My car that is. I’m on my way from Mark Twain National Forest (do you think Ayn Rand has a national forest?) to Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Like a sexy dwarf, the 370Z kept bouncing back and asking for more. The fun was had on route 8, just east of Rolla, MO, heading southeast to southern Illinois. All new and smooth black top with tons of great curves and fun hills. The road, not the sexy dwarf.
Steintrek 
How are you getting into Southern Illinois? Over the bridge @ Cape Girardeau or all the way down into Cairo? If the latter, my mother-in-law lives in Charleston, MO.
Bridge by the Cape G. I’m in Cape G right now hitting the supermarket.