A boring day of driving with an "exciting" end

Google took us through some country roads to get from Mammoth Cave NP to the interstate. We really enjoyed our time in Kentucky, despite the humidity. Mammoth Cave is a busy National Park for its size, but we would definitely recommend checking it out if you have an opportunity to go. The campsites were really nice, the tours were well done, the visitor center is nice (and air conditioned). 

Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri = 6+ hrs

Headed towards the interstate

Lucia settles in for a long day in the car

Didn't realize it until we compiled all our photos but Paul and I both took pictures of this nuclear power plant during our short time in Indiana (seen from the bridge crossing the Ohio River).

My picture

Paul's picture

Indiana = boring
Illinois = boring
Missouri = construction, traffic, storms

The rain finally caught up to us just west of St. Louis

Gnarly looking storm clouds.

I had randomly chosen a hotel off the freeway in Columbia. Not five minutes after checking into our hotel (after fantasizing about taking a hot shower all day in the car), there was a tornado warning. Everyone in the hotel, and a group of softball players and parents from a nearby field all crowded into the interior laundry room of the hotel. Uh, it was pretty darn scary.
Things calmed down enough to smile about it and snap a photo in the laundry room. We went out to the car to get our luggage and then not five minutes after getting our luggage upstairs, there was another tornado warning, so we went back downstairs.

Just hanging out in the hotel laundry room, nbd.

We finally got our showers and pizza...and they were both amazing. 

We also got to talking over dinner about the next day and how far we thought we could go. Our original plan was to stay the night in Kansas, then enter Colorado on Monday, the day that we could get our apartment keys. But the more we though about it, the more we wanted to get as close to Boulder as we could so that we could start unloading the truck as early on Monday as possible. We went to bed that night, not really knowing what the next day would bring.