Scott AFB, IL

 

Well, it’s back to our earlier life.  Left Indianapolis this morning and took US 40 across Indiana (mostly because I missed the turn-off in Indianapolis to I-70).  Turns out that was a good mistake because there were no trucks on US 40 and we enjoyed the countryside cruising at a steady 50 mph.  We always like seeing the old homes along the way.  Funny how some are abandoned and left to just rot away, even though they have some great architectural points.  Pretty much all farmland and rather flat.  At the Illinois border, we went back to I-70 and continued with the trucks.  Decided to stay at Scott AFB and they had space at the FamCamp, so we are here for the night.

 

 

Set up camp and then toured the base and the surrounding countryside.  Not very exciting and neither of us remembered much about our two year tour of duty when we lived at Bellevue and I worked at Scott.  Of course, that was forty-three years ago, so I guess we might be forgiven.  Scott is a beautiful base with lots of major commands and outstanding brick buildings.  Checked out the commissary and exchange and then retired to our home away from home.  Great campsite – they are all back-in sites, so we had to unhook the Jeep before we set up at the campsite.  We’ve had off and on rain all day – think we’ve had more rain in the past two days than we have had in the past year in Reno

 

No internet access here, so this will be another delayed post.