The boys ran around on the sand for a while and touched the cold water of the lake.
Mosey brought along his Harry Potter wand and is practicing his stunning spells.
We found a place to go to church, a typically unusual down-town church building all on the 2nd level of a building with a gated parking lot.
There was only a little drama getting there while being navigated by our GPS. It directed us to turn left under the freeway, unfortunately the wrong way down a one way street. Luckily Ben figured it out really fast and spun a quick 3-point-turn before the red light all the cars were waiting at turned green. Scary!
We only stayed for Sacrament Meeting, but it was long enough for Ben to meet someone he knew. It's amazing how many people Ben knows. Or how small the LDS community is, at least. At Naomi's ward in Charlottesville he found someone he knew as well. And when he came out to Austin to "ward hop" while he looked for a place for us to live, he knew someone in *every* ward he went to. Ben never forgets a face.
Then we hit the road for St. Louis.
We stopped in Springfield to see the state Capitol. It was Sunday, so no tours, but we wandered around the grounds anyway.
Stephen Douglas was sure a grumpy-looking guy.
Honest Abe looked like a much more gentle soul. Depressed, yes. But gentle.
Why did Brigham tie himself up in a rope? Only he knows.
We got into St. Louis a little after dark and made our way to our hotel in Clayton. Ben had a conference there the next week, so his company put us up in... the Ritz Carlton.
I've never stayed at a 5 star hotel before, so it was quite an experience. I took a bunch of pictures, but I'll wait to post those later.
So, 11 days and 10 states later, we arrived at our final destination of our cross-country trip.
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The suspense is building! You're finally getting close to the climax of the story---which is when I appear, of course!
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