Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Route 66: Day 13

Finally back on the road. Visited the Meramec Caverns in Stanton, MO
(west of St. Louis). Very impressive place. Privately owned since the
'30's after Route 66 opened. Lots of stalagmites and stalactites.
Remember, the "tites" are "tightly holding on to the ceiling", and the
"mites" "might be on the floor. Or is it the other way around. No, I'm
right.

I'll post some other pics when I get online again in the morning with
a new code from the KOA here in Granite City, IL.

We're going to head towards Chicago in the morning after we bike over
to the old Chain of Rocks Bridge from the RV park. The bridge was the
original way across the Mississippi River, later replaced by I-270.
Probably going into Chicago on Thursday.

3 comments:

RWP said...

Bike? Seriously?

bullwinkle said...

yes, seriously

bullwinkle said...

Nice ride. I thought bridges were level, but not these. One over the river, another over the canal. Lots of big rocks in the river, so the canal is for the boats and barges. Hence the name, Chain of Rocks Bridge. Second longest bike and hiking bridge in US.