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

As I was driving into town, I immediately noticed how huge the Gateway Arch is. It’s 630 feet tall. Thanks to my grandkids, I learned a few months ago that you can take a ride inside of the arch to get to the top. I did it and it was really cool. From the top, I was able to see the Cardinals playing the Phillies.... read more

Saturday morning, May 19th, we departed from Oak Brook, Illinois heading to St. Louis. This would be one of our longest legs of the trip, about 270 miles. I researched the location of Route 66 before departing Atlanta. The route starts in Chicago but is pretty congested these days in the beginning. So, I waited until we reached Pontiac, Illinois before leaving I-55. We noticed right away that there was a Route 66 museum located here. I visited the museum while Jackie stayed in the car. I enjoyed what I saw and recommend it for anyone with an interest in this history. Since Jackie was still in the car, I grabbed a map and we drove about 20 miles along the Old Route 66. Wow, it is scenic but it doesn't take long to understand why ... read more

Today we toured the ranch that all of the Budweiser Clydesdales are born, raised and trained at. It was so awesome to see these gentle giants and some of their babies. There was one named Toby and he was born today just after midnight. Great experience!... read more

Hello, As the final days of 2017 approach, we have decided to really celebrate this New Years by spending 10 days enjoying warm weather and sunshine while cruising in the Caribbean. We have gone on quite a few cruises in the past, but this is the first time we sailed during the year-end holiday season. Hurricanes earlier this year hammered some of the Caribbean islands and that has partially affected our original itinerary, but we will still be going to plenty of interesting places. Happily our friends Joyce and Jerry Deming (from the 2016 cruise) will be joining us on this cruise. Even though you will not also be coming with us on the Regal Princess, you can still read each day about our trip on our blog. As always, we want to say THANK YOU ... read more

I-80 is a busy highway with lots of trucks and so, with another windy day ahead, I decided to take a different route home. We traveled south a little from Lincoln into the northeast corner of Kansas, then due east on good U.S. highways. We made good progress and stopped for the night at a nice campground near Macon, Missouri, almost two thirds of the way across the state. Once we hit eastern Nebraska things started to look much greener and now there are plenty of trees and predominantly farms rather than ranches. The terrain is rolling hills and it definitely looks Midwestern. I fished in the campground pond tonight but otherwise we spent a quiet evening at the camper. We've been on the road now for thirty days and we've seen a lot of the ... read more