Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront Saint Louis

What can I say about this? What a beautiul experience this was out in the countryside and seeing this manmade object. How and why it got there, maybe nobody will ever know. I am so happy I was able to experience this! Very peaceful out there!

This is the worst part of the trip. LOL Waiting on your plane. We got through the lines in record time. I think by the time our friend, Christine Woody, dropped us off at the aiport, we were at our gate within 20 minutes! It ...

... began weeks ago when i was helping paul put away dry cleaning in kevan's closet. Besides climbing over all the skeletons in there, i couldn't help but notice the very "DISTINCT" shirt which he is wearing in this picture. after initially denying it, he admitted to having purchased it in Spain. Regardless, it is TRAGIC. For all who know me, and how my mind works, i instantly knew what we had to do. Whenever anyone got too ...

... please by patient with my entries. uploading pictures apparently is too complicated for my college degree to process.

anyway, tonight is the birthday/going away party. once again the question is not "will there be drama?" the better question is "when will there be drama?" i am praying that it will not involve me, but given my recent history is st. louis, chances are good that i will be involved somehow. bring it!

let the games begin....

... of the bridge was that it is just plain too narrow for the modern larger automobiles and trucks.

Today, the Chain of Rocks Bridge stands as a monument to man’s ingenuity and is preserved by the City of Madison and Trailnet. Autos can no longer cross the Chain of Rocks Bridge. It is only accessible to bikers and pedestrians and is now complete with Route 66 historical displays.

We stayed in St. Charles, Missouri, just west of St. Louis, to visit Kristi's family on our roundabout way back to Texas. We visited with all of Kristi's family, enjoying some home cooking from both grandmas. One night with Kristi's dad, we took a tour of the Anheuser Busch brewery ...

... When we got there we saw that the games that were scheduled before us were in a weather delay. They soon began play again and we found out that our start time was moved from 10pm to 11pm. After about an hour waiting we got the word that the game would not be played because the mayor of St. Louis didn't want anybody playing past midnight. So we came home to wait to see when we would play next.

... far, far too adapted to traveling about on my own now! AND really like to do so!! After gazing at paintings by many of the greats- Monet, Degas, Renoir, Picasso, Van Gogh, Rembrandt -I then strolled about the lawn and reclined near a fountain for awhile. I did meet up with a larger group for a wonderful tapas meal that evening. Seems to be a good balance for me - Andrea time in the morning/afternoon and then camaraderie in the afternoon.

Hello dear family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances (and visitors who got here by chance)! WELCOME to this page...BIENVENUE... DOBRO POZHALOVAT'... As many of you might remember - I promised to start a travel blog before our upcoming trip to Israel and England in October/November 2008...and as you can see - I keep my promises! :) I will try my best to take into account your suggestions and balance various requests ("lots of visuals, please!!!" ... "and define ...