Up and on our way.    Final stop Cheyenne.   We won’t get that far but tomorrow hopefully.

Rain off and on today but now it’s sunny as we head to St. Louis – again!

Good morning Nashville!

Nashville rush hour

I took a few pictures as we went around St. Louis this time.  The route took us around a different way this time for some reason and we got to see some parts we hadnt seen before.  At mostly only seeing the side where the stadiums and the arch are I was surprised at all the run down buildings and destruction on the other side.   It seems like we went for miles just looking at the broken windows and torn up buildings.   The sad thing too is that it looked like people were still living in some of them.   The graffiti was everywhere and just a sadness prevailed over the area.   It reminded me a lot of Detroit.   How does a community let this happen in 2015 and in the United States?   Is this how the cities want their neighborhoods to look like?    Very sad to see.

On a happier note, we saw a few farmers out today getting fields ready.   Also, the sunset tonight was amazing in Missouri.   I got a couple of pictures of the Missouri river.   You can almost see Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer floating by.

Still amazed at the number of trucks out here on the road, in truck stops and rest area, must be millions.  LOL.  That’s an understatement.  Get a kick out of the names too.  Anybody with a truck is a trucking company and some of the names we see are quite funny.  “Empty Pockets” was on the side of one truck.  We have a list of several hundred and that’s not even scratching the surface.  We haven’t written down all the names we have seen and see new ones all the time.

Spring is here and the colors are really starting to show.  The farms are coming to life after a long winter and people are getting out more.  As I drive along these long highway roads, even though we have been over the same ones several times now, I still am amazed at the beauty and vastness of this country.  Thank God I’m an American.

Well, you are looking tired so I will stop now and let you all get to bed.  We all need our rest.

Good night and God bless.