St. Louis, Day 1

Well, I am in St. Louis. It sure was a long night! So we left for the SLC airport at about 5pm & our flight was supposed to take off at 8pm but was delayed about an hour. We got to Phoenix around 9:30pm (local time...) & our next flight didn't leave until midnight. I, of course, was unable to sleep on the plane & was pretty miserable by the time we landed in St. Louis at 5am. We took a shuttle to Hertz, got our rental car, & ate breakfast at the Golden Pancake. They honestly had the best pancakes I have ever eaten. In other words they made a good name choice. Anyways, after breakfast we called our hotel to see if we could check-in early & then headed that way. Fortunately, we were able to check in at about 7:30am & then we crashed. Hooray for sleep.

When we got moving again, we explored St. Louis a bit before heading to Kampsville. We were supposed to get Ang at 6pm & it was about an hour & a half drive. The route we took followed the Mississippi River & it was beautiful. The water is very high, so lots of trees & even a few buildings are currently flooded. I had seen flood damage when I went to New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina, but I have never seen active flooding. I can't imagine living in a place that basically floods every summer! And apparently, this flood season isn't nearly as bad as last years. Crazy.

Anyways, we grabbed Ang, drove around Kampsville a bit, & then headed back towards St. Louis. We got dinner at an Italian restaurant & are now back at the hotel. It was great to see Miss Angie & nice to see where she has been staying. Not too sure what the plan is tomorrow, but we are probably going to be pretty low key. Ang needs to do some laundry, maybe we'll go shopping, see a movie... That sort of stuff. I hope to get some shots of the flooding later in the trip, but we'll see! I got a few shots of the river & of both the sunrise & the sunset. Anyways... That's all for now!