CAPE GIRARDEAU
, responsible for giving Rush Limbaugh to the airwaves of the world, looks down on the Mississippi from a rocky ledge 55 miles downriver. Among its antebellum and Victorian buildings, the
Port Cape Girardeau
, 19 N Water St (tel 573/334-0954), serves tasty ribs. The
Sands Motel
at 1448 N Kings Hwy (tel 573/334-2828; $35-50), with a decent restaurant, is good value. You can
camp
ten miles north of town at the Trail of Tears State Park (tel 573/334-1711, $7 per tent site). The
visitor's center
at 100 Broadway (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm; tel 1-800/777-0068,
) also has
internet
access. The road continues south to Arkansas through reclaimed swamplands, rich in wheat, corn and melons, but little else.
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