Heading east through Missouri to St Louis to the "Arch" as our lunch/tourist stop mid-day. Arrived in St Louis and it was 104 degrees! Parked on the banks of the Mississippi and walked slowly up the steps to the arch!!! It was HOT!
The wait for the elevator trip to the top was an hour and when we were told that they were "trying to keep it comfortable (temperature wise) but it is a metal structure"....we decided to pass on the trip to the top and go to a pub for lunch!!! We did spend time looking around the beautiful museum in the base and then continued our journey east out of Missouri into Illinois.
Ali and I were chatting away and completely blew through Illinois missing the exit for our days destination! It was too late to backtrack because the exits were so far apart and we didn't have Internet to check the GPS and no cell service to call from! so we kept on trucking until cell service returned and called Phil in NY to search for the nearest Hampton Inn in Indiana! 78 miles later we checked into the Hampton Inn in Evansville and headed across the street for a needed drink and dinner! Ali's margarita was picture worthy!!!
I failed to mention that the Mighty Mississippi cannot hold a candle to our beautiful Hudson River!
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