St. Louis, MO

After breakfast with my mother's sister and her two daughters (more gabbing and looking at old pictures) and lunch with our friends the Scotts, we drove to St. Louis on Tuesday through the rain. Lots of rain. We passed places where creeks and rivers had spread out into the fields and woods. At one point the water was only inches below the highway. (We found out later that Interstate 70 had been closed before we got there.)

We spent two nights with Steve's brother Bob in St. Louis. His mother has been here since Thanksgiving, but they still haven't done all the things on their "fun in Saint Louis" list. Wednesday afternoon we went "flood-gawking" as Nan called it. Evidentally this is the second worst flood in recorded history (worst being 1993). Getting out of here tomorrow will be a challenge with so many roads and even the Interstates flooded.

After Bob's fabulous homemade French onion soup we went driving again--this time to see the Christmas lights we had missed in Indy. St. Louis has neighborhoods that certainly do it up right.



Some streets even have themes (Candy Cane Lane, Angel Avenue, Snowflake Road) with lights computer co-ordinated to match music you can tune into on your car radio. Makes the garlands and string of lights I left on our deck at home look pretty pitiful, but it certainly makes up for our disappointment in Indy. Wouldn't the grandkids love this!