St. Louis

Greetings from Eureka, Missouri! (St. Louis area) We have had a crazy couple of weeks; we made an unplanned trip to Utah, and then flew out to St. Louis where we are now going to be living for the next few weeks. We have only been here for a few days but we like it so far. The only bad thing is the water. It's disgusting, like I can't even brush my teeth with it. It's kind of thick and slimy tasting, barf! So we are keeping the fridge full of bottled water. The weather is crazy too

, yesterday it was cool enough that we wore jackets all day but Sunday it was so hot and humid we couldn’t go outside. We left the Subaru back home so the stroller is me and Lennon’s main form of transportation these days. Luckily there is a park, grocery store, and ice cream shop within walking distance. What more could we need. The park is one of the nicest parks I’ve been to, it’s really new and big and Lennon loves it. There are a lot of things we are excited to do and explore with our time here; I almost wish we could stay a little longer to be able to see it all. The zoo and a few museums are free, they are all pretty close together and there is a trolley that runs all day between them. It’s only $2 for a day pass on the trolley and it stops at about 8 different places so I’m thinking that might be what we do this weekend. We already tried to go to the zoo on Sunday but as I mentioned, it was such a hot muggy day and we couldn’t stand to be out, neither could the animals. The only animal we actually saw was an elephant. So we’ll give that one another try earlier in the day. We went to Ted Drewe’s Frozen Custard. Several people told us it was the one place we just had to go to. It was seriously AMAZING! I can see why so many people love it.

The park

Our apartment

Ted Drewe's Frozen Custard

Next door to us, and so good.

The only animal we saw at the zoo.

Our one night camping trip

Last week I decided that I was tired of being so far away from Kyle all the time so I had this wonderful idea that Lennon and I would take the tent and go camping near Columbus. That way we could have ourselves a little vacation and also be close enough that Kyle could stay with us at night. So I quickly packed up and we drove 2 hours to Alum Creek State Park. When you go camping in Utah you pack sweatshirts and warm things to wear at night because it gets cold, so I packed the same way. What I didn't think about is the fact that we weren't going to be camping in the cool mountain air, we were going to be camping in the hot muggy summer heat. There are no mountains here! It was unbearably hot. So, we swam in the lake as much as possible to stay cool and Lennon slept in nothing but a diaper. The campground was really pretty and actually pretty big, they had over 400 campsites, and tons of activities around the place. Luckily the morning turned out to be a little cooler. We got to spend a couple hours with Kyle before he had to work. We played disc golf, had a picnic, and swam in the lake before packing back up and driving back home. I had originally reserved our spot for two nights but they were nice enough to give me my money back for the 2nd night. Luckily the heat didn't seem to bother Lennon one bit, he was happy as could be the entire time. He loved playing with the rocks and dirt and driving his trucks around camp.