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Day 33: July 21, 2013 Back to Bluegrass |
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I ordered (and ate most of) a Sampler #1 at
Ziggy's Cafe. There
were once several Ziggy's in the Springfield area but now there are just
two.
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I don't recall exactly where the four-lane took over but it was going
strong as I headed out of Springfield and I would remain on four-lane
until near the very edge of Missouri. But, even when viewed from a big
divided highway, the country, much of it part of the
Mark Twain National
Forest, is quite scenic. I remember the tipping &
slipping sign assembly from my 2004 drive through here. Some rain hit near
Poplar Bluff but it wasn't particularly heavy and it was probably over in
twenty minutes or so.
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About ten miles from the state line, US-62 crosses I-57, on which US-60
has been piggybacking, and the two US routes head off together. I'm back on
two-lane for awhile. It's two-lane that leads to the two bridges at Cairo,
Illinois. The first crosses the Mississippi to Illinois and the second
crosses the Ohio into Kentucky.
The rain returned with a vengeance at Paducah. The Valiant is hardy ideal for foul weather travel and I pulled into a parking lot while the worst of it passed. I had intended to get a bit further east before ending the day but the GPS told me there was a Motel 6 less than two miles from the lot I was in and, once the rain had lightened considerably, I went to roost. |
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