Can't get there from here...

This was a tough travel day. We started out pretty good getting on the road by 9:30am. The plan was to go to St Louis, Missouri and stop for a couple of days. We "were" going to the top of the Arch. We discovered that there aren't very many campgrounds in area. The couple they do have are right in the city and cost more than we've budgeted to pay. So, we decided to go past St. Louis to a state park in Wildwood. That turned out to be a bad decision. First we missed a turn on the interstate in the middle of St Louis. Now I don't know if any of you have ever been to St Louis, but their interstate system is very confusing. Roads go over, under and loop around themselves. So, missing a turn was a sure thing. And normally not really a problem. However when towing a house that is 34 feet long and 13 1/2 feet tall, moving around on city streets gets a little sphincter tightening. Thankfully our trusty Garmin GPS came to the rescue. We got back onto I-64 (after a few choice words) to continue west. Then, signs saying I-64 was closed ahead started to appear..Ok that meant a detour..have you ever gone 8 miles north in order to go west???!!! Well that is what we did. I'm not sure who planned this road construction project but I think they were on drugs...very good drugs. First north on I-170, then west on I-70, then south on I-270 and then back on I-64. A grand total of a 25 mile detour. And most of it in white knuckle territory. With deep sighs of relief we finally got back on I-64 and found our exit to the state park. A rolling "black" road going through the country side. Very pretty. Arrived at the state park. No room at the inn!!!! Or at least no electric sites. And you all know Mr. P...no electric means no AIR CONDITION..and even though the temperature was a cool 88*..we MUST have AIR CONDITION. Oh..the other thing..no Internet signal since the park was in a valley. No Internet signal means no work for Deb..not!! a good location. So back we went to I-64 and on to Plan C.
I-70 toward Kansas City..found another campground..this time one with electric sites available. We are now 80 miles west of St. Louis. The park is OK for an overnight and for the first time in a long time we have the window shades open (it has been too HOT!!) for that recently. Now the decision is...do we stay here at this OK park for a couple of days and drive back to St. Louis to see the sights (without the house).
80 miles round trip =160 extra miles. Since we're facing over 1000 more miles to reach Gillette we've decided not to return. St. Louis will just have to wait for another day. No pictures of St Louis :( since we were so involved with the traffic ISSUES..sorry ..maybe next time.