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After a GREAT nights sleep at the Inn of Gary and Liz Wheeler, we woke up to a big pot of coffee, steaming hot blueberry muffins, and lots of fresh strawberries (compliments of the amazing Lizzie!). It was really nice to be able to enjoy a bit of a leisurely morning with Gary, Liz, and John…yes, I’m pretty sure that John smelled the muffins on his way to work and wasn’t about to miss them Thank you again to the entire Wheeler clan for taking care of us as we passed through Jefferson City – we had a fantastic time! We decided that we needed to get to St. Louis soon so we could learn about this ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ as quickly as possible, so we had to finally say good bye. We made it to the arch around 1:00 and were watching the Lewis and Clark movie 30 minutes later and heading to the top just 15 minutes after the movie. I will admit that I did think about being a chicken and letting Brad go alone, but that didn’t last long. He reminded me that we had just been down a 700 ft elevator when we visited Carlsbad Caverns earlier this week and that the elevator up would be shorter than that (630 ft) – that definitely helped! What an amazing experience (luckily it wasn’t a windy day)! We left the arch and headed over to take the tour through the original Budweiser Brewery just a few blocks away. That place is yet another great place to visit! The details in every building were absolutely beautiful. The home for the Clydesdales was fantastic – it even had big stained glass windows surrounding the middle of the room and a huge chandelier. This is definitely the way to live if you’re a Clydesdale! It all ended where we were able to taste a couple of beers and a new wine cooler type drink that they are calling Peels – we tried the cranberry/peach one…it will definitely be added to the lake drink list this summer! Believe it or not, we did all of this and were able to hit the road before 6:00. We made it down to Paducah tonight – trying to make our journey tomorrow a little easier. Had a quick bite to eat at the Texas Roadhouse Kentucky style – yeah, and we didn’t look out of place. We decided that they probably should have checked our license plate prior to letting us have dinner there! The waitress was very excited to be able to throw a water balloon at her manager over selling Brad’s additional fixin’s. We definitely needed to be more alert for that experience!