With not much keeping us up late at night, we got another early start. I was pushing miles on our drive each day, so getting an early start was always good. (I didn’t ask Auggie if he was OK with that.)
It was just over 200 miles and about 3.5 hours to St. Louis, Missouri – the home of the famous arch. We would pass it directly on our way east on Route 70. We were looking forward to seeing it.
When you look up “St. Louis Arch” in your GPS, it tells you nothing. It gives you an error, and you are left to wonder what blasted name the National Park Service has given to this site.
After many searches and a lot of frustrated four-letter words from me, we finally discovered that it’s called the “Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.” We set our route and found our way, but come on, folks – no one calls it that! Apparently the National Park Service could benefit from a lesson on user-friendliness.
But the arch was very cool to see! It was a gorgeous autumn day, and Auggie and I were happy to have a nice place to stretch our legs and walk around.
You can actually take an elevator up to the top of the Arch, but we didn't - no dogs allowed.
We were in St. Louis just before Halloween, so we got to see a cool fountain around the grounds that was filled with orange water.
We got to see the St. Louis “Occupy” location.
And we got to also see a few signs encouraging the St. Louis Cardinals in their quest to win the World Series.
On your way east out of St. Louis, you immediately cross the mighty Mississippi River. It was big and beautiful on that sunny day, and we crossed the MLK Bridge to head right into a new state, Illinois. Hooray – another border crossed!
Once into Illinois, we covered another 170 miles after we left St. Louis and found ourselves ready for some dinner and a campsite after 3+ hours in the Champagne Chevy.
I issued another cheer as we crossed yet another state border on our journey east, this time into Indiana – we were picking them off faster now! We found a KOA campground just off the interstate in Terre Haute, Indiana, and stayed the night. I had a very hard time getting connected to the WiFi system, so we instead spent the evening listening to the World Series and typing up a few blog entries.
Once into Illinois, we covered another 170 miles after we left St. Louis and found ourselves ready for some dinner and a campsite after 3+ hours in the Champagne Chevy.
I issued another cheer as we crossed yet another state border on our journey east, this time into Indiana – we were picking them off faster now! We found a KOA campground just off the interstate in Terre Haute, Indiana, and stayed the night. I had a very hard time getting connected to the WiFi system, so we instead spent the evening listening to the World Series and typing up a few blog entries.
After dishes were done, it was bedtime. Auggie and I snuggled up and drifted off to sleep, having covered more than 375 miles during our day.
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