Day 17

Since we were in Oklahoma City, we stopped by the memorial before we left. It was very moving. We didn’t go into the museum, but we walked around the memorial outside. It was definitely worth going.

Time to get movin’ to Missouri!

We got on the road and headed to St. Louis. We did not make many stops along the way, but we did eat at the world’s biggest McDonald’s. It is constructed over the freeway. You can sit by the windows in the middle and it looks like semis are going to run into you. Crazy cool.

The forecast only said a 30% chance of rain, so we thought we were in the clear for the rest of the drive. Boy, were those weather people wrong.

We saw 2 funnel clouds that later turned into tornadoes, very dark skies, lots of lightning, and then got pummeled by rain. It was definitely a more intense drive than we expected. I was going 30 mph on the highway at one point because the rain was coming down so hard that I was having difficulty seeing the road.

By the time we got to our hotel, we had passed the intense parts of the storm. We got some Chinese food and had a relaxing rest of the evening.

Tomorrow: Anheuser-Busch tour and Arch