Blogs from Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North America - page 7

Geo: 38.6276, -90.199Today is the day we flew back to Missouri... and it literally took us ALLLLLLLLLLLLL day to fly to Missouri. Note to self: next trip... fly in/out of Springfield and/or pay close attention to flight arrival and departure times!!We started the day meeting hubby's cousin. She is a beautiful lady who met us at our hotel for breakfast. So, we flew from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City... and had nearly a four-hour layover... so we sat and read and waited... We flew-in to St. Louis airport at five minutes until midnight. The airport looked empty but the attendants told us there were two more planes scheduled to land later than us that night. Yikes!Hubby's parents took a taxi to his aunt & uncle's house in St. Louis... and what did hubby & I ... read more

DAYS 29-30 Saint Louis The next morning I got up and after grabbing some breakfast at the motel, doughnuts and orange juice, I walked to downtown. I had planned the day quite well this time, I was going to the City’s museum first, then downtown, then the Arch and finally I had a ticket for my first baseball game ever, St Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Brewers. I caught a bus to the city’s museum and that was a mistake. Not catching a bus, the temperature in St Louis was quite high not as bad as in Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi, but still in the high 80s and quite humid. The mistake was going to the City’s museum because as cool as it is, it’s basically a museum for kids. It’s got some kind of rides, funny ... read more

Tulsa (Oklahoma) --- Missouri --- à Highland (Illinois) ============== 756 km (Cumulatif = 13997) ============== Température: 39 degrés : C’est très chaud même durant la soirée. Il y a un risque d’un violent orage mais on s’en sauve encore. Nous sommes réellement chanceux sur ce point ============== Résumé : ============== - Joplin : Il y a quelques mois, une tornade a détruit une partie de la ville de Joplin au Missouri. Nous visitons les lieux : ------ o Le dernier décompte fait état de 164 morts; ------ o Le spectacle sous nos yeux est affreux; ------ o Tout est ravagé dans un corridor d’environ 500 mètres de largeur sur une distance assez longue (sûrement plusieurs kilomètres); ------  Toitures arrachées, arbres déracinés ou entièrement dépouillées de leurs branches secondaires, voitures détruites, poteaux et fils électriques complètement ... read more

Argh, my belly is full of Oreos and I am quite immobile right now so I will update you all on one of our favourite cities so far as we ride along the highway and my mind rethinks the last few rockin days. Driving around St. Louis you begin to grasp the whole idea of what this city is all about- The people, parks, food, Art and culture, and we were lucky enough to be staying with a person who is quite possible one of the most interesting people we’ve ever met before, Mauricio, whom was born in Columbus and travelled around the world among other things. Just before arriving into the city we went through a HUGE thunderstorm and I secretly hoped for a Tornado to come our way but unfortunately the Tornado season is ... read more

Driving into the home of country roots and bars late at night from Memphis was something else, and pretty exciting to be there, although there aren't as many "rednecks" as the movies in Hollywood would let you think and so far we haven't really come across any of the sort. People are super friendly down south and I could sit forever listening to that "Southern Draw", oh and being country music lovers it's nice to blare the likes of Jason Aldean, Alan Jackson and Brooks and Dunn only to gain nods of approval rather than strange looks you would get in Melbourne. That night we stayed with the Winnett family- Tom, Beth and two gorgeous kittens. We really enjoyed staying with them and the first night even though we arrived late they bought out all their ... read more