1 bus going to St Louis, IL.

... spending the night in Edwardsville, IL.

No reason to get out of bed early so we didn't. Finally decided to go down and eat breakfast before they closed it.

100 miles to go to the rental car. I had looked at aerial photo's and street view. Good thing I did. The street view showed the trees were overhanging the road so that they would have scrapped on a van. So instead I decided to turn around at the bank across the side street from the rental.

When I pulled in the bank lot, I dropped BB off and then was going to wait until she told me that they had a car. When I got turned around and stopped, I was about 10 feet from a cop. He sat there and I thought he was going to pay me a visit. He didn't by the time BB messaged me he was gone.

1st stop - Another 30 miles and I was at Flying J. Actually open pumps so I was able to back in. Got confused and paid with the DEF with the company card so I got charged an extra $1.25 fee. By the time I was done fueling BB was there and we agreed to meet at the motel.

2nd and final stop - Comfort Inn in Edwardsville. About two miles from the Flying J. It's only noon but they let us check in. As soon as we get unloaded we head back to the Flying J. Or across the street from it.

The Hen House is where we eat. Menu says there are four locations. As we are paying later I ask about the number of locations. Yep, the guy who started them had it up to 40 locations. Daughter took it over and ended up filing bankruptcy. Someone else bought a few of the locations and now there are only 4. Good food. BB had a BLT and I had a philly.

Headed back to the motel and took a walk in the adjacent cemetery. 30 minutes. I'm still dragging so that was enough.

Much later we headed out to a Lions Choice about five miles away. Lions Choice is a regional roast beef chain. Not as good as Rax, but a nice change. I ordered their original and a cup of chicken wild rice soup. I was about half done with the soup when I realized I hadn't found any chicken yet. They had given me broccoli and cheddar soup. The other down side was they were out of chocolate chip cookies.