We found this microcache
(GCRY41) The Cousin Cache by smilingsteeles

(GCFA4) Chain Mail by Paul & Darla

After poking around in the bushes for about 20 minutes, we’ll have to log this Geocache as a DNF. The severe storm here list week left a lot of limbs and branchs down all aver the place and it’s hard to find anything in the woods.

It’s finally starting to cool down outside now. We’re going to call it a night.

It’s hot as hell out so a tour of the cool 60° underground caverns was a great cool down.

More Meramec Caverns Photos

After leaving Grant’s Farm, we continued by visiting our second brewery tour of the trip. The brew house of Anheuser-Busch St. Louis.

A much more impressive facility than the Coors Brewery we visited in Golden, CO just a week earlier but they lost points with us because they only give you 2 complimentary samples instead of the 3 Coors gave us. LOL.

More Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour photos

Ingrid and I visited Grants Farm today. There are many exciting animal encounters possible at Grant’s Farm, the 281-acre ancestral home of the Busch family, located just south of the city of St. Louis. The Farm is home to more than 1,000 animals representing more than 100 different species from six continents.
Grant’s Farm is operated by Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and has been a St. Louis tradition for over five decades. More than 22 million guests have visited this popular family attraction during its history.
The Farm takes its name from our 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. In the 1850s, Grant founded and farmed a portion of the 281 acres. Today, this land is home to Grant’s Farm and is preserved as a living symbol of the Busch family’s love for animals and Anheuser-Busch’s commitment to wildlife conservation and preservation.
Built in 1913, the Bauernhof was the first building constructed on the Busch family estate. Bauernhof is German for “farmstead.” The Bauernhof surrounds a beautiful courtyard and is typical of a 19th century Bavarian farm complete with stables, a carriage house, and offices and quarters for those who lived and worked there.
Today, the Busch family’s world-renowned carriage collection and stables are housed here. The Budweiser Clydesdale Stables are home to approximately 35 Clydesdale mares, stallions and foals. Anheuser-Busch has one of the world’s largest herds of Clydesdale horses and owns approximately 250 nationwide.

Grant’s Farm, where up to 15 foals are born each year. is proud to be one of the breeding operations for the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales.
More photos from Grants Farm

For most of the morning and into mid afternoon, I worked on cleaning up the Ram for the DTW event later this week. After a wash and the first two stages of the Meguiars 3 step waxing process, the truck is looking pretty good again. Ingrid caught up on a little laundry and read another one of many books she brought along on the trip. About 4PM I decided to take her out for a while and see the local sights. After a short stop at the local Autozone (to pick up a bottle of the 3rd stage wax) and another stop at a local trailer sales place that had a handful of teardrop trailers out in front, we found ourselves at a White Castle. Since Ingrid has never been to one before, it was imperative that we get a box of sliders and some cheese fries.

From there it was another lap of the Drury Inn to see if any DTW trucks were there (still none) then on into downtown, St. Louis, where we made our way over to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial aka. the St. Louis Arch. We goofed around outside for a while and eventually made our way inside. The tram to the top sort of resembles a large capacity clothes dryer with seats, it was still a fun ride though. We took a bunch of photos from the 630ft observation windows of both the city as we as across the Mississippi River to the IL side. After coming back down, we killed so time in the Museum and Gift Shops.

I also got another “Where’s Waldo?” shot

Can you find Walt’s Truck in this photo?

More St. Louis Arch Photos

We’re back at the campground now for the night. More tomorrow.

Not much going on here. We drove over to see if anyone was at the Drury Inn, checked out South Buder Park quick (where the DTW meet will be held), drove past the Dodge Fenton Assembly Plant (where my truck was built), hit a car wash, a Walgreen’s and back to the campground. Doesn’t look like anyone else has arrived yet. We’re going to call it a night and start fresh in the morning.

We’re here. The first campsite we were given was over 2/10ths of a mile from the restroom/showers. Very poor planning on behalf of the campground, put all the campers with full hookups, up closest to the facilities and the tent sites the furthest. Seems backassward to me. Even the Wi-Fi access couldn’t be picked up down near the tent site, so I went up to the office and insisted we get moved closer to the building. They moved us to another area closer but still unable to connect to the Wi-Fi, which was the primary reason I selected this campground. I overlooked a lot of places that didn’t have Wi-Fi access. The operators of this campground really needs to move the Wi-Fi antenna from the main building, place it on the roof of the pavilion neat the north side of the grounds and set up a second access point on the building across from the first tent area on the south side. That building should also have restroom/shower facilities. I’ll have to email KOA corporate with my dissatisfaction with the facility. Anyhow, we’re here and starting to get set up.