Yay! A day of being a proper tourist. Day out in St Louis. Made a fairly early start and after a bit of brekkie at the hotel headed for the metro. Now despite the metro station being quite visible from the hotel it turned out that it was actually a 20 minute walk under the freeway. Anyway got our tickets, boarded the train and headed for town. Got out at the Gateway Arch and walked along the Mississippi River to see this maaassive structure. Once inside the que...

Made an early-ish start from Miami and made a brief jaunt through Kansas and entered into Missouri. The first town we reached was Joplin, the town that had the awful tornado this year. It was a stunning place with a quaint downtown and lovely houses. There was some evidence of places being rebuilt. Rolled on through Carthage and hit the interstate. Originally planned to stay in Lebanon, however during one of our juice/gas stops Mark suggested powering on an extr...