Wednesday, June 14, 2006



We made it to Missouri. Connie & Roland (Frank's friend from his days in the Peace Corps) have made us very welcome at their home in St. Charles. We're being treated to all sorts of St. Louis delicacies including "toasted ravioli", "gooey butter cake" and tomorrow we'll have barbequed pork steaks and Fitz' rootbeer.

Today we also got to add Indiana & Illinois to the list of states visited. Remember the problem yesterday of the VW not starting & how John read it was probably a problem with the ignition switch and he just needed to wiggle it a certain way? Well, let us just add that Mary & Patty have now "push started" the VW in Ohio, Indiana & Illinois giving the addition of the states to our map a whole other meaning! Luckily Roland found a VW mechanic within a few blocks of their house. A new starter is being overnighted from California and they'll put it in tomorrow while we visit the arch & the brewery.