August 6th
As Willie Nelson sang, we're "on the road again" this morning, heading northwest toward Kentucky, with hopes of seeing the Mammoth Caves. One hundred Ninety plus miles later and closer to the caves, we missed our exit. We turned into the nearest driveway to change direction and while backing out the left rear wheel went into a ditch; we were stuck. We meandered up to the house at the end of the driveway, and thanks to the very kind gentleman who lived there, were able to call a tow truck to haul us out; we didn't want to damage the undercarriage of the car. As it turns out, the gentleman in the house said it happens all the time since people are always using his driveway to turn around.

The Mammoth Caves were amazing! We're glad we didn't miss it. It's the longest cave system in the world and talk about a geological wonder.

We continued west another hundred ninety miles into Illinois and experienced the strangest "steering problem" in the town of Metropolis. Turning the steering wheel didn't seem to make any difference and it was the darndest thing that when we finally came to a stop we found ourselves in Harrahs Casino parking lot! Just kidding .... the steering was fine, but we told Cindy and Mary that we had a steering problem - that it must have been fate that we found ourselves in the casino parking lot. We did a little gambling and took advantage of a delicious buffet dinner. Wherever you go in Metropolis, Superman is the theme everywhere. Tomorrow we'll head toward St. Louis, MO with hopes of going up into the Gateway Arch.