Our best intentions were to leave home at 8:00AM sharp this morning but things don't always go as planned. It was 10:00 before we toodled down the road to begin another of Dave & Betty's Excellent Adventures. The weather was great and traffic was light most of the way. We stopped at Cracker Barrel for brunch and made a couple of pit stops in the afternoon before we checked into the Comfort Inn in St. Louis about 7:30 PM. Dinner consisted of a turkey and swiss sandwiches and fresh veggies. We are breaking our arms patting ourselves on the back because we only spent $20 on food today. Not that we're cheap, it's become sort of a game to see if we can stay within our budget and still see and do everything we want.
Just before we reached our hotel, we saw a long stretch of destruction from the recent tornado. Our front desk clerk told us the storm came within 5 miles of the hotel and there was damage 20 minutes east and 30 minutes west of here. Many homes had tarps covering the roof and large signs were down beside the road.
Tomorrow we plan to visit Gateway Arch and then take a riverboat ride on the Mississippi. After that we'll go to the Anheuser Busch brewery and possibly the farmer's market. We hoping for good weather.
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