I'm trying something new with this blog, taking inspiration from "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?", one of the first children's computer games released in the floppy disk era, a long time ago in 1985.

Accordingly, I won't publish an itinerary in advance, nor any maps, just photos, and some occasional text. You'll have to guess where we've been, and, depending on cell service and internet access, I'll eventually let you know where we visited.


Feel free to record your guess in the comments section.

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Day 5-July 15

On day 4 we covered 670 miles, probably our longest drive of this trip, leaving our campsite in Geneva by the Lake, Ohio by 5:50 AM, and arriving at 4 pm in my old hometown of St. Louis after a brief drive-by tour of the renovated homes of Indianapolis that are featured the HGTV series Good Bones.  


After a delicious dinner at Charlie Gitto's, where they claim to have invented fried ravioli,  we stopped at Ted Drews' for frozen custard and then headed to our campsite at Babler State Park, which is west of St. Louis in Wildwood, Mo.














6 comments:

  1. The ribs look great! And I love the giraffes. Is that your old house in St. Louis? Glad you had sun for the ball game.

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  2. You blitzed StL! Seems like you hit some of the area's best destinations. I especially liked your food choices and locations. Ted Drewes is the perfecct all-purpose nightcap for any kind of meal or after ballgame treat. Well done, sir.

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  3. Are you at the Las Angeles Zoo ? Several years ago I saw same animals at the Las Angeles Zoo.

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  4. I hope that wasn't giraffe meat on your plate....

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  5. St Louis Zoo, I believe. Have you visited the Botanical Gardens there? They are spectacular. There is a magnificent Japanese Garden. St Louis Cardinals - our grandson’s 12U Cal Ripken AllStar team just one the Montana State Championships. One of their coaches and Ian’s mentor is Matt Morris who was a multiple all star pitcher for the Cardinals.

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