Fishing and lots of driving

Here's a summary of the rest of the trip:

On our second day in Woodland Park (that would be last Saturday, July 29), we spent much of the day fishing. We went to Lake Manitou right outside of town. It was very hot, but a lovely setting:



Nobody was having much luck, though Gina did catch a few crayfish. At the very end of the afternoon, just as we were about to leave, Gina reeled in a sucker fish (which, though not really edible, was to be used by Jeff & Dave as bait on their fishing expedition the following week):



That evening, Dave came by to have dinner with us and we all hung out on the deck drinking coffee spiked with either whiskey or rum:



The next day, we left early, continuing on our trek. Not a lot to say. We drove a little over 800 miles making it clear to the outskirts of St.Louis. We then got up early again and drove south along the Mississippi. There was a lovely view of the river north of Cape Girardeau:



We crossed into Illinois and passed through Cairo, one of the more depressed towns I've seen before traversing the Ohio River just where it pours into the Mississippi. That night was spent in a beautiful campground at Land Between the Lakes (in western Kentucky):