We really didn't want to deal with traffic and we succeeded. We started in Minnesota on Friday night and stayed at a place in the middle of nowhere Iowa that night, total travel time was about 3 hours. The next day we headed towards Missouri, it took us about 5 hours to get there, bringing total drive time to 8 hours. We stayed at Ray Behrens campground, it was so peaceful we also stayed there Monday night.
Sunday was a short travel day but it was an adventure. We took a rough gravel road that we didn't need too. Sometimes you need to take the road less traveled by other campers. We finally arrived at Sutton Bluff campground in the Mark Twain National Forest. It was also a peaceful campground.
Monday was the big day. We started towards the eclipse and drove as close as we felt comfortable, while pulling the Scamp, I didn't want to get stuck in traffic. We found a beautiful roadside park near Ellington, Missouri with about 20 other strangers.
After the eclipse the rest was mostly sleeping and driving. Including 8 hours on Tuesday. The total mileage was about 1,400 miles and 24 hours of drive time. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
A couple observations on the drive. Removing the side awning and adding 2-100 amp solar panels on the roof took all sway away from the Scamp. I even had it up to 70 allegedly at times. The interstates are the worst maintained and the back roads are more enjoyable. Minnesota drivers are far worse than Iowa or Missouri drivers. Recently while on vacation I've tried to take less pictures and just enjoy the moment. Here are a couple pictures anyway.
