Out West Trip: Day 37 (Onawa, IA to Cadiz, KY)

Today’s highlights: Entering MO through the back door due to the flooding in IA. Buffet lunch in small town MO. Getting closer to home.

iowa flooding - 27 jun 2011

After a quick (not vey good) breakfast at the Super 8, we headed south on I-29. The flooding was quite visible; sandbags on the highway were holding back the water. We had to take a detour around Omaha and managed to find a Starbucks – I really needed the coffee after the crappy motel breakfast. We drove south, but eventually had to leave the highway due to flooding. We never managed to find a way into Nebraska. As we drove lots and lots of backroads on the detour, we got to Missouri and had lunch at a friendly little Italian buffet in Marysville. After we rejoined the highway, we took a little detour around Kansas City in order to pay a quick visit to Kansas. We sped across Missouri, headed through Saint Louis and then into Illinois and Kentucky. The weather turned bad, so we ended up stopping much earlier than planned.

iowa flooding - 27 jun 2011

iowa flooding - 27 jun 2011

Trip Stats:
Roadside Attractions: None. (Total: 29)
States: Iowa. Missouri. Kansas. Illinois. Kentucky. (Total: 21 – GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ, UT, CO, CA, NV, WY, ID, MT, SD, MN, IA, MO, KS, IL, KY)
State Plates Spotted: None. (Total: 51 – includes DC)
Miles: 812 (Total: 8661)
Gallons of gas bought: 50.1 (Total: 538.6)
Poptops Spotted: None. (Total: 53)
National Park Stamps: None. (Total: 16)
Miles walked: None. (Total: 76)
Dollars saved with NP pass: None. (Total: 205)
Continental Divide Crossings: None. (Total: 8 )
Time Zone Changes: None. (Total: 10 – EDT, CDT, MST, MDT, CDT, MDT, MST, PDT, MST, PDT, MST, MDT, CDT)
Security checkpoints: None. (Total: Border. Petrified Forest. Agriculture. Dam Security. WY Hwy Patrol.)