TWB June 15th 2019 Experience: Day 21- St. Louis

Day 21- St. Louis

Greetings followers!! It’s the Grumpys again. Today we traveled through not one, not two, but THREE different states! We were woken up by a friendly horse, which turned out to be Josh at 6 AM. Many of us were tired from the night before because of the bugs and humidity keeping us up all night. We packed up our stuff into the vans and bus and quickly headed on our way to our first stop--- Kansas University!! Basically, this was our first glorified bathroom stop and all of us got to shop in the student bookstore to get t-shirts and stickers! Some of us even got to call our loved ones on the iPads and computers on display. As we walked back to the bus it began to rain, and that was our view for the ride all day long. Our very own Sneezy group provided us the real breakfast of champions: PIE! Apple pie, cherry pie, chocolate pie, pecan pie, you name it! Apples were also offered and we ate the pies with our hands. On the bus we had a contest to see who had the thickest country accent. Jacob Woods, Katie Blackmon, Hayden Armstrong, and Acerah Strickland were all participants in this contest. The vans jammed out to some music and took the much needed morning nap for the energy needed at our next stop, one of our favorite stores, Walmart! Many of us got popcorn chicken, mac and cheese, and Subway for lunch. If you didn’t eat that, you ate the lunch that the Sneezys made, which were rotisserie chicken sandwiches with chips! We were excited to have something different on our sandwiches besides ham and turkey. From Walmart, we were on our way to Saint Louis, Missouri to see the Gateway Arch! There we walked a couple of blocks and walked through the museum before cramming ourselves into groups of five to ride the elevator/ferris wheel/egg capsule to get to the top. We took lots of pictures of the bird’s eye view of Saint Louis and then came back down. In the gift store, the fudge appealed to our eyes and almost everyone indulged in a block or two. Originally, we were told that Migos, Drake, and Adam Levine were going to be performing outside when we came out of the arch, but instead we all witnessed an air show. We made our way back to the vehicles and half of the bus fell asleep on our way to our campsite: Carlisle Lake Campsite! Tonight the Sneezys decided to make us breakfast for dinner. We all engulfed our pancakes with sausage, eggs, and grits on the side and had a sing-a-long following our dinner… or breakfast. Some of us showered in the lake, which was a lot warmer than the previous swim at Bear Lake. Tomorrow we will be leaving Missouri and heading to the famous Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Grumpys’ out!!

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