I am getting so behind in my posts I am forgetting what came next! After KY and the Creation Museum, we rushed to a town just outside of St. Louis, Missouri--Granite City , Illinois. Mark had to fly out of St. Louis the next day. The weather was so hot (almost 100) and really humid (85 degrees is bad when it is humid), that we wondered how people could survive there. That night, we had yet another rain storm. We had been getting rain since Ohio on the way out, rain the whole time in PA and again in Ohio, now in Illinois. It was getting tiring (even for a person from CA that appreciates rain) as we discovered two leaks in the trailer. However, this time that rain made quite a difference. We woke up the next morning to much cooler weather and a lot less humidity. We had some time to do laundry and swim and then took Mark to the St Louis airport. We had seen some local publications listing all the many things to do and see in the St Louis area, I thought after we dropped Mark off we might see if any were close to the airport.
We settled on the "Magic House-Children's Museum". It was in a very nice suburb of St. Louis and built in an old mansion that had been donated and fixed up. What a fun time we had! There was a construction zone, and Jack's Beanstalk that climbed three stories. They had exhibits on the Oval Office, Congressional meeting rooms and Federal Courts. There were science exhibits and literature exhibits and a beautiful garden outside complete with a wading moat and boats. We stayed until the place closed and then packed up the next morning to head to Salina, KS. We stayed just one night and then on to Colorado Springs! We'll fill you in on Colorado on the next post!
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