Mount Pleasant, Iowa
We finished up our travel preparations last night and were up early on another sunny but hot and humid morning. After a quick stop at the dump station (OK, a little longer than usual but we were here for almost a week), we were on the road again. We followed the route we used the other day in reverse, heading north on IL-100 then IL-96, crossing the Illinois River in Hardin, and soon coming to I-72. We did a little zig-zag, taking I-72 west for a few miles and then I-172 north to Quincy where we crossed the Mississippi. Picking up US-61, we continued north until Wayland, MO, where we switched to MO-27 and had a chance to fuel up. MO-27 joined up with US-218 and we were soon at our destination, Crossroads RV Park in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. I suspect that the name is derived from its location at the junction of US-218 north/south and US-34 east/west.
All along US-61 and US-218 through Missouri and Iowa, we noticed specialized road signs designating the "Avenue of the Saints". Sporting a fleur-de-lis emblem, usually associated with New Orleans, we were curious enough to dig deeper. Turns out a Big Easy link couldn't be further from the truth: it's a designated "high priority corridor" linking St. Paul in Minnesota with St. Louis in Missouri. We never even realized there was such a thing as the "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991", although we did know that "intermodal" transportation involves routes combining truck and rail methods (those long trains with semi-trailers on them). In any event, it was a nice smooth road with minimal construction.
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