Max and Erma's

Lunch at Max and Erma's---across the Street from the Old Court House (pictured from the top of the Arch).

From the Top of the Arch

A few shots from the top of the Arch.

Show-Me Missouri!

Oh, it is so good to be in God's Country----My home state of Missouri!!

Its around noon, we are in St. Louis. GREAT day. The weather is wonderful with a slight breeze.

Walking around underneath the Arch.

Bad Santa, Evil Santa, Mean Santa???

Still in Evansville. I think I must have needed some humor, because this quick detour is absolutely cracking me up. I made a special stop to take a picture of this. (I have more pix's.) This was a rather large truck stop along the interstate in Evansville. The facility has been abandoned and this very strange (and creepy) Santa stands in the middle of the property.

Evansville, Indiana.

Just got started down the road, stopped to refuel, and take a quick break.

Had some real unique opportunities for pictures... SO, we had to include those as well.

No one really knew why the Pink elephant with the margarita glass was so entertaining...

Packing the Van... Leaving the Galt House

Orders for the morning---get out of your room by 7:30 a.m. Unfortunately, you will remember from the previous post, it took longer than anticipated to get checked out... (I guess several fell asleep in the lobby waiting...)

We are now packing up the van (this is no small task).

Departing around 8:15 a.m.

Remember the old folk song...

"Morning has broken like the first morning----Black bird has spoken like the first bird..."

It was sort of a religion song?? Anyway... I thought of that song as I left side of my hotel to head across the street---it was quiet, peaceful, and calm---especially after all of the traffic earlier in the week with Thunder Weekend and Delta Epsilon Chi ICDC.

Took awhile to get the van out of hock and checked out of the hotel. You sure would think that with all of the technology available in the world they could come up with a faster way to process checkout... (laugh!!) but, I had a GREAT lady working with me and she got it taken care of. Hats off to "Mary" at the Galt House--she was the best!