Road Trip Day 25

Day 25
We got off to an early start this morning but not before Mark and Arla made us a delicious breakfast and packed us a lunch for the road! We were sure spoiled getting to stay with them. We will miss them a lot!! We had between a 10-11 hour drive today but we also get to go through some new states on our adventure.

We were excited to be in St. Louis today since none of us have been here before. It is a fun city to drive around and explore.

Our plans were initially to camp while we were here. I had found a campground that wasn't too far outside of the city. But when we were driving through St. Louis a few weeks ago, I decided that I wasn't too crazy about setting up a campsite, driving into the city, and taking down a campsite with only one night. So we decided to splurge and stay in a hotel for the night. I am SO glad that we did. We chose a hotel right downtown and next to the arch. Once we got into the hotel, the girls wanted to go swimming and Eli wanted to watch ESPN. So we went there. While the girls swam, I enjoyed the observation deck!

While I was hanging out on the observation deck and the girls were swimming, Aaron went over to the Old Courthouse to try and get us some tickets into the arch for the morning. It was closed, but it sure did look pretty at night!

We finally managed to get some tickets into the arch for tomorrow. We were really hoping to be able to get in first thing in the morning so we can get on the road for the next leg. But the earliest tickets that were available are for 11:50. So hopefully that won't delay us too much tomorrow!

~ Juli