The Journey Continues... the Big Dump!

Ten Legs and a Tail.. day four

We began our morning with a trial by fire of the "RV life"  We decided it was time to do a big dump.  By that I mean empty our septic tank.  Gotcha didn't I?  My stalwart companion, Annie Gram, came prepared with a mask and rubber gloves.  Justine and I read the guidebook with the instructions which weren't that great.  just sayin..

We opened the latch, took out the hose, tried to shove it down the pipe (which it didn't want to do) and then... pulled the black valve.  Nothing.  What the what?  So then we pulled the grey valve and suddenly a giant splash of water fell on the ground, splashing on Annie.  I know I'm a terrible friend but I was laughing so hard, my vision got blurry.  Fortunately, it was what we RV experts call Grey Water. (water from the sink etc.)  So it wasn't quite as gross as it could have been.

So what are three novices to do?  Call in the professionals.  The very nice man at our campground came out to our rig, and with a twinkle in his eye, helped us get it right.  PHEW!!

On our way, we took a lovely detour in Indianapolis to Graeter's Ice Cream.  How many miles would you drive out of your way for amazing ice cream??

So on we went to our next destination which was St. Louis.

There were more white knuckles,  more trucks,  but we made it.  We were VERY happy to get to our campground outside of St. Louis.  We were ecstatic to see the heated pool that is still open.  Have you noticed a theme?  We are in search of water everywhere we go.  Look for a blog next week about how Smooch swam her way across the country.

We have settled in and found our groove.  Our favorite time of the day is the evening when we are snug in our camper, playing quiddler, solving the problems of the world.  We've even rationed our time talking about Trump.  Why ruin an epic road trip?  In our camper at night,  It feels like it's just us against the world.  It's a great feeling.   We'll be reporting Quiddler tallies later in the week.

Next stop - the Arch, the Botanical Garden, a sculpture park and maybe some time just chillin' poolside.