{"id":6266,"date":"2020-11-05T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?p=6266"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T14:22:28","slug":"wow-515-miles-one-day-247-the-next-thats-762-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?p=6266","title":{"rendered":"Wow 515 miles one day 247 The next &#8211; that\u2019s 762 In 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>That&#8217;s well above what I like to drive.<\/p>\r\n<p>9\/21\/2020<br \/>We did some miles today. After sitting still in the wind for a couple of days I was ready to hit the road. There was nothing wrong with the campground but it was to windy\/cool to enjoy being outside and there was not much to do in the area.<br \/><br \/>I didn\u2019t intend to drive that far but wanting to spend the night in a Walmart or other like place (cheap) I didn\u2019t want to stop to soon. Ordinarily we would have stopped at a rest area and kill some time, but there weren\u2019t no rest areas to stop at, so I just kept on a driving. <br \/><br \/>The drive took us through a big chunk of Iowa(due south), all the way across Missouri \u00a0and a little over 1\/2 the way across Illinois( due East).<br \/><br \/>We\u2019re also back in the land of woods and forest, there are large fields but they are broken up with woods and forest. The fields no longer stretch from horizon to horizon.<\/p>\r\n<p>The GPS almost caused us to be in a serious accident. We\u2019re driving on the expressway and it was in an area of construction, where they have moved roads but the GPS didn\u2019t know that. We\u2019re driving along when the GPS pipes up, out of the blue, and tells me that, this is what almost caused the accident because I was laughing so hard, the GPS says something to the effect that I driving on the wrong side of the road. It was so funny at the time, we both cracked up laughing.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6266 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?attachment_id=6318'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2645-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?attachment_id=6319'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2652-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?attachment_id=6322'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2685-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n<p>9\/22\/2020<\/p>\r\n<p>The rising sun.<\/p>\r\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6266 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?attachment_id=6320'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2654-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?attachment_id=6321'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2668-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n<p>We pulled out of Walmart parking lot about 6:45 AM as before the sun was up. \u00a0Neither one of us slept so good. Once we were out of town and rolling down the 2 lane road, the sun was rising it looked to be about a mile away and we were going to be swallowed up by it. \u00a0A few minutes later we were being blinded by the light.<\/p>\r\n<p>It took a while to ferment in my poor little brain this morning but I came to the conclusion, on all my own, for the second time in the last few weeks, that it\u2019s not the best idea to drive due east into the rising sun. Perhaps one day I\u2019ll remember that little bit of advice.<\/p>\r\n<p>So glad I\u2019m back in Allergyiana!\u00a0The land of Allegra and Benadryl, where itchy watery eyes and runny nose reign supreme, while trying not to be out done by the ever present post nasal drip. Coughing and sneezing are running neck and neck to see who can be the most annoying.<\/p>\r\n<p>Allergyiana, were you can\u2019t smell the roses because your nose is all stuffed up.<\/p>\r\n<p>Settled at Deam Lake for a few days, before moving to Marys Mom and moving BACK INTO RUBY.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6323 img-fluid \" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2687-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s well above what I like to drive. 9\/21\/2020We did some miles today. After sitting still in the wind for a couple of days I was ready to hit the road. 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