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Thread drift, but if you had of been able to cross the US 60 bridge from IL to MO, you end up running the levee at Bird's Point. That is where they blew out the levee in 2011 to route the floodwaters into the New Madrid flood-way and protect Cairo from flooding. If they had let it flood it would have done millions of $$ in improvements!

The other note is, that area south of the levee near Bird's Point all the way to Wyatt Junction at one time all belonged to my Grandfather. He lost most of the land in 1925 when they had the first runs on the banks at the start of the Great Depression. The bank he and one other owned was one of the first to have a run made on it.

There is still a 3 acre cemetery just to the east of Wyatt where many of my family on my Mother's side are buried. It sits on what was the first concrete highway west of the Mississippi.

jimlongley wrote:
Thanks Keith, I missed that part when I was looking things up. I expected to be in IL just long enough to get from KY to MO, about a mile, but the bridge was closed.

It is normally less than a mile in IL when the 60 bridge between IL and MO is open. However, that detour you had to take puts you right through Cairo, IL and that is one of the areas you NEED to have your gun on you!!

jimlongley wrote: I will admit to being a little worried on the trip back as we drove through IL for about 7 miles due to a detour, and no way to stop and lock my gun unloaded in the trunk.

Actually, now that Illinois has a concealed license they will allow a non-resident with a concealed carry license from another state to carry concealed in their vehicle.

430 ILCS 66/40
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a non-resident from transporting a concealed firearm within his or her
vehicle in Illinois, if the concealed firearm remains within his or her vehicle and the non-resident:
(1) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under federal law;
(2) is eligible to carry a firearm in public under the laws of his or her state or territory of residence, as
evidenced by the possession of a concealed carry license or permit issued by his or her state of
residence, if applicable; and
(3) is not in possession of a license under this Act. If the non-resident leaves his or her vehicle
unattended, he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or locked container within the vehicle in
accordance with subsection (b) of Section 65 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)