Welcome to Jesusland

Trust Jesus! We left Cleveland this morning at about 9:45 et and arrived in St. Louis at 6:00 ct. So far we have traveled 1,174 miles. On just about every bridge between Columbus and St. Louis someone spraypainted the words 'Trust Jesus'. Gotta love the Bible Belt. Somewhere in Illinois we spotted a 3 story tall cross, it was unreal. Other than that, it was brown fields the whole way. We hit four states today, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

St. Louis was definitely the highlight of the day, we even forded the Mississippi River and no one died from dysentery. I saw Busch Stadium and snapped some good shots for Shawn. Next came the Arch it's a lot smaller than they make it seen on tv, but still cool to see.

We are staying at the Seven Gables Inn, which is in Clayton, a city in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The neighborhood is really nice and the hotel is pretty swanky. When we checked in we had wine and cheese. Next we headed down the street to an Italian restaurant called Portobellos. We walked aroud Old Town, which has beautiful homes with gas lamps lighting up the front of each house. Before bed they serve cookies, Lyons would love this place.

Here are the top photos of the day: Indiana, Illinois, giant cross, road to nowhere, the Arch, Busch Stadium, pretty downtown Clayton, me in a swanky bathrobe, and the hotel room.


Quote of the Day: "Redneck, Blue Collar" spotted on a t-shirt at a Wendy's in the middle of nowhere.

On the dial: Mike Birbiglia's Dog Years comedy cd, Jeff Buckley, Nathanial Castro, and the local oldies station for Doug.

I am exhausted, check back tomorrow for the Oklahoma update.

Additions: St. Louis is a stange city. We rolled in around 6 and there was no traffic. We walked the streets around 7:30 and there was no one around. This is definitely a city I could live in, it was very quiet and the apartments and houses were beautiful. Very large update on Oklahoma City is coming...