On the 15th, we left Hannibal MO, but not until another visit to the downtown area.
We wanted to see the Molly Brown Museum, the birthplace of the Unsinkable Molly Brown of Titanic fame, but is only open during the summer tourist season.
We went downtown and separated ways, Alice to fabric shops and Tom just browsing. On the way back towards the van, we were walking back to the van on opposite sides of the street, Alice not knowing that Tom was on the other side. Just before Alice got back to the car, Tom pushed the Panic button on his car key FOB. As Alice was digging for her key, Tom happened to notice a guy sitting on a bench, having a good chuckle about Alice, all the time waiting for his wife at another fabric store that Alice was heading towards. Tom sat down besides Jerry...and Jerry, the other guy and Tom spent about a half hour just chatting. Alice came back out first and we told Jerry about the Missouri Star Quilt Company we had been to. In a few minutes, his wife came out and Alice started to tell Jerry's wife about the quilt stores in Hamilton. They started chatting, walking down the street towards another shop, and Jerry and Tom continued chatting. When they got back we all chatted for a few more minutes and just as we were about to get up, Alice mentioned something about the Ice Cream Store right behind us. Tom said that he felt like Forrest Gump, sitting on the bench all the time and the Ice Cream store was right behind him.
This picture is not of Jerry, but probably someone that does Mark Twain talks during the tourist season.
We wanted to see more of the Mississippi River and took off towards Louisville on a winding road.
Headed towards St Louis, we drove by the Arch where we had been before in 2012. We spent the night at Scott Air Force Base and had our evening meal at Food Truck night. Vendors come to the base with trucks selling all sorts of food. We sat and chatted with another couple (retired military) who try to do a 10K run in each state.
Driving through the city, there were several signs updating the reason we like to live in the country.
Last night, 16th, we spent the evening in Cincinnati visiting with a former student, Cincinnati Jane, and husband Dave. After catching up a bit, questions were asked about former classmates/students, and out came the yearbooks. It was a good evening. Thanks Jane
Today, we arrived in Morgantown, WV for the next 4 nights. After checking into our room, we looked out the back deck, and there was a golf course. Who knew. 😉
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