Oct 29, 2011 St Louis, Mo

We drove to St Louis, about an hour each way to see the sights. Beautiful day.

the arch, the skyline from the arch. the central building is the old courthouse. Many slaves were freed here. The court house is now a national park.

the Occupy St Louis people

the fountain is red since the St Louis Cardinals won the world series last night and us at the fountain.

inside the court house dome, the arch and John from the court house steps

a monster from the wax museum, the Catholic Basilica of St Louis.

Inside is covered with 83,000 of mosaics Made of glass tessare . It is stunning.

detail of the mosaics, the west transept and a stained glass window

the back of the church. It has a huge blue rose stained glass window, a ceiling and archs and the Narthex, this is a blown up shot of the rose window. Not the best resolution, but you get the idea.

Last but not least is me at the wax museum with Captain Jack Sparrow

We had lunch at a brew pub and had dinner at a restaurant that John found on the internet, called Sweetie Pie, it was a black restaurant in a very black neighborhood. It was very colorful and interesting, but the food was so so. We also looked for the Bowling Hall of fame, but John’s GPS chip was old and the museum has moved to Texas. Boo.

Oct 28 2011 Missouri

Looks like maybe the radiator will be done on Tues. We did a little sight seeing today in the area. We went to Daniel Boone’s first grave. I guess part of  his bones were stolen and buried in Kentucky. then we went to Washington, MO to the Corn Cob pipe museum. Pretty interesting. This company has been making Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipes since the 1800. Then to Chesterfield, Mo so I could ride the carousel in Farel park. We also saw the Awakening giant and the Kemp Car museum.

bus behind the repair shop. Daniel Boone’s grave

the corn cob museum

corn cob pipes and you can also get your Pecka serviced in Washington

me on the carousel. the stag that I rode had real antlers.

The butterfly and caterpillar are from the butterfly pavilion

this is a sculpture called Giant Awakening. Pretty cool

 

Kemp Auto Museum. the largest Mercedes collection in the world. Beautiful show room.The first model Mercedes ever made in 1885, the show room

sunset on the bus still behind the shop.

Oct 26-27 2011 Troy, Missouri

We drove the scenic highway 79 south from Hannibal. It rained most of the day.  We stopped in Louisiana, Missouri on the way. We toured the towns historic streets and saw their murals depicting the history of the city.

Welcome to Louisiana-historic town of  and a colorful street in Louisiana

Then we went outside Louisiana to the St Louis Univ Lay center for art and education to see their sculpture garden. It was about an hour walk in lovely fall colors , rain, lakes and incredible sculptures.

Emilee, Success with the dog who toured with us and

meditations on a chair, Wandering Brute

Sun and the Moon, front and back

the three sisters, oak leaves, and

Reclining landscape with Satellite, To dance as one, front and back

a leaf full of water

the last procession, red oak leaves

self made man, two shots of wolves

The bus at Cuivre River state park. The park was beautiful with fall foliage. We spent the night there and in the morning John discovered that the radiator was a couple gallons low, so he filled it with water and we drove into town to the shop. Of course it needs work. We are now parked behind the shop with no radiator and it will go to the radiator place and we will be here till it is back and installed.

behind the bus in the park. The road out

a one lane bridge for the huge bus. After dropping the bus off we took the car back to Cuivre River park and hiked. The last shot is the bus with the radiator apart.