DAY ONE-Wednesday, July 4th
We left about 10am on Wednesday the 4th and stopped in Sikeston, MO at Lambert's for lunch. Our "45 minute" wait quickly turned into only 10 minutes, which was awesome. We caught rolls and ate lots of yummy food, although our waitress was less than stellar. We hit a little patch of rain on the way there, so the boys "redneck engineered" us a way to keep our bags dry.

DAY TWO- Thursday, July 5th
Six Flags baby! We got up early, ate breakfast, and headed to the park. Mr. Freeze was the favorite ride of the day. Around 7pm or so, we rode it three times back to back with no wait. It was awesome! Word to the wise: if you have a close knit, small group at the park together, get a 12 dollar sport cup with free refills and get cups of water. After you drink the water, you can split the coke between you. Drinks cost a fortune at the theme park! It was so hot on this day, but we tried to stay wet most of the time so that it wasn't as bad. Andrew and Justin rode the huge waterslides at the water park and Justin, Hilary, and Andrew rode the lazy river while I acted as Mom to hold purses, clothes, and cups. :) The Screaming Eagle was my favorite, but another word to the wise: Ride in the front! The back gets major whiplash! We ended the day with Scooby Doo's ride! We left the park a little after 9pm, and we were all exhausted!! We grabbed some pizza from Imo's on the way home and played cards at the hotel. Imo's was awesome--definitely try some when you're in town! We all slept like rocks this night.
DAY THREE- Friday, July 6th
We saw the Cathedral Basilica (http://www.cathedralstl.org/) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Basilica_of_St._Louis) downtown which was absolutely breathtaking! It had MILLIONS of mosaic pieces of tile decorating the tall ceilings. I could only imagine what the singing in that building would be like. On the other hand, I kept thinking, "How many people could they have fed with the money used to build this place?" or "How many mission trips could have been funded to teach people about God?"

We left there and headed to eat at Rigazzi's to experience local culture! The bus wait and subway wait took forever, so when we got there at 3:00, we were starving! The food was pretty good, but we had to head back quickly so Justin and Hilary could make their 4:30 appointment to ride up in the arch. Another word to the wise: if you're in a hurry to be somewhere, don't take public transportation!
Andrew and I went shopping for Cardinals gear while they were towering in the air. After turning down multiple places with $30 t-shirts (!!!), we headed to Target. Bingo.




DAY FOUR- Saturday, July 7th
No one wants to leave! We eat breakfast, pack our stuff, and head into town again. Justin and Hilary went to see the Jewel Box (which they said wasn't that fabulous, so you might wanna save your time if you travel to St. Louis) and we headed to the History Museum in Forest Park. It was awesome. Andrew especially enjoyed the Lindbergh museum. When we all caught up again, it was lunchtime. We headed downtown to eat some Masterpiece BBQ. We found a parking spot in a parking lot with shade. There was a man sitting in the shade with his shoes off collecting the 5 dollar fee. We pulled in near him in the shade, parked, unloaded our stuff from the bed into the cab, and went to give him the money. He tells us we can move our vehicle to the other side of the parking lot (there were a total of FOUR people in this huge lot) in the last spot available in the sun. I got SO mad. We said no, we wanted the shade. He said, "All this for some shade?!" We were like--yeah!! And so all our crap in our bags don't melt! He made this look with his face as he pouted his big duck lips out and turned his head and handed us our money back. Gladly. I wished diarrhea on him...in a portapotty. We found a parking spot in a garage for 4 dollars. There. Take that Mr. Stingy. The BBQ was okay...Memphis is definitely known for better. We stopped just outside of St. Louis at a big outlet mall that had a Cabela's. Hilary and I hit up the Gap outlet while they were looking at guns. We said goodbye to St. Louis and headed back home. What a trip home! We got to stop and take a picture of the Abortion Cemetery on I-55. Being a huge pro life person, I think it is so awesome that someone took the time to make such a huge statement. Here are a few of the pictures.



Back to the more comical note...We laughed the entire way home! Scratch n' Sniff, Operation, Reading, Sound Effects!! So much fun! We stopped at Gordman's and Sportsman's Warehouse on the way home. Andrew bought me a battery operated electrocuting flyswatter. Of course we all had to try it out when we got home. It was so cool. The bugs actually fry, sizzle, and make smoke when you hit them. Gross, huh? We played cards that night and the girls won by a MILE! I think it was because we annoyed them so badly they couldn't concentrate! We finally went to bed around 2am...
DAY FIVE, Sunday, July 8th
We got up and went to class and church. It was Goodman Oak's 20th Anniversary. Afterwards we ate at Dale's Restaurant on Stateline Rd. Talk about some good Sunday cooking! Soooo yummy! I ate until I literally felt sick. Then it was time for the Greshams to head home. :( I was so sad to see them go! It was fun hanging out like old times! On a positive note, we're planning on going camping around October so that should be a blast! Overall, awesome trip to St. Louis with the best of friends where lots of fun memories were made!!
2 comments:
I like how you wish diarrhea on folks a lot!! Hehe
you know that in the blue bulky tarp there was a body...of the guy at the parking lot!!! We were heavily armed. hahahaha
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