Arrived yesterday after leaving Memphis, the countryside around Memphis is very flat and rural for about two hundred miles north, then it becomes a little more undulating. Arrived in St Louis about six pm weather was beautiful. Am staying with a couple, Rachel is a doctor and Todd an attorney, haven't met Todd yet but Rachel is lovely. The area is really nice with great eating places and a really beautiful park. Today I spent the day walking in the park, the weather was really warm around seventy five degrees. The park was lovely with all the autumn colours in the trees, every so often there was an open building with benches inside and people were having BBQs, children's parties of just family gatherings, it had a really lovely atmosphere. Sorry no pics at the moment
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