DAY 5 - SEPT 6 - TUESDAY     We headed west on I-64 from Clarksville, IN through some hills and farmlands in southern Indiana and southern Illinois towards St. Louis.  At one point, we found ourselves traveling along next to several world famous Budweiser Clydesdales trucks.     We arrived in St. Louis, MO around noon.  After a couple phone calls we met up with a crew at the St. Louis Fireboat 6 "Stan Musial" and a smaller boat along the bank of the Mississippi River.  It would have been difficult at best to have found these boats on our own, so the help of the crew was greatly appreciated.  After a brief photo opportunity at the Gateway Arch, we headed back east into Illinois and north on I-55 towards Springfield, IL.     Our campground for Night 5 was at Springfield, IL.

STATES TODAY: IN, IL, MO - (3) States for the Day / (12) different states so far

DISTANCE: 370 miles for the Day / 1553 miles for the Trip so far

FIREBOATS: (6&7) St Louis, MO

 

Very cool!

 

St Louis Fireboat 6 "Stan Musial" named after the famous St Louis Cardinal's slugger.

Hall of Famer, "Stan the Man" hit 475 home runs for the Cards
between 1941 and 1963.

Musial wore #6 on his uniform, thus the designation Fireboat 6.

 

St Louis FD Safe Boat used for river rescues.

 

The amount of debris the flows down the mighty Mississippi is staggering
and presents significant navigational hazards to the fireboats and other craft
that operate on the river.

 

The St Louis Gateway Arch

 

 

 

 

 

2016 INDEX

WEEK 1
[Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6] [Day 7]

WEEK 2
[Day 8] [Day 9] [Day 10] [Day 11] [Day 12] [Day 13] [Day 14]

WEEK 3
[Day 15] [Day 16] [Day 17] [Day 18] [Day 19] [Day 20] [Day 21]

WEEK 4
[Day 22] [Day 23] [Day 24] [Day 25] [Day 26] [Day 27] [Day 28]

WEEK 5
[Day 29] [Day 30] [Day 31] [Day 32] [Day 33] [Day 34] [Day 35]

WEEK 6
[Day 36] [Day 37] [Day 38] [Day 39] [Day 40] [Day 41] [Day 42]

WEEK 7
[Day 43] [Day 44] [Day 45] [Day 46] [Day 47] [Day 48] [Day 49]

WEEK 8
[Day 50] [Day 51] [Day 52] [Day 53] [Day 54] [Day 55] [Day 56]

 

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