Day2: June 28, 2010

We were up early but not as early as we had planned. We were off to St Louis and the zoo. If you are ever in the St Louis area and have time for a zoo this one is great and it has free admission.

They have a sealion show.    We did not see it on this trip.  We were here 2 years ago and saw it.

The hippo swimming laps in the pool.

The orangutans were playing.  According to Carson it was "peek-a-boo" and they were hiding. 

He thought this was soooo funny.

The elephants were having a great time playing in the water.

When we came 2 years ago, these tigers were about 6 months old.

Once again the kids were quiet in the back seat or "jammin" so we drove, and drove and drove

…..through Illinois and Indiana.

Then it was dinner time. While traveling, we try to eat at places that are local or unique to the area. So we needed gas and asked a local about place in town to eat. She recommended a Mexican food place called El Nopal. We decided to give it a try because by now, everyone needed out of the car. It was a former bank turned into a Mexican food restaurant. The food was great and had it not be recommended, we would never have just stopped and tried it.

  We finally made it to Ohio for the night after losing an hour due to the time zone change.....