lady on the GPS would yell,"OFF ROUTE!" One time,after the GPS lady gave us some directions, Mason said, "Thanks, Jane." So, from then on out, the GPS lady was known as Jane.
The boys really enjoyed the hotel, where we got to go swimming. And thankfully, they all went to sleep easily. Vance woke us all around 6:30, so we hit the road early, and arrived in St. Louis (O'Fallon to be specific)around 11:30 A.M.
It was real nice to see the Bonadio's again, and we are grateful that they put up with us for a couple days! I felt real bad for their pets, especially the dog, because my boys freaked out over them. They are not used to animals. But eventually Miles and Vance warmed up to them. Mason never really did, poor kid. Vance was so cute because he would follow the cats around the house making "meow" noises.
Friday night we went and saw downtown St. Charles, which is were Lewis and Clark set off from on their exploration of the west. Saturday we rode the Metro train and went to downtown St. Louis. We went to a place called the City Musuem, which was SO FUN! It's not so much a musuem but a gigantic playground. There were so many things to explore and climb on. They have a couple three story slides. I can't really do it justice by trying to describe it, so you should check out their website at citymusuem.org. (Again I am having a hard time creating a link to the actual site. Sorry!)
We spent a few hours at the musuem, and then had to move on. I'm sure there was a whole bunch we didn't see. We'll just have to go back. :) After the musuem, we walked down and saw the St. Louis Arch. We were going to ride up to the top, but the line was forever long, so again, something to do next time.
Sunday we drove the eight hours home. I am so proud of my boys. They did so good. And we didn't have any car sickness issues, which I was really worried about.
I posted a whole bunch of pictures as a slide show. So if you have the time,check them out. If you want it to go faster, just click "view all images."
Anthony, Tracy, and Vincent
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How did our parents travel without GPS and DVD players?! I ask myself that frequently...
Sounds like you had fun!
What a fun trip. I love the pics with the arch in them.
Hey I didnt know you had a blog! I found it by reading Jennys (Lowe). Anyway...Devin and I went to St. Lois last year for our anniversary. It was really awesome!! Did you guys go to the St. Lois Zoo? Its free!! And waaay awesome!! It beats the heck out of the Lansing Zoo. We also went to the science museum. Which was also free. Are you starting to see a theme here? Haha. We did alot of stuff while we were there. We did the arch too. It was a verry long line, youre right. We be had nothing but time, so we went for it. It was one of the coolest things ever. You guys will definitely have to check it out next time. Anyway..thought I'd stop by and leave ya a comment. See ya sunday!
city museum is way fun..we went through a few years ago when we still lived in michigan and my kids were almost overwhelmed. way fun though, especially the outside crazy part! you'll have to go to the zoo next time..the penguins are amazing! so glad you got to catch up with the bonadios. i miss those guys..the dahles have been in town and it's been fun!
We enjoyed having you guys stay with us. Ginger survived just fine. Vincent on the other hand keeps asking me when his friends are coming again. You will have to come visit again we had a lot of fun.
Hey Elaine! I'm sorry we missed you guys! You'll have to come again. City Musuem is our all time favorite place to play in St. Louis. Craig is missing Jordan. We should try to come up and see you guys this year!
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