We started our Day Trip crossing the river from Paducah, KY to Brookport, IL. We try to avoid the interstate so we crossed on Hwy 45. This was a steel bridge, where you could look down and see thru to the water. We didn't much like the ride over it...needless to say on the return route, we took interstate.
ILLINOIS state line at Brookport.
We took HWY 146 up the river, stopping at Elizabethtown. The historial boarding house, known as The Rose Hotel, open in 1812 overlooked the river. The picture above is outside the doors with the Wing by the river. 
Our favorite stop of the day was the area, Cave-in-Rock State Park, located on the HWY 1 on the Ohio River. A 160-ft cave in a limestone bluff, looks like a den to priates and bandits in days gone by. There is a ferry that crosses the river which gives a nice view of the park. The wind was strong on our visit, and the river was rough, we passed. 
The Cave was the setting for a movie with Jimmy Stewart once. 
Take Hwy 1 North, turn on Karbers Ridge Road and travel the hillsides to the Garden of the Gods. 
Here's the group for the day, Troy and Jan, Sheila and Larry, on the top at the Garden.
Here you will see oddly shaped sandstone formations-rounded, grooved, and streaked orange. Looks like toys for a giant. 
Some are named, the Table Rock, Devil's Smokestack, Anvil Rock and
the Camel and the Mushroom Rock.
Enjoy the area and do some climbing on the rocks......act like a kid!!!
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