1st Day of trip - reported on the 2nd day

Well the second day (technically is when I am typing this but this would actually be the first day post – WHEW).  It is going well on our trek.  I only threatened to let Betsey ride on a bottle rocket once (haha).  Was a conversation with Annette that prompted that statement and we were next to a fireworks stand. 

Hey Nate – there is a Zoo in the middle of Missouri like the one on 70 in Abilene by Russell Stover.  I wonder if they have Friends of the Zoo discount???

Well at mile marker 66 on 70 in Missouri there is an exit for a cheese place.  Don’t have any signs once you get off to tell you where it is but set your budget before you go in cause they have some good cheese.  We picked up some Habenero/Ghost cheese.  Will let you know how it is once I have the courage to open it.

Gracie's New Boots
 

We stopped at the Ozarkland in Kingdom City – What a neat name for a town – I think I want to live there one day – OH – I guess I will when Jesus comes back for me.  It will be a Kingdom City like nowhere else.  Picked up an authentic pair of moccassians for Gracie and looked around at the souvenir junk and cute sayings.  There were some neat sayings on welcome mats some of them I won’t share here but one of them was “Nice Underwear”.  Betsey wouldn’t let me get it – Well I should say she wouldn’t let me put it at our house.



 

St Louis about 4:30pm and met a friend of mine from Pampered Chef, Richard at Pappy's Smokehouse.  A great place – I lost a dollar.  We were met by one of the owners, Skip Steele, and he said that Pappys would change our life.  I asked how it compared to Oklahoma Joes in Kansas City.  And he asked if I was a betting man; I said not normally.  He asked if I wanted to wager a dollar on whether they were better or not.  I lost. While we were in line he brought Betsey a sample of the burnt ends (it could have been her meal).  The juiciest dry rub rib served to us that was truly mouth watering.  I normally recommend a place in St Louis called *** south of the Arch but will have to recommend Pappy’s from now on.  The ribs and the burnt ends were magnificient without any sauce but there were three sauces at the table to choose from and each were a wonderful addition.   The potato salad was a good mayonnaise base potato salad, the cole slaw was a vinegar based slaw with a German twist.  Betsey had the deep fried corn and it was very good as well but gummy stick to the roof of your mouth kinda stuff. 

 It was nice meeting my friend Richard and his wife Marie.  Richard still sells Pampered Chef but he has a newer business helping people get healthier.  He has lost 130 pounds and appears to be healthier than I have ever seen him.  Check his business out at www.GetThinNow.com/richard and tell him you learned about him on my blog.

Arrived in Louisville, KY around 11:30ish and had my eye on a motel downtown that boasted hot tub rooms and I thought maybe I could get one cheaper since it was late at night.  Didn’t work though 99 bucks plus 10 dollars to park the car for a regular room; so we drove out a ways towards the airport and stayed at the Quality Inn Airport.  A great place for $69 and there was already a hot tub in the room.  Weirdly I realized that it was the same motel I stayed in 12 years ago when I was working for Logos software.  Great room – had the normal “musty hot tub room smell” but it was a good sleep.  Free Wifi and when he realized that I was military he gave me an additional 5 dollars off.

OK second day will be coming soon.  There is a picture issue as Cox webmail is down - but a couple people have been waiting for me to get some travel notes done so I will have to edit later with pictures.  So this post will be sans pictures for now.

Tomorrow - Bacon Soap

 

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