Road Trip and St. Louis, Mo.-August 2011

We left Pennsylvania to go work at Amazon.  Working in an area that has a lot of things to do and see is awesome, but I have a saying "It's all about the road trip!", so we try  to take a route we have never been to see places we've never seen.

We were passing through Indianapolis, Indiana around dinner time, so we decided to go about 20 miles north of there to Carmel to eat at a place we had seen on The Travel Channel.  We love going to places we have seen on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives or Man Vs. Food.  I can't remember which show we seen Jersey's Cafe on but we had to stop in.  The food was great, and I had some of the best cole slaw I have had to date.  You could buy it by the pint or quart, and I would have except we were having refrigerator problems and it would've spoiled.

 

We decided to stop in St Louis, Mo. on our way to Coffeyville this year.  We didn't have enough time to see everything we wanted to see only a couple days and not a full 2 days.  A good reason to go back someday!

After getting set up at the campground, we went to the Anheiser Busch Brewing Company to take a tour.  They gave us a tutorial on how beer is brewed and a tour of the stables,bottling plant and such.

It was very interesting, and afterwards we enjoyed a couple complimentary beers!

The next day we went to the Gateway Arch!  It was a bit higher than I imagined it would be.  I was very nervous riding up to the top of it, the elevator inside is very old and you can tell it.  As your going up it jerks and makes clanking noises!  Once you get to the top it is such a great view!

St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium

That night we went to eat at a place we seen on Man vs. Food called Pappy's Smokehouse!  If you're ever in St. Louis I recommend going, it was awesome BBQ.  We had the ribs and brisket, and make sure you get the deep fried corn on the cob!  We will definitely be going back there again next trip!