Missouri

We arrived in St Louis Missouri around 4pm and we stayed in a RV park called Sunset RV Park, it is kinda off the beaten path, and believe me when I tell you...it is in the middle of nowhere! When we drove to it, Pierre and were looking at each other..a little worried...but it turned to be a hidden gem! We took the cats out for a short walk, but they were not feeling it's. Minx is sick with the upper respiratory, so I have been giving her Navi's medicine, as soon as we get to Jordan's and Kristen's house and get Espirt settled in, I am going to take her to a vet!
I did a little studying on the state of Missouri and here is what I found! Missouri is in the Midwestern region of the United States, and in the south of Missouri are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Mississippi River forms the eastern border of the state. When the French established Louisiana, a part of New France, they founded St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South, including enslaved African Americans, rushed into the new Missouri Territory. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in Mid-Missouri. Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and California Trail all began in Missouri. Fun fact about the pony express, it only lasted for about 19 months, but it was the catalyst that launched the high speed mail, the Pony Express didn’t come cheap so regular peeps never used it, the service was mainly used to deliver newspaper reports, government dispatches and business documents, most of which were printed on tissue-thin paper to keep costs down. Despite operating for only 19 months, its riders had successfully delivered some 35,000 pieces of mail and traveled more than half a million miles across the American frontier.
Missouri's culture blends elements from the Midwestern and Southern United States. The musical styles of ragtime, Kansas City jazz, and St. Louis Blues, developed in Missouri. The Kansas City-style barbecue is well known and St. Louis is also home to Anheuser-Busch is the largest beer producers in the world. U.S. President Harry S. Truman is from Missouri as well as Mark Twain, and Walt Disney. Missouri has been called the "Mother of the West" and the "Cave State," however, Missouri's most famous nickname is the "Show Me State. After Missouri we headed for Kansas, Fort Riley to be exact, it is about 2hours west of Kansas City!  It was a long a drive but all four of us made it intact and we are currently holed up at a small RV park called Owls Neat Campground! We will be here for a few weeks to help our daughter! I'll keep everyone abreast of all the cool things to see in Junction City Kansas..LOL