Piggies in the Mighty Mississippi

Current Location: Concordia, Missouri; Miles Traveled: 1114 Miles

Hello readers!!!

I'm sure you are wondering why in the world we are updating our blog so early, and why in the world are we spending another night in freakin' Missouri?? Well, friends, apparently that storm ain't goin' away any time soon. We barely got three hours before it started to get ugly.

We were driving down 70 when the clouds went from bright and bushy tailed to totally, and completely black. The wind started to blow like crazy; so much so that driving at only 55 miles an hour was nearly impossible. The bike was shifting, and tilting, and blowing around like a little rag doll, so we pulled over to "wait for it to pass," or so we thought. Five hours later, we are still here and it is still raining, thundering, lightning, and blowing wind.

Even though we are about 3 days behind (ha!), we just cannot sweat it. It's a vacation, and we are GOING TO ENJOY IT!! :)

Let me tell you guys about this amazing thing I saw for the first time today. It's called a "wash bowl" - have y'all ever heard of that? Okay, let me tell you; it is AWESOME!!! You are gonna wanna go buy one after you read this... First, you stick your little hands inside this big bowl, and soap comes down and falls into your hand. Then, warm water; then cold water, and it runs for as long as you are supposed to wash up, and during this time you scrub, scrub, scrub! Then, the heater comes on! It's a true one-stop-shop cause you never have to take your hands out of the "sink" to complete the hand washing process. See, it IS lovely, and I bet you will be searching ebay for one within hours!! :)

Oh, and Ricky said that I had to include what I do to pass the time on the back of the bike, and that is: by singing songs into his ear. Yeah, I sound just like Axl Rose when I am rockin' out to My Michelle in my head. And, he agrees.

Ricky just tripped over the bag, and it was H I L A R I O U S!!!!!!!!!!! Ha!

Today in St. Louis, we went in the St. Louis Gateway Arch. It is the "gateway" to the west. It was super neat, and we got some really pictures. You can check those out at http://photobucket.com/rickyandamy - To get to the tip top, you have to ride in this egg like "cart" that seats five. Now, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes, we did have to ride with three other people, but it was three really nice older gentlemen! So even though I felt like the walls were gonna swallow me whole (seriously), at least we had good company.

Oh and guess where I put my toes-ies? IN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes ma'am, I stuck my piggies in the Mississippi River! :)

Tomorrow, we just wanna get out a' Missouri. Hopefully, we will get many miles under our belt tomorrow, but we shall see! Check back soon for updates, and thanks for following our travels!

Amy and Ricky