We got our tickets to go to the top of the arch and got in line and then I saw the capsules we would ride up in...those of you who know me well, know that I am not a fan of amusement park rides and that's just what I thought of when I saw the capsule! LOL Anyway, we walked downstairs and lined up and joined three other people in the capsule and headed up. It was a little unnerving, but not too awfully bad. It was worth the ride!! If you've never been there and get the chance, you really should go. I took some great pictures and will get them uploaded today. Here's a picture of a group in the capsule waiting to go up:
After we got back down to the ground we watched a film of the building of the arch. I enjoyed it much more than I thought. It was wild watching those men work to build the arch over 600 feet in the air without wearing safety helmets or even hard hats!! And then to find out no one died during the almost three year project...it was just surprising.
We ate lunch at a little place called Sundeckers. We sat out on the patio and just enjoyed the beautiful weather. This place makes the best burgers and they have a condiment bar so you can "dress" it yourself. Kinda fun.
We went back to let the puppies out and Dana decided to stay with them while I went grocery shopping. We also needed a new air mattress...ours finally died. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did with the dogs jumping on it all the time! LOL Carmen the Garmin and I set out for Walmart. I got there and found it wasn't a super center, but there was a grocery store next door, so I figured we'd be ok, but when I got inside, I found them in the middle of a remodel which meant their stock was way low and they didn't have half of what I needed so Carmen and I headed out to another Walmart.
After shopping, we decided to head out for dinner. We knew we were going to take the truck for an oil change the next day, so we headed in that direction to scope it out and found a FABULOUS mexican restaurant named Zapata's. OMG it was SOOOO GOOOD. Here's Dana enjoying margaritas:
The next morning I returned the car and we got the oil changed and the truck washed, got something to eat and got a load offer. We drove up near Springfield, IL to load and headed to Weaverville, NC, just north of Asheville. We delivered that load this morning and are now in Knoxville, TN. Monday morning we're driving to Dickson, TN to our owner's house to get the truck checked out because it still isn't running right.
Stay tuned.....
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