Day 50 - Kansas City, KS to Lewistown, IL

Day 50 - Today's plan is to drive 355 miles in 8 hours.

Somewhere in Missouri

I drove to a nearby Panera Bread to get breakfast while Julie was getting ready. Unfortunately, they were closed due to staff shortage. (Click on any photo to enlarge)

We started out taking a zig-zag route through Kansas City, both in Kansas and Missouri (avoiding highways), eventually heading out of town. Again, Julie and Tripadvisor found a great place to eat at Ginger Sue's in Liberty, Missouri. I was tempted to order the Carrot Cake Pancakes, but ordered the Breakfast Burrito instead.


Next we had fun taking country roads through Missouri. We searched out Plymouth and Ludlow, Missouri (population 111) on our quest to visit Ludlow's across the country.


On to Hannibal, MO where we visited the Mark Twain Museum. 


We learned a lot about Samuel Clemens and bought some classic novels. Hannibal, MO and Mark Twain's Museum and Childhood Home were such interesting places I will create a separate page to share this special place. Go to https://travelingvtjs.blogspot.com/p/hannibal-mo-mark-twain-museum.html

We dined at Finn's Food & Spirits. I had never eaten Catfish before, so this seemed like a good time to try. We had Toasted Ravioli's for an appetizer. Julie had a Shrimp basket.


From here is was another 2.5 hours to the Big Horse Inn in Lewistown, Illinois. This was an interesting place because it was a self check-in.


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