mattRoad trips offer the opportunity to get an intimate look at the land you are passing through.
Our first stop was in Terre Haute Indiana for a slice of pie at Traverse Pie Company. If you are ever traveling west on Interstate 70, you must stop, the pie is amazing.
Soon we were crossing the mighty Mississippi river right before a thunderstom rolled in.
We rolled through most of St. Louis during a pretty bad thunderstom, Julie was driving and she did a great job keeping us pointed in the right direction. After St. Louis we got into the Ozark mountains. It was all rolling hills, a sea of green trees, and many, many billboards for Meramec Caverns. We stopped for dinner in the Ozarks at this lovely winery and brewery called Public House. The food was really good, and we ate outside in the courtyard between the brewery and the winery.
We stopped for the night in Springfield Missouri. We got going early on Sunday, we had a big shift to get to Albuquerque, our next overnight stop. On the way to Alburquerque we went through Oklahoma City. We stopped at the National Cowboy Museum. It was a great decision. The artifacts and artwork were top shelf, Julie and I both thoroughly enjoyed it. After the Cowboy Museum we stopped at Earl’s BBQ for a late lunch. Earl was Elvis’ personal chef, there were lots of Elvis pictures in the place.
After the Cowboy Museum and Earl’s we headed west out of OKC on Interstate 40 (which runs parallel to old US Route 66. The plains of Oklahoma and Texas are vast with lots of cows and lots of windmills.
We finally stopped in Albuquerque around midnight local time the end of our second day.
