Time for a ROAD TRIP!!!

Hello, hello, hello!  I'm writing to you from St. Louis, Missouri!  And those of you who know me, know that St. Louis is far away from my home.....630 miles away, to be more precise.  This is the first day of a 10 day road trip for our family.  A long awaited road trip.  We started planning this in March!  I'm so excited today finally arrived!  So excited, in fact, that I wanted to share the trip with you.  So stay tuned....each day, I'll share with you some pictures and adventures we get ourselves into.

Day 1, Friday: It took us 11 hours to get here.  11 hours of radio stations fading in and out, semi trucks galore, construction, traffic, crazy drivers and at one point, a gross, chunky, slimy, disgusting looking spill on the road from a dump truck labeled "not for human consumption."  Blech,  But we made it!  Here are a few photos from today's trek:

"Get your kicks, on route 66"

Part of our drive today was along the historic route 66.  And you see the picture of the deer?  Ordinary deer right? Well, kind of.  These deer were munching just feet away from a walking trail, and were completely unperturbed by the people and cars going by so close to them.  That pretty little river was behind a rest area somewhere south of Chicago.  And - tada! - St. Louis!  The archway, of course, and the stadium home of the St. Louis Cardinals.  And finally, on the lower right, is the little apartment we are staying in for the weekend, just outside the city limits of St. Louis.  It's tiny, but cute, and unlike a hotel room, we have a sitting room and a kitchen.  Wanna know a secret?  It cost us less than any of the hotels we found in the city.  Next time you travel, you have GOT to check out the website www.airbnb.com - seriously! No, I'm not being paid to promote them.  Go check it out.  You can rent entire apartments or houses - sometimes with hot tubs or pools or other fun amenities - often for the same cost as a hotel, or less!  Ok, I'm done with my commercial.  Haha.  See you all tomorrow with a summary of our explorations of St. Louis!  Adios!