s a very nice park with lots of trees, grass everywhere and a low price of $15.00 a night for electric only. This is a good deal since we really only need electric hookups.

On the way here, we crossed over the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.


The map to the left shows the states we've travelled in since taking delivery of our motor home. The southern states were covered in a two month trip we took in 2004. We've travelled in Oregon and Nevada several times. The states from California to Illinois were added on this trip.