Independence, MO to Nebraska City, NE

Monday – March 13  Got up intact at the KOA at Oak Grove, MO.  On March 6 of this very year or seven days ago to be exact; a F-3 Tornado hit Oak Grove, MO.  The KOA lady said that they weren’t worried because it was over a mile away.   Last night, Annette told us, that it was nothing to worry about because the tornado hits a very narrow area.  There are sirens and shelters, so no worries. We didn’t worry and slept pretty good. After breakfast, we drove over to Steve’s house and he navigated us over to the Mount Washington cemetery in Independence.  We found his grandma’s grave marker (Marge’s mother) and Marge is buried next to her.  Marge's marker is not yet there.  Steve is going to check on it and send me a photo as soon as it is set.

Then we went over to Martha’s for a cup of coffee and a goodbye.  I made Steve take another photo with me because he was hiding behind his wife in the one from last night.  Steve is the one who took Marge to all her doctor appointments over the last year.  She told me how helpful he was.

We went back and hooked up and headed north.

We left Independence and crossed the Missouri River.  

We found a Five Guys in Liberty, MO, so stopped for lunch.  It is cold, cold, cold. We crossed the Missouri River again at St. Joseph, MO and into Kansas. 

Our drive into Kansas wasn’t long and all we really saw was evidence of last year’s corn crop and some silos.

Talked to Braxton today because it's his Happy Birthday!!  He was trying to help us out with mail pickup since we've been gone so long.

We drove on into Nebraska to Table Rock for the first of several cemeteries I am searching for in Nebraska. 

The Clear Creek Cemetery was about four miles down some dirt roads.  Glad it hadn’t rained there lately.  Anyway, found four ancestors…Wilcox, Parrish, Parrish, Parrish.  The Wilcox ancestor was a civil war veteran.

The sky actually revealed some blue. Yippee.  And big fluffy (not rain) clouds.  We traveled north and found an RV park near the Nebraska/Iowa border. Which is also the Missouri River!