Bad weather in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah forced our trip to detour back down south, cutting through the heartland of the U.S. Translation: no Mount Rushmore.
We're still on track to be back on the 25th - in the meantime, enjoy this collection of photos from Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
The St. Louis arch...extremely impressive in person:
OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Very powerful to visit the memorial dedicated to the victims and survivors of the 1995 bombing - especially this week:
Each of these chairs represents one of the deceased - each has a different name engraved on it:
The original fence put up in 1995 to mark off the blast site:
Every single one of these chairs had either flowers or a memento left on it:
Very cool - in addition to honoring the deceased, they list the individuals in the blast radius who survived the attack:
We were looking for something to do in St. Louis and ended up taking a tour of the Budweiser factory. The tour is free and it was insanely crowded - we found out why: you get free beer and pretzels at the end. Or in my case: Diet Dr. Pepper. It was a wild afternoon. But the tour started with seeing some American legends...the Clydesdales:
As we were driving through Missouri, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Sure, we passed the exit, but was it worth doubling back to take photos? You be the judge:
Dad winning next to a painting of his idol (from a bar in Indianapolis):
We spent a few hours at the lovely Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa - enjoyed it so much we booked a room at the one in Albuquerque:
Finally, for the blog readers who enjoy the classic television program known as Breaking Bad, then you will love these next two photos...if you haven't seen it, you're probably confused:
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