Fun in Illinois with Family and Friends

   In a motorhome park near the Shawnee National Forest, we spent two days with Harold's brother Larry Schilson and his wife Kathy.  They are RVers, also, but more experienced than we are, so there was lots to share with us.  We learned a lot.  It was also good to catch up.  We went to a lovely area in the Shawnee Natl. Forest for a hike.  One of the prettiest places we've seen, and surprising to find in flat Illinois.

 

Larry, Kathy and Harold

 Barbara, Harold and Larry among the amazing rock formations of Shawnee National Forest

 Gabby was a little bored by the hike.

In St. Louis, we spent a day and half with our old friends from Louisville, Tom and Sally LaBaugh.  After a fun day of riding bikes over the old Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi (what a monster of a river!), and ambling along the historic old streets of St. Charles, we stopped - naturally - to enjoy happy hour at a pub alongside the Missouri River on the west side of the city.