we slept late. we commented on our non-actually-four-star-although-it-claimed-to-be hotel room. we schlepped our things to the car. we ate einstein brothers bagels for breakfast. we took pictures in union station and out front, too, including ones of anatomically correct statues. I was surprised to see that in the middle of a downtown. why aren't there conservatives screaming about this?!? anyway, the day was sunshiney and we could see the arch, and all was well.
then, we went back into illinois and saw the world's largest catsup bottle. matt likes mustard better. :)
and then we went to walmart to replace some of matt's clothes, get some snacks and a back pillow for me and also grab some brewskies--and of course we picked up some summer shandy. we intended to share it with my family, but they'd already stocked the fridge which was a WONDERFUL surprise (and they kept calling woodchuck and mike's hard lemonade "beer" which irritated me, as those are not beers, but moving on)! I also bought a lovely five dollar yellow and white sun hat.
next we found a park--and REALLY lucked out! I needed pictures in Illinois, you see, and we decided to try for a park that was nearby, and I got A LOT. and I wore my new hat. and we got to swing, too. fun fun fun.
then it was on the road again back to MO. we couldn't find the soda bottle in downtown (the one that brought about the name "the bottle district") and decided it was too late to see the rest, so we began our trip to tulsa. but not before we went back to IL by accident and had to turn around! along the way we saw...
the world's largest rocking chair.
the world's largest gift shop.
a half-scale reproduction of stonehenge.
and the world's largest fork.
and, of course, we took pictures. The Rocking Chair was by far our fave stop of the entire trip--the people were SO nice, the bathrooms were nicer than our four-star-hotel's, and they let me taste wine. And those pours were generous!!! I was a little tipsy by the end. While there I saw a bottle labeled "American Honey" and inquired about it--and it was Wild Turkey's honey whiskey! After seeing Wild Turkey's distillery the day before we HAD to buy it, and it was inexpensive, too, so we got a big bottle. We walked away spending, oh sixty bucks, and the people acted like we'd just given them a month's pay. I would SO go there if you have the chance. Fanning, Missouri. There are signs. You won't be disappointed!
oh. and matt could not jump high enough to touch the seat. the entire chair is 42 feet high so I'm really not surprised. oh AND we almost didn't even go here--jack couldn't locate it, and we only ended up there 'cause matt saw the signs!
after that, we ended up at the gift shop by accident--we needed gas, turned off and THERE IT WAS! wow-o. And we saw a very beautiful sunset there. we did not get to stop at any of the oklahoma attractions (including another world's largest--the world's largest totem pole) but they aren't too far from t-town so we're hoping to hit them in december!
next was stonehenge, then olive garden for dinner, the fork and the drive to tulsa. we tried to take a picture where it looked like the fork was impaling matt, but due to the light/size/angle, no dice! we got in late late late, but we had an AWESOME day. and then we got to sleeeeep. :)
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looks like fun! we'll be in durham soon and hope to see you!
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