And So It Begins!

We left home at about 10:00 a.m. and after only one trip back home to retrieve forgotten items, we managed to get on the road. Here we are in the van:






Along the way, we saw a lot of this kind of scenery:


We stopped halfway to see this monument - can you guess where we were?


Maybe this will help:


Right! The St. Louis Arch!




Here are the kids in front of the arch:


A very nice man with a much nicer camera than mine offered to take our picture together. Considering the Canon 5D with the ultra fancy lens he had hanging around his neck, I had no fear that he'd run off with mine. Plus, he was an old man and I think I could have taken him down if necessary (ha ha!)