Chuck and Sue - Travels

 Before I launch into the day, I wanted to share a picture of our KOA Kamping Kabin. We love these little cabins! They come with a full size bed, bunk bed, and usually a desk and a chair. They provide mattresses, but you need to bring your own bedding and towels. The bath house was close by, and the showers were pretty decent. Oh - most of these also have a 2-person swing on the porch, a picnic table, and a fire ring. We got a lot of use out of the swing while we sipped cold beverages and watched fireflies.    This was too much fun to pass up. A water tower...or is it a bourbon tower?  Cuba was next on our itinerary.    This is a great old station - just a quick photo op...   The Wagon Wheel Motel was also just a quick photo op...     Cuba has so many wonderful murals, but I only took a few pictures - mostly because we planned too much for this day and knew we wouldn't have time to enjoy more than a couple. These are in no particular order.....

 We love experiencing caves and canoeing, so we decided to schedule this day to indulge in those. We scheduled a tour of Meramec Caverns for first thing in the morning and a float trip in a canoe for noon. Love this sign!   We had our pick of parking spots because we arrived so early. We went in and waited for the fun to begin. We were really glad we signed up for the first tour of the day, as it was a relatively small group. By the time we were finished, the place was packed! This has nothing to do with the cave tour or with Frank and Jessie James, who were known to use the cave as a hideout. Rather, the guides use this as a distraction to keep the tour groups together while everyone comes together. And it is kind of fun :)   The tour included a lot of information about the history - including the early owner who responded to discovering a new hole in the cave by tossing in a stick of dynamite to open things up. Needless to say, today's cave bears little resemblance to t...