Tennessee or BUST! (Day 3)

SUNDAY - June 21, 2009. Another early start to our day. This is our day to tour LDS Church history sites. We drove to Cameron, Missouri, and parked in the Walmart parking lot there. Mom, Rick, Holly, Katie, and Amy took the BMW and went to Adam-ondi-ahman and Far West while Dad, Ken, and myself stayed with the vehicles. The day was nice, but muggy. It got warmer as the day went along. Today we had the generator going running the AC and it really helped. We had planned on visiting with Ron and Nadene today, but with all of the delays, that was not working out. I talked with Nadene and explained some of what had happened. I felt bad that we were not able to get with them. After the rest of the group returned from their site seeing, we headed for Liberty Jail. We enjoyed the tour and the chance to visit the jail. We loaded up and headed for Independence, Missouri. On the way, we were trying to get Katie to sleep and so left the generator running with the AC going. Well, about half way to Independence the generator quit and would not restart. Not good! Once we got to Independence, I wanted to visit the Church of Christ Temple. I have been to Independence three times and still had not seen inside. We went there first and learned that they would be closing in 30 minutes. So, we took a quicky tour. It was interesting. Then we all went over to the LDS Visitor's Center in Independence and again took a quicky tour. The feeling between both places was noticable. We were soon again on the road and headed for St. Louis. Holly had told me that she wanted to get as close to St. Louis as possible Sunday night. We made to within 40 miles of St. Louis when we again stopped at a Walmart for the night. We are getting good at the Walmart tour! The humidity has been absolutely horrid! We are dripping wet and can't cool down. Today, I took Katie out of her car seat for part of the drive to St. Louis and let her stand next to the window. She was dripping wet from being in her car seat. The only time she gets upset is when she is thirsty, hungry, or too hot. She isn't eating a whole lot, but drinking everything we give her. She is so good!