I had a wonderful time this weekend and I am so glad that we went! It was so worth it!!
We had nearly talked ourselves out of going Friday morning due to those dreadful money issues I mentioned earlier, but we decided at the last minute that it was important. It would just mean that we had to make the trip much cheaper than usual. So we packed up a couple ice chests along with our luggage and headed to my in-laws. We dropped off the kids (daughter and dog), had a bite to eat, and hit the highway.
About 5 hours later we stopped at Wal-mart where we enjoyed sandwiches in our car before we went inside to purchase a couple last minute necessities (hubby forgot to pack underwear!!). About an hour and a half later, we checked into our Motel 6 in St. Louis. They'd had some snow and ice the previous week and the ground shimmered. Following the exhaustive drive and the new experience of 10 lane traffic, we crashed for the night.
Saturday morning, we both woke up bright and early before the alarm even went off!! We had a day of totally free activities planned and we were eager to get started. The Halocaust Museum, The St. Louis Walk of Stars, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis Zoo, and a couple of famous old cemetaries were on our agenda. AND ALL FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!! We shared a breakfast special at the Waffle House and a couple cups of some of the most perfect coffee ever and started our adventure!
And boy was it ever an adventure!! Apparently, St. Louis either doesn't believe in the keeping of state maps or it is such a popular destination that they are constantly out, because they illuded us all day!! None at the front desk, none at the tourest center, none at the gas station even!! We ended up using the little bit of one in the phone book that just had a dot for all the attractions and only names the major interstates through the city!! NO STREET NAMES!! OMG! It was so funny!!
We started out looking for the Halocaust Museum and couldn't find it. so we pulled up beside a parked police officer only to find him in a deep sleep!! When we finally gave up our search for that destination and started trying to find the Walk of Stars, we stumbled upon the Museum to find that it was closed!!
So, we head for the Walk of Stars. It's got these bronze stars imbedded in the concrete along the street for each of the prominant people associated in some way with the city. People like Miles Davis and Albert King for my musician husband and people like Tennessee Williams and T S Elliot for me. Of course, we couldn't find it so we decided to head for the zoo. Guess what?!? Once we started trying to find the zoo, we found the walk!! Now, we were 2 for 2!! We stopped and took pics of our preferred stars and headed to the zoo.
The zoo was a bit easier to find and all we had to do was follow the signs on the highway! It was awesome!! We had lunch in the car again, the whole time worried that everyone was making fun of the hillbillies from Arkansas; sittin in their car at the zoo and eating sandwiches. The zoo was so great! So many animals and such an unbelievable facility and FREE!! We ended up spending the rest of the afternoon there and got lost when it was time for them to close! It was so great, I could have spent another day there!!
Then, of course, was the whole reason for the trip: Jeff Dunham at The Funny Bone! He was fantastically hilarious and soooooo worth the trip!! We even got to see a new puppet that had only been introduced a week ago!! So much fun!!
Note to all future St. Louis visitors: The joint shuts down after midnight!! Even the Wal-marts and Walgreens we could actually find were closed!!! Thankfully, we found an open Taco Bell and indulged a bit on a couple tacos.
We got up Sunday and headed home. We landed in Sikeston, MO right at 12:15. Perfect time for the one extravagence we had planned for the weekend: Lunch at Lambert's Cafe!! For those that don't know, it's the place where they throw the fresh hot rolls at you and feed you all this incredible country style cooking untill you feel like you are going to burst!! You order your meal with 2 veggies (we both got the pork chops) and that's what you get, but then they also have these servers circulating the room with pans of fried okra, skillet potatoes, mac and cheese, black-eyed peas.... And they just pile you up with any of it you want!! OMG!! I am still full!!
And, no it was not on my diet, but I was really, really good last week and I will be really, really good this week too. I weighed this morning and I had only put on about 1.6 pounds for all of it, but I am confident that I can get right back on track this week. Besides, it was just such a great weekend with my hubby and I really enjoyed myself!!
I did not want to come to work this morning though!!!
