First Stop, Saint Louis!

You are probably wondering how we managed to travel for 3 weeks.  I mean, don't we have jobs?!? Well, Rob has two actually, so the first part of the trip was a working vacation for Rob.  Then he had two weeks of vacation from his airline gig.  So this time we were able to be together for a full three weeks!

Here are some pictures from our first driving day, 5 hours from home to the family campground at Scott Air Force Base (fam camp).

The sass is strong with this one.

The best part of camper travel? Shoes optional!

I decided to track the license plates we saw on the road. How many do you think we got?

Seriously, like, every time.

Once we set up camp, we passed the time fishing, riding bikes, doing a little school, all our basic camp ground activities.

Doing a little "road school."

L-I-V-I-N

Rob texted me this photo. At first I thought, ok, glad he's happy. Then I saw it. So glad I wasn't with them!

Such a sweet moment.

In the middle of all this camping tranquility, the air conditioner on the Four Winds started acting up.  Turns out the something something was clogged, so Rob spent an evening fixing it.  Luckily we travel with tools and the wifi was good so we had access to Youtube.

The kids and I also passed an afternoon at the base pool, which brought back fond memories for me.  Especially when they blew the whistle for Adult Swim.  My kids were incredulous.  Adults only? What!

On our last day in Saint Louis I decided to venture out alone and took the kids to the Saint Louis Zoo.  Unfortunately, we had a pop-up thunderstorm that really ruined our day.  But it was fun while the sunshine lasted! And since the zoo is free, we weren't out anything.

I love the reflection in my sunglasses...

The kids were super bummed that I didn't bring change for the penny squisher. I asked them to stand next to it with a sad face. Ryan's probably won't be an actor.

Rain on the hippo habitat.

On our final morning, Anne caught a frog! Of course the kids wanted to bring him along, but I have a no amphibians in the camper rule.  So we released Mr. Frog, packed up the camper and hit the road.  Next stop, Kansas City!