On Our Way Again

On Tuesday, July 1, we will be driving across Missouri to Kansas City where we will catch I-29 and head north to St. Joseph, Missouri to spend the night at Beacon RV Park.
On Wednesday we will be heading for Pipestone, Minnesota to stay overnight before going on to Mobridge, South Dakota for the Brown Family Reunion. We appreciate your prayers, the Lord continues to bless us as we travel. Love to all. Frank and Mary Lew (and Missy, Cocoa and Bootsy)

And Even More of St. Louis

This is the oldest cathedral west of the Mississippi River.

This is the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was heard.

Dred Scott, a slave, filed a lawsuit asking for his and his wife's freedom.

The judge refused. (look it up on the web it is very interesting)

This is picture of the Arch taken from the steps of the courthouse.

This is a picture of the Arch taken from the Metro station window.

More of St. Louis

This is the park we walked through to get to the Arch. So green and pretty.

This is how high we went up in the Arch.

This is us in the little tram car that took us to the top. There was room for 5 people and we were in it with a couple and their daughter, the husband took our picture.

St. Louis, Missouri

We have driven through Arkansas and into St. Louis, Missouri.

We have been up in the Arch. It is beautiful. We watched a movie showing how it was built, so interesting.

Saturday, June 28.

We will be traveling to St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, please keep us in your prayers as we continue our big adventure.

Graceland

And Elvis' is not still alive (at least his
body is in this grave on the Graceland grounds.)

We saw several of his cars.

We saw Elvis' airplane "The Lisa Marie"

These are just a few pictures we took of our
visit to Graceland.

Ornamental Metal Museum

Today we went to the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The displays were all made by blacksmiths heating iron and twisting it into some very beautiful designs.




















This row of corn is all made out of metal and painted to look so real.








These are just some of the designs on this gazebo overlooking the Mississippi River. Very beautiful scenery.

Gibson Guitar Factory Tour

This was an amazing tour. We saw each phase of the hand crafting of the famous Gibson Guitar.









































From cutting the body of the guitar from a pattern.............











.....to buffing and polishing the finished product.

Thursday June 26. The Tours

The first tour of the day was at Sun Studio. This is where Rock and Roll began.













This is the studio where Elvis made his first record. And as they say "the rest is history"



















We sang into the same microphone used by Elvis (at least that's what they told us). This same microphone was used by a whole list of people including Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis...... and the list goes on and on.

The Drive to Memphis

We drove through Mississippi and into Memphis, Tennessee.
We will be staying at the Graceland RV Park, just behind the
Heartbreak Hotel, and across the the street from Graceland.

The Big Day!

Here we are all ready to leave on our big adventure
Wednesday, June 25, 2008. 9:00 AM










We waved goodbye to Steven and Kenisha,
they are taking care of our house while we are away.

Loading the Trailer

Frank does his share














Mary Lew does her share

Photo Board

This photo board is our way of taking our family on this trip with us.

Bootsy, Cocoa and Missy

Bootsy, Cocoa and Missy have checked out the maps and they are ready to go!!

More Preparations

We continue to make preparations for the "Big Trip". Washing the trailer was part of those preparations.

Preparations for Big Trip

We have been planning an exciting trip that will take us almost 8,000 miles. We have chosen our route, our RV parks to stay in and the attractions we want to see. Now we are in the process or getting our things together to take in the trailer and the other preparations needed before we leave on June 25, 2008. We will be pulling a 2005 5th wheel trailer. We will be driving Frank's "baby", his 2000 Ford F250. We want you to be a part of this trip so we will be keeping you posted of our progress and as we travel we will be posting pictures for you to share.