Mississippi River museum and Camp#55 Thomson Causeway Ill.

   Pulled out of Potosi, Wis. about 1000 and headed towards Thomson, Ill. with a planned stop & tour at The Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque, Iowa. 

As you may have guessed in regard to our State changes, we're going down the The Great Mississippi River Road and since the Mississippi River is the border for a lot of the central states it a simple matter of crossing a bridge and changing states! Of course that also makes a difference in gas, grocery, etc. prices. We watch that via internet and it can mean a 20 cent per gallon difference or lower the grocery bill by a lot. The disperity between states is quite remarkable. Using my senior pass at the COE CG's has been great as we get 1/2 off and the average camp fee has been $8 to $9 per night. These camps are well kept and clean and so far all is well. ( some RR tracks have been a bit noisy. Both sides of the Mississippi River has RR tracks along it's banks).
   The museum was well worth the admission price of $28 for the 2 of us. Of course I get a discount there too! It took about 3 hours to wander around. Very informative and well laid out. A marina is part of the tour. We saw how the river contributed to the  growth of our USA and it's importance to commerce. Did you know that the rivers direction was reversed to flush out Chicago's riverfront?? It was a cesspool by Chicago due to all the crap being dumped into it many years ago.
   Hit a Wally World afterwards and restocked. We arrived at The Thomson Causeway CG in Illinois (camp# 55) at 1530 and declared a happy hour. Started a bonfire and took it easy the rest of the day. I even managed an hour nap to recharge. We'll be here for 2 days and move another 80 miles down the river.
   REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY.  
                 Charlie & Heather