Good morning, gents and lady gents, today on TWB, we woke up a little drenched and grumpy. Following a night full of events, we woke up around 6 to start our adventure through Missouri!
We took a pit stop at Walmart, while the cooks shopped for us, we quickly shoved all the food we bought down our throats due to our bus privileges still being revoked! The fan-favorite snack/meal remains popcorn chicken.
For breakfast, we ate a Pop-Tart and a handful of grapes. We proceeded to drive through the US and passed many cool landmarks along the way, such as the Kansas City Chiefs stadium. We took lots of naps and made 100 more friendship bracelets. For lunch, we ate a gourmet PB and J and chips and even got a "hugs" drink, which is new to our TWB tastebuds. We are even making more friends down to the last two days, as we continue to switch seats.
We arrived in the city and got to take a long walk to the Archway entrance as we couldn't find a close parking spot. We all used the restroom and sat through a short presentation about the history of the arch. We got to ride these little "eggs" up to the top, where we were blessed to look down on the city of St. Louis. As we ventured our way back down to the main level, we stopped at a food court in hopes of ice cream; instead, we got yogurt parfaits! We walked outside into the beautiful garden to listen to our friends present their research project. Marin stated she thought the arch was a part of the McDonald's sign.
After we accidentally went to incorrect campgrounds, we arrived at our final campground for tonight! We quickly realized we didn't have propane for our cooks to make up dinner. As our cooks went to quickly grab propane, we set up our sleeping spots and started on our jobs! While the bathrooms were locked, we exercised our bladders and learned that we will be driven to our showers tonight. Today was a day that we learned patience is a virtue.
With an exciting dinner ahead of hibachi, we eagerly wait while we think about our time coming to an end. A lot of us got showers in and had to shuttle across the campgrounds for some of the warmest and most spacious showers we've had on the trip, much needed!
With an exciting last full day ahead, we will climb into our sleeping bags positively warm and reeking of the smell of citronella, trying to tame the bugs. We are so excited to go see the Kentucky Derby tomorrow. We are also so happy to have a real piece of chicken at the original KFC. Goodnight from the Grumpys!
