That pretty much sums up the drive through Missouri tonight. All that we drove through were towns with 7 truck stops, 3 porn related business and 9 churches – punctuated by 30 minutes of nothing.
Saint Louis was interesting. While I knew that the Arch was going to be pretty big, I had no idea just how big. We found parking directly underneath the Arch right along the bank of the Mighty Mississippi. The Arch was so big, we ended up having to walk nearly a half mile away just to get the entire thing in one photograph. It was pretty spectacular. For the first time I felt like what others feel like when they look up at me. I am also glad that we were able to see it at night with the lights shining on it. The arch appeared to be that much more impressive as it was towering over us reaching far into the night sky.
After running around the park for a bit, we then hopped back into our noble steed to make off like bandits robbing a train. But not with out seeing if we locate the Budweiser Brewery. No such luck. Hooters did not have it listed in her “Attractions” menu and because I left my blackberry at home, we did not have a quick reference to locate it. We did have a listing for the St. Louis Brewery which we drove by in the off chance that it was it. However the place looked like it doubled as mob joint. Afraid that we would be instructed to go find our shine box, we decided to move on. The time was getting late and we had another 3:00-4:00 hour leg to go.
After wasting about 30 minutes driving around the city of St. Louis in desperate search of I-44 things finally got underway. Brian took us through the first part of the state getting us over to Rollah where we stopped at around 11:00 for some dinner. I then took over driving duties until we finally landed in Springfield, MO.
Overall though, I am pleased with our progress and happy that we are in Springfield tonight. Tomorrow is a huge day – we are pushing on all the way to the Grand Canyon (or at least trying to) so we can see the sunrise there. That’s the plan anyway. We shall see if we can execute it.
On to the stats for day two:
Total Miles Traveled: 769.8
Saint Louis was interesting. While I knew that the Arch was going to be pretty big, I had no idea just how big. We found parking directly underneath the Arch right along the bank of the Mighty Mississippi. The Arch was so big, we ended up having to walk nearly a half mile away just to get the entire thing in one photograph. It was pretty spectacular. For the first time I felt like what others feel like when they look up at me. I am also glad that we were able to see it at night with the lights shining on it. The arch appeared to be that much more impressive as it was towering over us reaching far into the night sky.
After running around the park for a bit, we then hopped back into our noble steed to make off like bandits robbing a train. But not with out seeing if we locate the Budweiser Brewery. No such luck. Hooters did not have it listed in her “Attractions” menu and because I left my blackberry at home, we did not have a quick reference to locate it. We did have a listing for the St. Louis Brewery which we drove by in the off chance that it was it. However the place looked like it doubled as mob joint. Afraid that we would be instructed to go find our shine box, we decided to move on. The time was getting late and we had another 3:00-4:00 hour leg to go.
After wasting about 30 minutes driving around the city of St. Louis in desperate search of I-44 things finally got underway. Brian took us through the first part of the state getting us over to Rollah where we stopped at around 11:00 for some dinner. I then took over driving duties until we finally landed in Springfield, MO.
Overall though, I am pleased with our progress and happy that we are in Springfield tonight. Tomorrow is a huge day – we are pushing on all the way to the Grand Canyon (or at least trying to) so we can see the sunrise there. That’s the plan anyway. We shall see if we can execute it.
On to the stats for day two:
Total Miles Traveled: 769.8
Total Time for the Trip: 13 Hours 17 Minutes
Total Driving Time: 11 Hours 09 Minutes
Total Stoppage Time: 2 Hours 07 Minutes
Top Speed: 88.7 Miles Per Hour
Average Moving Speed: 69.0 Miles Per Hour
Overall Average Trip Speed (including Stoppage Time): 58.0 Miles Per Hour
Number of Times Pulled Over: 0
Number of Other Vehicles Pulled Over: 4
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