Movin' On

The picture uploader is being wonky and failing to upload so this entry will be pictureless.

We left Eureka Springs, Arkansas Tuesday April 27th and headed to a 'burb of St.Louis, Hazelwood. It took us about 4 hours but we did stop in Branson, Mo. Had breakfast and Rosa visited a couple of winerys. We cruised the strip, took some pictures and hit a couple of tourist shops for souviners. We got to Hazelwood about 6 pm and checked into the LaQuinta for 3 nights. My friend Catherine picked me up Wednesday about noon, just in time for lunch. Rosa decided to stay at the hotel and have a lazy day all to herself. I had real St. Louis pizza. Thin crust and provolene (sp) cheese instead of mozzorila (sp), unusual tasting but good. I also tried toasted ravioli. They're very like a totino's pizza roll but no cheese.

We stopped afterwards to pick up her son Andrew from school and they gave me a tour of St. Louis. Wandered around Union Square, and old train station that has shops and a hotel in it now. We fed the koi in the fish pond, bought some fudge and headed for the arch. Massive and no way would you get me up in that thing. Saw a building that had a painted facade of statuary, window ledges and such that fools the birds so often they have to sweep up dead birds that have tried to land on the ledges.

From there we drove to the Loop, an artists area where we were to meet up with more friends for dinner. Stopped in at Fritz's for root beers. They make they're own and bottle it there too. Checked out the stars embedded in the sidewalk of famous people who were born in St. Louis, most of whom were baseball players.

Everyone met up at the Blueberry Hill restaurant. Josh and Liz with their youngest Jocelyn (hope I spelled that right), Anna and Mike and of course Catherine, Andrew and me. Dinner was fun, I turned my camara over to Andrew and we did get a waitress to take a group picture of us all.

I will post pictures at a later date. Promise!

Thursday was a lazy day but I did hook up with another friend, Paul and his two kids, Mathew and Sara. They brought me a World of Warcraft calender, a handmade card (thanks Sara!) and a postcard from one of their trips. We opted for dessert up at the Denny's next to the hotel.

All the people above I have met online while playing World of Warcraft. Catherine and Andrew had come out to my area last summer so I was meeting the rest for the first time, in real life. We have played for years and talk over Ventrilo, a voice chat program so it was nice to put faces to voice.

Lynita