On October 27th, we left Macon, Missouri heading for Des Moines, Iowa. The campground in Macon, Long Branch Lake State Park, was one of those places where we wished we could have stayed longer. It was set in the woods right near the lake and had beautiful views. All roads were paved as was the camp site parking and they had 50amp service plus water all for $19, $18 if you’re from Missouri. It looks like a great lake for summertime fun. We drove the 175 miles to Des Moines arriving at 12:15 and went straight to the Capitol. They actually had a parking lot big enough for the RV. After going inside we found out that the next tour, which included a trip up into the dome wasn’t starting until 1:30 so we decided to go set up in a Wal-Mart parking lot and then come back to the capitol to take the tour. We got back in time for the tour and it was good we waited for it. Anytime we can get up into the dome it makes the tour much better. Our tour guide talked way too much however. If she had been giving information or history that would have been OK but most of it was just stories about other tours. She also kept having conversations with one guy who kept asking obscure questions about things that had nothing to do with the capitol. It drove us crazy. In spite of all that we thought the capitol was great. They have a library that was the most beautiful room we’ve seen in any capitol. It was incredible at 5 floors high with amazing spiral staircases and such unique design. We loved it. When we got back to the RV we noticed that our refrigerator was not working too well. Kevin worked on it for a while but it didn’t get better. It wasn’t totally off but it wasn’t near cold enough in the frig side.
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