We were traveling so fast today that we saw Dorthy flying ahead of us! For those of you who enjoy the wonderful world & treasures of Starbucks, we are sitting here enjoying drinks and their WI-FI connection. Oh, the joys of modern technology that keeps getting better!
This has been the longest day yet. We began around 8:30 this morning and have stopped for the night (8:35 Central time). Actually, we covered three states on HWY 70–Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. What a trek! The odometer on the car is 1513 to be exact. We will spend the night in Overland Park, Kansas, which is a suburb of Kansas City. Dad’s hope was to spend more time driving today so we would have more time to spend with his brother Greg’s family tomorrow (Wednesday). Their town is only about 3.5 hours away from Kansas City, so we will have a relaxing day tomorrow. We may not have time to update the blog tomorrow, but we’ll make sure to send an update on our way to New Mexico.
The only sight-seeing stop we had today was in St. Louis, Missouri. Miles away from the city we were able to see the Gateway Arch. It continued to get bigger and bigger as we got closer to the city. It was easy to navigate to it! 🙂 The arch is 630 feet tall, and we had a hard time getting the whole thing in a photo. There was a museum underneath the arch that housed a couple theaters and the tram to go to the top. We just walked around and used the facilities. This is the place in which Lewis & Clark are supposed to have departed on their Western Voyage. It’s sorta cool that we have now been to the starting place of their journey and we lived in the place of their final destination (Astoria, OR).
Driving along the Mississippi River we saw a tug pushing a huge barge that looked like it was carrying coal. This was our first look at the Mississippi River. I didn’t realize our journey was going to take us across this river but it was a nice treat to experience.
We’ve had a successful day and will have a couple more long days after we visit with family in Kansas.
Dad and Me
Lisa,
Tell your dad to quit tinkering with the hardware and write a blup for me from his perspective. Does it smell with so many animal travelers? Are his long legs cramped in your little car? What is your driving really like 🙂 I want to know.
Love ya both!