We Have Arrived in St. Louis

 St. Louis, MO

Gold Windy Selfie on the Mississippi

Camping From Memphis to St. Louis

On Monday we left our comfy place in Memphis and hit the road.  The original plan was to drive to Nashville and spend 2 days there and then go on to St. Louis but plans change.  We had been waiting for our Hilton points to hit our account so we could get a nice place for 2 nights for free but by the time the points hit our account all of the Hiltons were booked for Spring Break so we decided to pivot.  The weather was looking good so we booked camping in Tennessee at Paris Landing State Park and camping in Kentucky at Columbus-Belmont State Park.  The weather stayed nice although it was cold.  We expected cold and it wasn't colder than we had camped before so it was all fine.  Both parks were very pretty and kept up.  We got to see a lot of birds and really enjoyed our time.

Paris Landing had a small aviary for injured birds

We were off by ourselves.  Most people that camp this time of year are in an RV and love the hookups.  We saved some money by choosing a site with no hookups which we don't use anyways.

Paris Landing has a huge marina with fancy boats waiting to be used

Morning pour over is always good

Columbus Belmont State Park is right on The Mississippi.  It was a Civil War site and there are things there to remind you like a museum and cannons.

This chain was stretched across the river by the Confederate Army to restrict movement into the South.

The defensive formations that were built are still there.

We had a great site set away from everyone who wanted views of the river from their site.

We had a nice breakfast location

St. Louis!

Our drive took us into St. Louis on I-64 heading west.  We rounded a corner and then could see St. Louis and The Arch off in the distance.  It was a really cool moment and I could really see The Gateway To The West.  So now we are set up in St. Louis.  We have been here once before and have a lot on our list to do and redo.  Our Airbnb is nice and in a great location near bars and restaurants.  We are here until April 29th and looking forward to Tiki, Breweries, Baseball, Hockey, Museums, and many other things.  

We have a creepy basement for laundry and tornados (we might get some tornado worthy weather on Friday)

I picked up Fried Chicken at Hodak's.  I am sure we will be back

I also picked up some beer at a local bottle shop.  

That's it for today.  If you missed the last post you can find it here.