Our Journey To Auntie Helen's And Camper Trip Begins: Lake Erie and the St Louis Arch

First Few Days  

It took a week to pack, trying to figure out what we might need in the camper (we watched a lot of videos and it really did help). But the day we left we got it all inside in a few hours, then we were on our way. it was the beginning of May, great weather, and just before the Memorial Day holiday week. The unofficial start of summer.

I have wanted to go see Jonathan's aunt for some time now, but things happened like cancer, COVID-19, cancer again, Jonathan's health with his hernia surgery, neuropathy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, leg issues, money issues, and much more. I am so happy, we (meaning myself and his cousin Johnny) convinced him. I convinced him we would take lots of breaks, even if it took us two or three times longer than most people.

May 3 - Picked up RV, packed it, and then left home at just before 11pm. We then drove overnight through NH, VT, and New York ending in Ohio at 7:30pm on May 4th.  We stop ped several times for breaks, gas, and to eat. We were supposed to spend the night of the 3rd at a Cracker Barrel or Walmart, but got such a late start and we were so filled with excited energy that we drove we didn't really stop overnight, just mini rests.

May 4 - Stayed the night at Sun Retreats Geneva on the Lake RV park in Geneva-On-The-Lake, Ohio. It was right across the street from Lake Erie. 

I had never seen any of the great lakes, it was amazing, like the ocean unable to see the other side. So very big, so very impressive.

 The Lake Erie RV park was a very nice place and you could tell people stay for the entire summer as well. We rode around in a golf cart, our RV site was near a pond. We took the golf cart and rode around the pond and then the whole park. We even saw a pickleball court, a play area for kids with in ground bounce pads and such a play ground, and a mini golf course. Across the street was the Lake Erie. We

loved it, it had everything including laundry mat, store, ice cream parlor, restaurant, and more. My gosh these folks have a great set up, probably the place with the most that we stopped at during the trip.

Things went well, even though the trip did start with some motion sickness on my part, and so I didn't want to go out in the park or go see the lake, but I got a bit better and did enjoy the park. I had medication which helped somewhat, it was nice I could lay down for a bit, and also if I kept my sugar on target with snacks it helped. Empty tummy means a not very happy moving Lisa. But it turned out ok in the end.

We also started learning what might slip around while under way and we did pretty well with rubber nonslip mats under things.  

May 5 - We left the RV park at 11am and drove through only stopping for food and rest. We arrived at the Cracker Barrel at 8pm. No sight seeing along the way that night

May 6 - We got breakfast at the Cracker Barrel and left at 9am. We got their big fruit bowl to take with us for snacks, they make the best one we have ever had. We stopped in St Louis to see the Arch, which neither of us had seen in person. 

When we got out to see the Arch it was so hot we could barely move, 

but we pushed to get out and get pics. I did a little better than Jonathan, 

he just got too overheated and tired and I was more than willing to move on lol.

Then we drove to St Robert Missouri to stay at the fairly new RV park within the town park. It was really nice, surrounded by trees, we had reserved the spot on the end which had a larger area around it and someone only on one side, with full hookups. It was really nice. We did both get to hear a tornado siren for the first time in our lives... at 3am. We both woke up of course and discussed what we should do. Deciding that driving around in the dark was probably not a great idea if there was a tornado, so we went back to sleep.

Time we head to Oklahoma! Click here to continue our adventure.