Hermann, Missouri

Slight change of plans.  We decided to visit Hermann, MO and take in some of the winery tours they have there.  There are a number of wineries in the area and we want to get an early start and visit the Stone Hill winery and then a couple more after that.  We made the 140 mile drive without incident and skirted around St. Louis, MO on I-270 along with thousands of others.  It wasn't as bad as driving around the Washington, DC beltway and we made very good time.

We are camped in the Hermann City park in the overflow area.  They have  a full hookup area, but it was full and we are in a large parking lot with water and electric for the unit.  Since we will only be here until Sunday morning, it will work out fine.  There are about 8-10 other units in the area, but they have room for 20 so it isn't crowded.

We got here early enough to explore the town for a couple hours and also do some geocaching.  Managed to pick up 6 caches in a short time period.

The campground is about 4 blocks from the Stone Hill winery, so that is convenient.  We drove by there this evening to check it out and hopefully we can get there early enough to avoid some of the crowds.

They are having a "generic" Civil War re-enactment this weekend and we chatted with one of the people who would be out there on the battlefield on Saturday.  It begins at 1pm and we hope we can make it, if we aren't loaded from all the wine tasting.  

As you may have noticed, I didn't have time to write a blog the last few days and thought I'd write one for each of the past 3 days.  Hope it doesn't confuse anyone.

Sunday we plan on heading down to Branson, MO and taking in some shows and checking the place out.  We always have a good time in Branson and find lots of things to keep us busy.

BTW:  Diesel was $3.75/gallon at a BP station today.  We filled up the tank and are getting around 8.8 mpg.  Not bad for a home.