We left Ste. Genevieve this morning and drove down to Chester, Ill. We were looking for the road across the Mississippi River bridge at Chester, but we found ourselves instead on a levee on a gravel road in the middle … Continue reading →
First of all, Happy Birthday to Alan. Once again we are on a wonderful adventure for your birthday. The three of us spent today exploring Ste. Genevieve. We started at the Ste. Genevieve Museum. There were several interesting exhibits about … Continue reading →
After a leisurely breakfast at Chery’s house, the three of us (Alan, BJ, and Chery) loaded up the car and set out for Ste. Genevieve, Mo. A short distance outside of Edwardsville is the town of Collinsvile, Ill., home of … Continue reading →
We left St. Charles, Mo. this morning and took the “back” way (Highway 67) into Illinois and across the Mississippi River. This gave us the chance to go across the River on the stunning Clark Bridge. On the Illinois side … Continue reading →
We are staying in St. Charles but spent today in St. Louis. The first thing we wanted to do was to go to the top of the St. Louis Arch before it got too crowded. As it was, the earliest … Continue reading →
Brrrr…..we woke up this morning to thunderstorms and much cooler weather. We have been spoiled with pretty good weather so we can’t complain. I think the cooler weather might bring some of the Autumn leaves color down here. After breakfast … Continue reading →
I woke up before BJ and went for a mile and a half walk to get some of the road kinks out of my legs and back. I went to the top of a hill overlooking Hannibal and the River … Continue reading →
We decided to spend today driving North from Hannibal along the River Road and so after another huge breakfast and having dropped our dirty clothes at a laundromat, we headed up the Missouri side of the River Road. The road … Continue reading →
Say Hannibal, Mo. to almost any American and immediately Mark Twain will come to mind. Being as we are in Hannibal, we, of course, had to get our Mark Twain fix. After another great breakfast (there are big advantages to … Continue reading →
We are finally on the Mississippi River in Hannibal. We left St. Joseph this morning after another great breakfast from the Museum Hill B&B On the way out of town we stopped at the Glore Psychiatric Hospital Museum and as … Continue reading →
