Well, that was fun!!??

We have had success following the GRR with the RV pulling the Jeep.  This new approach has save us time and money while allowing us a more relaxed trip.  So we left Cairo, IL and headed down the GRR toward Memphis, TN.  But as we drove the road became more narrow and in poor driving condition.  So we were driving about 25 - 30 mph rather than the 55 posted limit.  No worries because there is no other traffic on this road.  But it continues to narrow and deteriorate.  Soon we are on a road that is about 1.3 lanes wide.  But still no traffic so we are OK.  It is a concern that we have not seen a Great River Road sign in some time but there was no place to turn so we figured we must be on the right path.

We came to a sharp left turn in the road or we could go straight. We chose to go straight and that took us up a small hill.  Once over that knoll we knew we were wrong!  Turns out it is an entrance to a Cargill  grain receiving station.  In order to turn around and go back out we have to disconnect the Jeep,  maneuver the RV then reconnect. OR we could ask at the receiving office if we could go through the truck unloading area which was just a big circle.  Since Diana was driving I went in and explained our situation and they had no problem with me driving through. So we switched drivers and I began to make the loop.

I chose door # 2!

We made it through with no problem so we switched drivers again and Diana took the wheel.  We pulled out of Cargill and realized that there was no way we could make the now right hand turn on to the "road" we supposed to be on.  So we had to disconnect the Jeep, drive about 100 yards back up the road where we could turn the RV around, then reconnect the Jeep.  The entire process took about 30 minutes.  The beauty was that neither of us got upset and we just went with the flow.  I was very impressed with us!

This road did not get any better and finally we turned on the GPS and plugged in our destination.  It told us to stay on the road for 5 more miles.  So we did and about 1/2 mile before the intersection where we were to turn on to a real road we finally see a Great River Road sign.  We laughed, made the turn and continued on to Memphis.

By the way, Tennessee is the only state with brown GRR signs.  So far all other states have been green signs but use brown ones to indicate roads to parks or boat ramps.  Odd.