Day Four....Ever

Four of St. Louis' best local beers.

Today we had a great day in the midwest. We left the Continental Motel in Salem, Illinois at 8:30 and drove for two hours on US-50 into St. Louis, Missouri. Nancy's brother and family live in LaDue, a suburb of St. Louis, so we visited them as soon as we got into town. We spent the morning catching up at their place, and then it was off to lunch. After driving around for an hour and getting a feel for the suburbs of St. Louis, we decided to have lunch at Peel Wood Fire Pizza. It was amazing! Not only was the pizza delicious, we also sampled four different local beers. It was a really great lunch, one of our favorites so far.

After the delicious food we drove around into different neighborhoods of the city. One of our favorite sections was Forest Park, the site of the 1904 World's Fair. The park is filled with beautiful architecture and luscious landscapes. While we were driving a midwestern thunderstorm hit us. We were hoping for a massive tornado so we could take pics for our scrapbook, but alas, all we got was rain.

Ted Drewe's - World's Best Custard

After the storm let up we were feeling kinda hungry. Since pizza and beer weren't enough to fill our bellies we decided to get one of St. Louis' most famous desserts - Ted Drewe's FROZEN CUSTARD. It was one of the best desserts we've ever had. Nancy liked it so much, she went back for seconds, and thirds! Wow! Once we were thoroughly filled with food, we went back to the family's house and said goodbye to our dear relatives.

Are we in Vegas? No, it's just the MUNGER MOSS MOTEL!

Then it was back on the road. We've followed US-50 since day one. Now it was time for a new road. The most famous road of all - ROUTE 66! The road took us to the quaint town of Lebanon, Missouri, about 2.5 hours from St. Louis. Tonight we are staying at the FABULOUS establishment, THE MUNGER MOSS MOTEL! We settled into the cute retro motel room, and then it was off to the races...the stock car races that is! Andy and Dan checked out the local Saturday night scene in Lebanon. It was pretty cool to see the cars race, and do a little people watching too. Now it's off to bed (after a date with our favorite guy Jack Daniels). Stay tuned for tomorrow's update as we head to TULSA, OKLAHOMA!

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Total travel time: 11.5 hours

Total miles: 279.6