Day 3 - Off the Road

War wounds: Sara took a spill (it looks worse than it feels, I promise) and Susi hung her arm out the window all day on Saturday without sunscreen (ouch!)

On Day 3, we engaged in a favorite Missouri past-time: playing in one of the many rivers in the state (we were informed that the many rivers are why Missouri's liscence plate has a squiggly blue line underneath). We saw the mouth of the caves here and bought some cool things from the little store inside -- including great ice cream! We kept seeing signs proclaiming that this was Jesse James' hideout (seems like it would be pretty easy to find him!) but no one ever told us why he was hiding or from whom. We took a short boat ride on the Meramec river, almost towing a small child who really wanted to be in the water!

Then we changed into our suits and swam and floated for a while. Minor mishaps: locked the keys in the van (oops! thank goodness for AAA) and one of the kiddos got caught in some fishing line and had to be cut free, with the scissors that were... locked in the van. Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers with utility knives! Home and to bed early to prepare for being back on the road!

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