A friend took me to St. Louis today, so I could see/do some stuff that I otherwise couldn't.

No Jack-In-The-Box here, so we stopped at one for breakfast;


Next we went to Pacific, to see the Bigfoot trucks.

Purpose built display truck just off Hwy 44 by city hall;


Bigfoot #5, sitting by B+H Market;


Then we stopped by Rockwoods Reservation, because I wanted to see how much the visitor center had changed since the last time I'd been there. (I wish I could still walk those trails; Linda and I used to go there almost every day).
 The cages with animals on display is gone, but they still have Smokey The Bear that moves and plays recordings when you push the button.


Next we went to Lindas grave, and I took some clippers along because the grass grows over her headstone. My friend helped me clean it up.




After that, we went into the city, and ate lunch at Maggie O'Briens. My friend likes eating there, and it's nostalgic for me because Linda and I went there for a get-together with friends from work, back in the late 90s.


Two years in a row we've done this trip, and I had a good time doing it.

Thanks, everyone.

Thanks, guys. It's a rare pleasure for me, to go visit where I'm from. I love where I am now, and would not want to move back, but I do enjoy visits to certain things around there.

A little history of me going to Rockwoods;

I don't have pics from when I was a kid, but my parents used to take us there for picnics, walking the trails, and Cub Scout stuff.

This is from the early 80s, my brother and my daughter by my car. (My daughter is in her 40s now, and is a grandma).


My brother and daughter on a big rock along the trail. I used to climb that rock, then jump over and slide down the tree like a fire pole.


This is the entrance to a cave that's next to the trail (300 yard trail through the woods). I used to go in all the time, when I was a teenager. (In the 70s).


My daughter in the cave, in the late 80s.


At the main parking area there's a museum/visitors center, and a pavilion. There used to cages with various animals just behind the pavilion, and off to the left they had an area with penned deer.

Yep, on the left side as we were going in. I was surprised to see that, and a few houses in there.


I used to live in a couple rental houses along Hwy F, but moved to Villa Ridge before Bigfoot moved out there.
Now I'm out near Jeff City.

Thanks, all.  (Same friend came over after work today, and we did some shooting).  

Me too. Thanks.