All is now East of the MIssissippi

Hello from Flora, Illinois... note East 50 on the sign...

Today we experienced the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the St. Louis Cardinals baseball stadium, Old town St. Louis, the "Ballpark Experience", and Old Court House...   

The Arch is absolutely amazing.

You ride up in a "pod" car to the viewing area which is at about 630 ft. and then get to look down east and west for as long as you want - all for $7.00 (a bit more without a National Park Senior pass!)

The Busch baseball stadium is beautiful - new in about 2006.  Old town very much reminded us of Old Sacramento.  Old town in St. Louis is on the Mississippi River. 

We attempted to have lunch at the "Experience", but found it was the USA vs. Germany soccer match and hundreds were crammed in for a beer and lunch too - so we ate lunch at the Hilton across the street - watched some of the game from there and had a nice quiet lunch. 

The Old Court house is where the Dred Scott decision came down in 1857 and was a leading cause of the our nation's Civil War.

Folks have asked us what we talk about when we drive or if we even to talk to each other!  David has done most of the driving while Lynne knits, navigates or checks on local facts for wherever we are.  When he is ready to relax - Lynne does drive.  We do chat lots about what we see (weather, agriculture, roadside sites, lousy drivers etc.) and we play our tunes through a USB drive in the car that has over 4000 songs loaded onto it.  So - lots to do while driving!

Miles today = 150

Miles on US-50 today = 122.  We are 70% of the way to Ocean City, MD.

TO =2374.