That report w/ writing alone rivals Richard's, Benny's or Frank's
reports w/ pics!  LOL!  The observations are candid & priceless.  Who
else would leave for Denver at 10 pm?

The visuals & sound bites are still in my mind as I write this.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-St Louis to Denver rivals Craig's journey thru Nebraska for
things to see & do?

On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Ted Titcomb wrote:

> Ted
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Payson Titcomb <paysonpayson@aol.com>
>> Date: June 13, 2009 9:35:38 AM EDT
>> To: Titcomb Ted <ted@titcomb.com>
>> Subject: The closer we get, the more nervous I become...qqqqqq
>>
>
>> Well, yesterday was quiet a day.  We enjoyed the many attractions
>> that St. Louis offers.  First, we conquered the arch, which was far
>> more impressive than I had imagined.  We got a bottle of water from
>> the mississippi river, which was actually gross, and pretty stupid,
>> I hate looking at that dirty water every time I get a soda from the
>> fridge.
>> Then we went to city musuem.  This place was pretty impressive, but
>> maybe a little young for us.  It's hard to explain everything, but
>> basically the whole thing was a giant playground made with anything
>> from a plane to a school bus.  Definitely not a safe place, the
>> insurance coverage on this museum must have been through the roof.
>> From there we went to taiki's aunt and uncles, who couldn't have
>> been nicer.  They fed us corner beef and potatoes, finally some real
>> food.
>> We left there at 10pm, and are still driving to Denver as I speak.
>> Currently we are I'm kansas, which is as boring as it gets.
>> I considered changing my boxers today, which have been on since I
>> spilt coke on them 2 days ago, but i'm too sleepy to try and find
>> some clean ones.
>>
>> Car updates:
>> She seems to be running fine aside, from the transmission, which has
>> trouble shifting into reverse and first.  Not to worry tho, it's
>> only a linkedge problem, and as long as I tighten it every 6 or 700
>> miles it works fine.  Hopefully a hardware in denver will have a
>> metric selection of nuts, and I could fix it perminently.
>>
>> People updates:
>> -Declan is rarely awake when the car
>> Is in motion...
>> -I get cranky if I'm not driving for an extended period of time.
>> -Rob never fails at being a good dj, and has ceased from farting
>> even once this trip.
>> -pat Fits into new and undiscovered parts of the van...and passes
>> gas frequently.
>> -max makes any and all logical decisions, as well as drooling on
>> everyone pillow but his own.
>> -and Taiki almost just got us pulled over by our first cop, for
>> driving a 1981 vw camper.  (hey, it's a crime in some states...)
>>
>> <photo.jpg>
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>>
>> PAYStheACE

Tom Buese
tombuese@comcast.net