Legend-ary Cross Country Trip - Day 19 Tight Squeeze - Great BBQ




Odometer Reading: 3945 - 4240

Departed: El Dorado, Kansas 9:15 a.m.

Arrived: Osage Beach, Missouri 4:30 p.m.

Overnight: Osage Beach RV Park


Along the Way

Along the way we stopped at the town of Fort Scott in Kansas. Fort Scott is a designated Nation Historic Park because of it’s importance in history of Indian Removal, Westward Expansion, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War, and the Railroad years. This is a time in history I am interested in.  Blame it on Little House on the Prairie.  I was hoping to go to the Fort Scott Visitor Center to learn more, but it was under construction.  We did manage to see a little outbuilding but that was it. Upon our exit from the truck, we were greeted with the smell of barbecue and decided it was time for lunch. It was too hot to order out and eat in the trailer so Bruce asked the hostess at “The Brick Street BBQ” if we could sit on the patio with the dog. She said “it's so hot outside you should be in the air conditioning go ahead and bring your dog in.” We were shocked but took her suggestion. Once in the corner booth they directed us to, Kenobi laid under the street drinking from the bowl of water they provided him. The barbecue was beyond fabulous!! I recommend Brick Street BBQ whenever you're in Fort Scott.




There is not much to say about the rest of the drive we stopped for gas in Missouri. Bruce saw a  horned creature either a pronghorn or a reindeer, in a field along the road during our drive. I thought it looked like a reindeer with its fuzzy antlers but it doesn't seem like reindeer should be in Missouri on the side of the highway. 


Wildlife: Reindeer/Pronghorn


Trailer: no issues



Reflection:  Parking in Fort Scott was a scary challenge.  The RV lot for the visitor center is as soon as you enter town, not by the visitor center. Honestly, it didn’t look that large when we accidentally drove past it.   This historic park is great for walking and exploring, but not driving a trailer through. The roads are narrow with angled parking in the street  and tight corners. We needed to turn around, but where. Well nowhere, we needed to drive through the park roads. Thankfully Bruce maneuvered us out of there and when he discovered a double long parallel space on the road he decided to park there instead of risk getting in a tight spot again.  It was moments like these that I wish I would have finished my detailed planning for roadside stops for the second half of the trip.


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