We had nearly talked ourselves out of going Friday morning due to those dreadful money issues I mentioned earlier, but we decided at the last minute that it was important. It would just mean that we had to make the trip much cheaper than usual. So we packed up a couple ice chests along with our luggage and headed to my in-laws. We dropped off the kids (daughter and dog), had a bite to eat, and hit the highway.
About 5 hours later we stopped at Wal-mart where we enjoyed sandwiches in our car before we went inside to purchase a couple last minute necessities (hubby forgot to pack underwear!!). About an hour and a half later, we checked into our Motel 6 in St. Louis. They'd had some snow and ice the previous week and the ground shimmered. Following the exhaustive drive and the new experience of 10 lane traffic, we crashed for the night.
Saturday morning, we both woke up bright and early before the alarm even went off!! We had a day of totally free activities planned and we were eager to get started. The Halocaust Museum, The St. Louis Walk of Stars, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis Zoo, and a couple of famous old cemetaries were on our agenda. AND ALL FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!! We shared a breakfast special at the Waffle House and a couple cups of some of the most perfect coffee ever and started our adventure!
And boy was it ever an adventure!! Apparently, St. Louis either doesn't believe in the keeping of state maps or it is such a popular destination that they are constantly out, because they illuded us all day!! None at the front desk, none at the tourest center, none at the gas station even!! We ended up using the little bit of one in the phone book that just had a dot for all the attractions and only names the major interstates through the city!! NO STREET NAMES!! OMG! It was so funny!!
We started out looking for the Halocaust Museum and couldn't find it. so we pulled up beside a parked police officer only to find him in a deep sleep!! When we finally gave up our search for that destination and started trying to find the Walk of Stars, we stumbled upon the Museum to find that it was closed!!
So, we head for the Walk of Stars. It's got these bronze stars imbedded in the concrete along the street for each of the prominant people associated in some way with the city. People like Miles Davis and Albert King for my musician husband and people like Tennessee Williams and T S Elliot for me. Of course, we couldn't find it so we decided to head for the zoo. Guess what?!? Once we started trying to find the zoo, we found the walk!! Now, we were 2 for 2!! We stopped and took pics of our preferred stars and headed to the zoo.
The zoo was a bit easier to find and all we had to do was follow the signs on the highway! It was awesome!! We had lunch in the car again, the whole time worried that everyone was making fun of the hillbillies from Arkansas; sittin in their car at the zoo and eating sandwiches. The zoo was so great! So many animals and such an unbelievable facility and FREE!! We ended up spending the rest of the afternoon there and got lost when it was time for them to close! It was so great, I could have spent another day there!!
Then, of course, was the whole reason for the trip: Jeff Dunham at The Funny Bone! He was fantastically hilarious and soooooo worth the trip!! We even got to see a new puppet that had only been introduced a week ago!! So much fun!!
Note to all future St. Louis visitors: The joint shuts down after midnight!! Even the Wal-marts and Walgreens we could actually find were closed!!! Thankfully, we found an open Taco Bell and indulged a bit on a couple tacos.
We got up Sunday and headed home. We landed in Sikeston, MO right at 12:15. Perfect time for the one extravagence we had planned for the weekend: Lunch at Lambert's Cafe!! For those that don't know, it's the place where they throw the fresh hot rolls at you and feed you all this incredible country style cooking untill you feel like you are going to burst!! You order your meal with 2 veggies (we both got the pork chops) and that's what you get, but then they also have these servers circulating the room with pans of fried okra, skillet potatoes, mac and cheese, black-eyed peas.... And they just pile you up with any of it you want!! OMG!! I am still full!!
And, no it was not on my diet, but I was really, really good last week and I will be really, really good this week too. I weighed this morning and I had only put on about 1.6 pounds for all of it, but I am confident that I can get right back on track this week. Besides, it was just such a great weekend with my hubby and I really enjoyed myself!!
I did not want to come to work this morning though!!!
3 comments:
Sounds like you had an awesome time !! Glad to hear you decided to go on the trip regardless! I love going to different cities zoo's! I'm sure that 1.6lb gain is all water weight anyway! he he
I agree, it's water weight! It sounds like you had a great weekend.
Aren't you guys sweet!! And now that I think of it, it is my PMS week...;)
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