This is the 2nd blog for today. It is July 4th and we are in East Peoria Ill. The temp. is 66 degrees and raining. I sure do miss NC weather. Yesterday was in the 80's and nice. The picture below is the Peoria Riverboat. It really is a pretty riverboat.

There are a lot of lakes along the Illinois River. The following pictures are of the lakes and hills in the background. This is pretty country.