Once again, we traveled in beautiful weather. We arrived in Concordia, MO for lunch and was greeted by a flyover and landing from and Apache helicopter.
The food was fabulous with roasted turckey, pork, beef, and baked ham. The entire town welcomed us there. 
It's always a big plus when the school children line the parade route. 
After lunch we went to our overnite stop at Wentzville, MO. Just about the entire town of Wentzville turned out and welcomed us to town and gave us a hearty dinner at the local VFW. It's amazing to see how Americans really are and not how the media tries to portray them. The State of Missouri along with the State of New Mexico gave us border to border police escort which made it much easier getting through the major cities. 
Day 7 - Wentzville, MO to Corydon, IN
Tuesday morning started out bright and clear and continued throughout the day. We had a wreath laying ceremony as we left Wentzville.
Our first stop of the day was at the VA hospital near St. Louis. We had ceremonies and visited many of the patients and thank them for their service to our country. 
We had a great lunch at Huck's Truck Stop in Mt. Vernon, IL. Huck's is one of the three original stops from the first Run with Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis VA Hospital) and Rainelle Elementary being two others. Then, on to Corydon, IN for a parade through town and a fish fry dinner. 
It was great to catch up with people we've gotten to know over the years and see how they're doing. Only three more days until we complete our mission.
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