Day 3 - Geocaching, Adventure Labs, and Rte 66

Day 3 - We spent much of the day on Rte. 66, doing two adventure labs, and eating at an authentic diner. The first lab was focused on Uranus, a kitschy themed tourist attraction whose motto is "It's not a town, it's a destination." There's a fudge factory, a rocket, the world biggest belt buckle, a sideshow - you get the idea.

The afternoon adventure was honoring the soldiers - Fort Leonard Wood is located here. We went to two cemeteries, and four memorials.

Finally, no trip to Rte. 66 would be complete without a diner experience.

Genealogy, and a grandson

Day 1: (Weds. May 10, 2023) Leftthe house around 9 A.M., planning to drive 6 hours or so, towards our ultimate destination of Saint Robert, MO. By 4PM, we were close enough that it didn't make any sense to stop, so we drove through. Highlights of the day, seeing an eagle outside the Mark Twain National Forest, and BBQ for dinner.

Day 2: Well, my plan to meet up with a distant cousin and do genealogy didn't quite work out. She wasn't able to make it, due to stormy weather, and the genealogy room wasn't open, either. No matter, there were some nearby cemeteries to check out. The first one, Bolles Cemetery, had four ancestors. Really old ancestors with disintegrating headstones.

Although it's difficult to tell, these are my 3rd great grandparents, Calvin J. Agee, his wife, Minerva Thrailkill Agee; and John and Mary Pierce Hughes. They died (respectively) in 1876, 1903, 1877, and 1882.We attempted to go to the Vernon cemetery, where my 4th great grandparents, Joseph Thrailkill and Ziporah Atchley, are buried, but it is literally in the middle of some farmer's field, and we couldn't figure out how to access it. We ended up going to the Lebanon - Lacelede County library, which has both a Missouri History room and a Rte. 66 museum. Very cool.

The final highlight of the day, was running into Alden at Walmart, and then having dinner with him and Julia.