Blogs from St Louis, Missouri, United States, North America - page 12

So far so good. I made it all the way from Boston and my car is still kicking. Not that it shouldn't work fine, I'm just waiting for something to go wrong! St. Louis is a pretty interesting city. The arch is quite amazing but I'm just not feeling it here. It's pretty dangerous. I was told by the girl at the front desk of the hostel that I shouldn't walk alone at night and if I do not to take my purse with me. Such a stark contrast to Cambridge! The architecture around this area, Soulard, reminds me of the South End. A lot of Brownstones, old architecture and cute little side streets. Though I'm sure the housing prices are much more affordable. Later I'm heading to Branson, Mo which I hear is the new ... read more

I'm starting the mad rush of preparation for our big 2007 trip to Europe. I had so much fun making Simpsons versions of me and Nicole that I decided to use them for our blog picture. Hopefully you enjoy as much I do! We leave in 6 days. I have my packing list complete and will begin the task of packing everything for 17 days into 1 bag tomorrow. Hopefully this blog works out on the road and I will be able to share the trip as it happens. ... read more

I just got back from a fabulous mission trip to Costa Rica with the youth group. I was so amazed at the beauty of the country and both the people there and the people in our group. Our group was so receptive to Costa Rican culture. They were eager and ready to step outside their comfort zones. We saw God in so many places: each other, mountains, waterfalls, the rainforest, the conference center staff, the construction workers, children, pastors, etc. We all pulled our gifts and talents together to create an amazing team. I am going to miss all of the youth and everyone at Webster Hills dearly. You will all be in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope to hear updates. Looking toward the future. I am leaving for Minnesota tomorrow to go to ... read more

Dad and I left today , July 4, 2007, at around 2pm. We drove down to the Chain of Rocks Bridge but did not walk across it because it was starting to rain, and to be honest it was a pretty sketchy area. We are going to revisit it on a much nicer day. From the Chain of Rocks Bridge we began the actual driving of Route 66 (this is where it gets exciting), skipping the dodgy part of West Florissant and got on Highway 70 going towards downtown. It started to rain right around this time, forcing us to put the top up :(. We then picked up right back on Route 66 at Gravois just beneath the Arch, where we cut over to Chippewa taking us to Ted Drews Frozen Custard . I ... read more

Restored text from database failure. Some content may be lost. Today's the day and it's very hard to say goodbye to family. But, in another respect we are going back home as well. We had some early morning visitors who gave us a gift. Teresa, Nathan and Lee made us a "Wilson" of sorts that is to go around the world with us. They've named him "ernst". He will travel in our packs and have his picture taken in front of the world's greatest landmarks! :) Our packs are packed up and Lachlan had to omit a few things. We still probably have too much, but we are going to shed a few things in the UK anyway. Even with a pair of high heels (for weddings only!), Brigid's pack still has less things in it! ... read more