St. Louis is the worldwide headquarters of the Anheuser-Busch company. I took the free brewery tour.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Missouri River
We went on a bike ride on the Katy Trail, a rail trail along the Missouri River. We started at St. Charles and went to Defiance 20 miles away. The parking lot in St. Charles was flooded.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Guestroom
I found Adam and Rebecca's place around 830pm. It was getting colder out -- 61F I saw on a bank sign. It was dark, but they brought me in, fed me, and gave me a warm bed. Ah...
Missouri river rising
It was cold all day, and I wore three jackets and still got cold in the evening. I made it to St. Louis around 7pm. I went to the riverside road, but it was closed off for being flooded. That's a stop sign underwater. Hurricane Ike came through and dumped a bunch of water early in the week.
Nashville, TN
The next day Dave had to work, so I headed off early.
This was my longest day in the saddle -- I drove 622 miles to St. Louis, Missouri. Around halfway was Nashville, Tennessee. I left at 7am, and got here around 1pm.
Note the "free" parking, just at the end of a metered space.
This was my longest day in the saddle -- I drove 622 miles to St. Louis, Missouri. Around halfway was Nashville, Tennessee. I left at 7am, and got here around 1pm.
Note the "free" parking, just at the end of a metered space.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Carne asada rolled tacos
This is my standard meal at Mexican restaurants. I reminds me of the 3 rolled tacos for $1 in Tijuana, but not nearly as good, of course.
Dave at El Sombrero
Dave didn't have to go to work until early evening so we went to buy some stuff for the bike, i.e. a new 12v power adapter from Advanced Auto Parts, and some clip-on sunglasses for my glasses that blew off at 70 mph four days ago.
We stopped for lunch here before picking up the kids.
We stopped for lunch here before picking up the kids.
Dave and Chris' guest room
Sunday had good weather and Monday was predicted to be rainy across the region, so I took off for Gainesville, GA to see my friend Dave from medical school. It was 382 miles. It was great weather all the way there, but I didn't leave until 130pm, and I arrived around 8pm. After two hours on the bike, I realized my phone wasn't charging, and the 12v power adapter had corroded from all the rain from the previous days, so I had to navigate old school (with sea charts and a sextant).
Sunday, September 14, 2008
On the lawnmower
I took a spin on their lawnmower. Like Rob says, it's fun for about a minute, then it's just a chore.
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