We spent the night in Kansas City on the Kansas side. So when we got up and left, it was only a few minutes before we hit Missouri. We had been saying how we have not had any rain the whole trip. And also that we've been lucky and not had any major road construction issues along the way. Well, that all changed today. We had both. And of course, it was my turn to drive.
We spent a few hours driving toward St. Louis. It rained most of the way and was overcast the rest. We got to St. Louis around 3 PM.
We kept looking for the Arch. And finally we began to see it peeping over the buildings.
Trying to find a place to park down near the riverfront. The great Mississippi river was flooding here a little bit too.
Once we got up to the Gateway Arch, we saw these firetrucks. Apparently something was wrong with the elevator system that takes you up into the arch. Unfortunately we weren't able to do that. So we went into the Museum and gift shop, which by the way, has very very high security. We had to do the airport strip down to get in.
The museum was pretty neat, telling the history of discovering and establishing the West. Lots of great exhibits.
We left St. Louis after about an hour and a half and were immediately in Illinois. I didn't get a picture of that sign because it came up before I knew it and was in the middle of the interstate interchanges. We stopped here and ate some Chinese for dinner and then topped it off with some yummy Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. We traveled southeast and then entered Kentucky. It was getting late but Daniel really wanted to keep driving until we got home. However the kids (and wife) were all getting cranky so we got a hotel across the Tennessee state line in Clarksville for the night.
So to summarize: 5 states total on one rainy day. We are tired and exhuasted but at least we should be home tomorrow!
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