St. Louis Road Trip - May 25-28, 2007

Pictures from the trip are linked below. Cathy's pictures from the shower and rehearsal dinner rehearsal are [here].

Friday, May 25, 2007

We left the Williamstown area around 1:30 PM and headed west. Our first real stop was to get some takeout wings for dinner from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, which we ate at the Angola Service Area [4 Pictures]. Then it got dark and we kept going. We were somewhere in Ohio when it became Saturday...

Saturday, May 26, 2007

First light came part way across Illinois on I-70. The only pictures from the morning are a few from I-255 into Missouri [5 Pictures]. After getting a little rest at Phil and Martha's hotel room (ours wasn't available until afternoon), I went off with Charles and Jill for some lunch and sightseeing, and Cathy was off to the shower. The main sightseeing stop was the Route 66 State Park, built on the former Times Beach toxic cleanup site [38 Pictures]. After checking into the hotel, we drove into St. Louis [2 Pictures]. We had some time before the game, so we walked around the Arch area [22 Pictures]. Then it was time for the game: Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals at the new Busch Stadium (major league stadium number 33 in my count) [51 Pictures].

Sunday, May 27, 2007

After taking the morning slow, we went out to meet Charles and Jill for lunch at a favorite Thai restaurant of theirs and then on to their house in Florissant to leave a car [14 Pictures]. From there, we visited Lone Elk Park [18 Pictures]. We made a ride up to the butterfly park, but it was closing by the time we got there [7 Pictures]. We took the scenic route back to Florissant, seeing the Missouri River along the road and at Sioux Passage Park [12 Pictures]. After that, it was time to head into the city for the "rehearsal dinner rehearsal" at Schlafly's. From there, we hit the road home for a few hours, stopping in Champaign, Illinois, for a short night.

Monday, May 28, 2007

The only objective for this Memorial Day was to get home at a reasonable hour, so we hit the road by 6:30 AM CDT and started east. We hit surprisingly little traffic as we passed by Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, and Buffalo. We made it back to Williamstown right at midnight EDT, after a 950+-mile day done in 16 hours and 30 minutes. Since the pictures were all just from the roads, they're on one big page: [71 Pictures]. 2350+ miles for the weekend.