Day 21- St. Louis
Hello everyone!!It’s your favorite bloggers, the Grumpy’s!
We know you missed us. Anyways, we are here to tell you about everything that
happened today! This morning we awoke around 5:30am, bright and early. We
gathered our sleeping stuff and bags to head out. We drove to a gas station and
then we were on our way to Wal-Mart. The cooks bought food for dinner tonight
and breakfast tomorrow. After that we drove for a while and most people slept.
For breakfast we had pop-tarts, strawberries and oranges. Then we made our way to Missouri.
Once it was time for lunch, we were served bread, peanut butter, nutella,
marshmallow fluff, and/or grape jelly.
For sides we had gummies and strawberries. We then drove for a few more
hours and once we started to see the St. Louis skyline we knew we were getting
close.
We finally pulled up at the Archway to the West, also known as the St.
Louis Arch. One side overlooks the Mississippi River and the other overlooks
the city. We went up to the top in trains. It was a 4 minute trip up and a 3
minute trip down. The trains had 8 “eggs” and they each held 5 people. It was a
little cramped in there and it got a little warmer on the way up and then when
you were coming back down. After everyone had gone up and came back down, we
all headed out to the lawn that was visible from the top of the arch. Every TWB
group has a tradition to spell out something with people’s bodies.
Our group decided
to do USA #1 with a star. After we did all that, there was time for pictures.
Then, we had to drive about an hour to our campsite in Illinois. We have a nice
camping area in a cul-de-sac. It has a lot of room and we aren’t cramped. The
only bad thing is the amount of bugs and gnats. Everyone has lathered
themselves in bug spray. Some people decided to head to the showers and others
just wanted to chill before dinner.
For dinner we had spaghetti, salad,
buttered bread, and either a slice of cake or cookies. After dinner, the
dishwashers washed the dishes, some went to shower, and some played games.
Tonight we will have our last sing-along as a TWB family. LL We are double sad, if
you can’t tell. Anyways, hope you enjoyed hearing about today! We will talk to
you again tomorrow. This is the Grumpy’s signing out. Peace, Love, and Grumpiness.
Some sleepy TWB participants!!!
We have arrived in St. Louis!
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| Inside of the Arch Museum/display before you go up inside of it! |
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| The doors to the little trams that take you up the Arch are tiny! |
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| In line to go up into the arch |
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| Outlining the USA |
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| Looking at the exhibits in the Arch museum before making our way up |
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| Up in the arch! |
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| The picture is dark, but Jackson and Heather ran into Mamie, who was on their TWB trip in 2013. She now lives in St. Louis and just happened to be at the arch! Small world, we are always happy to run into TWB friends |
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| That's us!!! |
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| We have arrived at our camp site in Carlyle Lake, Illinois |
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| The cooks making spaghetti for dinner |
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| Writing in our journals |
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| Great job, cooks!! |
SEE YOU ALL SOON
