Stopped at the RV place to get the burners fixed. Good news: turns out the connections had rattled loose, so they reconnected them and didn't even charge. Pretty nice. Bad news: they think the guy at the other RV place might have screwed up the generator by over filling it with oil. And, they think Onan won’t honor the warranty because the other RV place was not a bona fide Onan repair place. Will deal with all this when we get back to CA.

Went to the Meremac Caves. It was a 1.5 hr walking tour of the cave.Couldn’t get out if you wanted to leave. That did it for me. Dad wanted to go but didn’t want to leave me sitting there, which would’ve been fine with me. He didn’t want to wait for the next tour, which would’ve been in an hour. There was a zipline, which I would’ve done and Dad wouldn’t. The only thing is I had visions of bumper cars at Great America and decided it wouldn’t be worth it. They’ve got all kinds of things to do here, but most of it was closed. It really is past the season: on the one hand there are no people, on the other there are lots of things closed.

We're in the Ozarks! Came down to Branson, Missouri to check it out because we heard it’s a music mecca – Nashville of the west. Thought we’d take in a show, but I got a fever and was flat out all night. Haven’t seen the town yet, but it looks like it'll be a lot bigger than we thought. They handed us a packet of shows that was 3" thick. Might be like Vegas…

DAILY ENTERTAINMENT... courtesy of Shannon
- Riddles: Dad got the Panda Bear riddle right away. Neither of us got the other two.
- Finished Robin Williams.
- Got the movie, Cars. Way exciting! Don’t know when we’ll see it. It would make sense to see it when we get to the southwest, but that’s probably not going to happen now. Having to get back to CA on time is a real pain.

STATS
Day: 17, 9/20
Leave: 9 am; East St. Louis Illinois
Breakfast: Holiday Inn
Lunch: Picnic at Meramec Caverns
Dinner: RV
Arrive: 5:30 pm, America’s Best Campground, Branson, Missouri
Travelled: 279 miles; 8.5 hours
Comments: Met a guy at the RV place who recommended this campground. It’s fine, but really, America’s Best Campground? Hmmmm. So far my vote is for the two places in Nebraska.