Meet Me in St. Louie, Louie...

This entry is mainly for the benefit of my friends and whatever Aussie family members may occasionally tune in, as my immediate family was with me on this exciting road trip to St. Louis! So get excited everyone! You're about to get a behind-the-scenes insider's peak of just what a Rarick Family Road Trip entails!

The Drive

Our Car's Odometer. This picture was actually taken about a week prior to the road trip, but I'm including it because it's pretty nifty.

Here we are in the car.

The Mid-Trip Stop: Paducah, Kentucky.
Along the way, we stopped to have lunch in and walk around Paducah.

They had some pretty pictures.

Here's the main street.

The Tennessee River.

A fish organ Jonathan found. It was exciting.

Then there was a big train, so we went to look at that.

J and I being emo-myspace (he taught me that term) outside the place we had lunch.

J ordered a hot dog and received this. We were confused. I also like the hole in the wall. A high class place, for sure.

The Drive Continued: St. Louis
Here it is!

The Hotel
After checking into our hotel, one of the first things we had to do was check out the exercise room.

Jonathan has massive skills.

But our mom needs more practice.

Six Flags

The next day, we went to Six Flags over St. Louis. The day started out very nicely.

But then it rained. And lots of rides were closed. Luckily, the log ride remained open, so off we went!

The Tony Hawk ride was also open.

As was my mom's favorite.

Unfortunately it rained a lot and we all got really wet. But before we left, we thought we ought to get a group shot of the four of us. But instead of asking someone to take it for us like normal people, we thought we'd try myspace style. Here are the results.

To be continued...