Today we have scenes from the road trip on day two. Day one was just Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, with our stop in Swedesburg. We added three new states to our list, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Today we are only posting about the sites in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. Day two was a very long day as we found so many things to see. Our drive started early and ended late, but it was a lot of fun. The first stop was downtown St. Louis where we found Channel 4 News.
Our tip for you is if you want to see the St. Louis Arch, go early on a Sunday morning. It doesn’t open until 9, so no one is there before that and you can practically park at the Arch for free on the street. The weather was ideal and the sun was just coming up when we were there. Our copilot/navigator took this photo of us with Mom and it is our favorite one of all the shots we have.
From Missouri, we traveled into Illinois where we had no planned stops. We are thankful for big road signs as they led us to a fun stop in Metropolis. What is Metropolis you ask? It is a Superman town. None of us knew about it, but it sure makes for a fun stop!
The town square is where the most of the Superman stuff happens. This building is, next to the actual Superman statue, the focal point of the town.
Here he is, Superman protecting two very tiny looking hounds. He sure is a super big guy! Thankfully he did not step on us with his big red boots!
Just down the block is the Super Big Boy. He is rather rude as he would not let us have that giant burger.
Uh oh! Look at who is hiding behind the Super Big Boy, a cop! He looks like he is ready to shoot. This is when we decided to move on.
Driving out of town you pass Big John, a grocery store. I opted to get out and take a shot with him. His feet are about three feet up from the parking lot, and the space is small, so Olivia elected to stay in the car.
Our next stop was the Kentucky Welcome Center. We are very disappointed in this Welcome Center. Most of the time they are fun places with good photo opportunities, but this one is just an old house with a cheesy sign. Kentucky is the first of our new states on the road trip.
Kentucky also doesn’t have any fun stopping points for us. Thank dog, it is only a short part of our trip. Sadly, along our route we did see some of the destruction but since we were driving on the highway, we could not get photos. The one above is some of the large pieces along the roadside we saw. Crews were out actively picking things up as we passed.
Day two also took us into Tennessee and Georgia. We will post more on those states next week as they have a lot of good spots to stop and visit. If you are wondering where the Christmas Peanuts are from our post yesterday, the correct answer is Plains, Georgia 🙂
My GBGV Life is joining Brian’s Home Blog in the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
What a fun trip! Thanks for sharing your adventures.
We are having a lot of fun and are just over half way done with our trip!
You both look so petit sitting with those huge people and that giant arch thing! I am so thankful you missed those terrible storms, and I hope your Gramma is safe in Miinesnowta. See ya later! XOXO Sparkle
Thank you. It is a huge thing they have there!
Awesome photos. Superman town! who knew! great post. Your friend Lilly
We had no clue about it. Now we also know a GBGV person we know lives near there!
Wow. Some cities put up some interesting statues….
Traveling around shows us lots of different things, that is for sure.
Oh, OF Course!!! Plains, GA! well we got the state right.
Glad you got to see the home of the Real Superman! Lots of history in that town!
We saw so much stuff that day, it was crazy!
How fun, but I’m sorry Kentucky didn’t have any fun places. That happens I guess. Thanks for taking me along.
Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday. Scritches all around and a hug to mom. ♥
Maybe other parts of Kentucky are more interesting, but otherwise, where we were was super boring!
wow- you are having so many adventures! Especially with Superman!
New adventures every day. No wonder we are kind of tired out!
Wow – the St Louis arch is incredible!
It is huge and kind of interesting. We are so glad we got there early for good photos.
You sure did see some fun things and those are wonderful photos. Our Dad got to see the arch back when he was a Purina blogger. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Purina Farms is in the area. We’ve never been there.
you sure saw some interesting things! Kentucky is actually a gorgeous state. I feel so bad for all they have gone through in recent days. Safe travels!
They have had a bad time lately, but what we saw was totally boring. I think there must be stuff in a different part of the state.
What an exciting trip for you guys! And we have been enjoying seeing all your stops (even if you did not get to stop) We can’t wait to see more shots of your trip!
We will have several more posts as we have seen a lot of things and we still have our trip home.
I woulda wanted that big burger too.
You totally understand.