8-6-04
This mornings temp was about 58 degrees in the Flying J we woke up
in. Highs today were about 80 degrees. It was quite
comfortable. We drove through St. Louis, Missouri this
morning. Most times if you can hit these cities during times of
the day that is not rush hour, it doesn't seem to bad drive
through. Traffic was not too bad. We took route 270 around
the northern part of the city. We saw the arch from a couple of
miles distant. Looks big even from there. Turned north on I
55 headed toward Springfield. While driving along, we saw an
advertisement for a bunch of antique cars. A couple of exits
later we found it and decided to spend the $2.00 to get in. We parked
the motor home and walked around outside for a while. Took
a few pictures that may bring back some memories for some people.
They had the good stuff inside a couple of buildings. They had
some really nice cars in there. Nice prices, too. This
outfit was not "Ollies", good stuff cheap. They had an early
model Corvair there, that had rust holes in the top of the front
fender, and they still wanted $3,800 for, and last year at the Hershey
antique car show, I could have bought a restored one for $4,200.
They even had a couple of 57 Chevy's. If you like old cars, they had
several trips down memory lane. Not cheap trips if you were
looking to buy. We left there and found a Wal Mart to pick up a
couple of groceries. After heading back out on I 55, we stopped
at a Love's fuel stop to get gas and take a break. We left there,
and found a place to stay the night - another Wal Mart. This
time, a supercenter in a town called, you guessed it - Normal,
Ill. Haven't told Chuck yet - don't know if he will know it
before he reads this or not, but we are here. Maybe we'll run up
pike a little to an rv dealer a few miles away, just to look at a few
rv's. Who knows. Even though we are only a day or two away
from home, we don't plan to be home before the middle of next
week. I just finished resizing the pictures I took and am
uploading them even as I write this. Hope to post the links after
they're done. Look for 13th and 14 set of pictures. And
thats the way it is - Friday, August 6th, 2004. Later.....
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