Day 6...if you are ever in or going through Staunton, the Super 8 is a good place to stay.  We left Staunton to a cold morning.  We got lost a few times today, but eventually found ourselves driving by the Pink Elephant Antique Mall in Livingston, the St Paul Luthern Church in Hamel and the Glen Carbon Covered Bridge in Glen Carbon.  A must see is the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, giant Catsup Bottle, in Collinsville and we were headed out of Illinois to St. Louis.  Today was very cold and Steve and I were really bundled up.  We got to St Louis and drove right to the Arch just like we knew what we were doing.  The Arch  is a sight to behold.  The Visitor Center was closed again due to our Govt. BS.  After the Arch we headed to Ted Dawes frozen custard shop.  The original was closed, but a guy stuck his head out of the window of a bus that was parked in front of the custard shop and told us that there was another one close by that would be open, so off we went.  We found the Donut Shop just down the street from the custard shop so had to stop and David and Gil splurged on a filled donut.  Steve and I saved our calories for the custard.  Wow was it good.  Our next stop was at the Museum of Transportation.  This museum had BIG Iron, train cars, that we're antique and very impressive.  Our last stop was at the Rt. 66 Information Center right out of St. Louis.  There we found a wonderful lady that gave us a map of Rt. 66 through Missouri and suggested stops along the way.  We ended up in Cuba at the renovated Wagon Wheel Hotel that was wonderful, dinner at Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q where the ribs were delicious.  Back to the hotel, a hot shower to thaw out from the very cold day and an early night.

Interesting funny thing.  The Cobra gets a lot of attention in town, on the road, and at gas stops as does the Cad. But when we were on the back roads in St Luis all of the attention was on the Cad. Wonder why:)

More Missouri tomorrow.

Giant catsup bottle