Monday morning we met up with a former teammate and roommate of Tim's from Greensboro College and his wife, Ed and Gretchen. Gretchen is from Sioux Falls South Dakota and they were both in town for a vacation. We spent the morning eating breakfast and catching up with each other. We left around noon and headed south toward Kansas City. Interstate 29 from South Dakota to Kansas city follows the Missouri River along the boarder of South Dakota and Nebraska. Due to the recent floods in Iowa, portions of Interstate 29 are underwater resulting in about an 100 miles of detours. It was quite sad to see houses, farms, barns and parts of towns underwater. Several sections of I-29 that were open had sand bag levees along the shoulder of the road. We spent Monday night and most of the day Tuesday in Lenexa, KS which is a suburb of Kansas City, KS to visit with Tim’s uncle Dan and his Wife. It was great visiting with family that you don't get to see too often and Bogey enjoyed playing and running around the house with their 2 shorthaired pointers. Tim’s uncle was also able to teach Jodi a thing or two about photography to help her hone in on her skills. After dinner, we headed East toward St. Louis for the night.
Wednesday morning we awoke early to head into downtown St. Louis to see and ride up to the top of the “Gateway to the West.” We enjoyed riding up the inside of the arch in the little elevator cars/pods. Once at the top the view over St. Louis and the Mississippi river were fantastic. The cars that take you to the top are quite small and not meant for those with claustrophobia and the height at the top of the arch is not meant for those with a fear of heights. We were glad we were able to check another great American landmark off of our list.
After we left the Arch we headed north to Chicago where we will be spending several days visiting friends and family.
The rest of the pictures
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