Day 3: St. Louis, MO to Tulsa, OK

We left this AM after checking out the view from the top of the Gateway Arch. The ride up in those tiny little elevator pod things was a little on the sketchy side but all and all it was a great experience. Things are going really well on the drive and we are making really good time. It looks like we are still slated to arrive in LA on Wednesday evening. The drive today was long and while OK had our first experiences with Armadillos, we didn't see any alive to take photos of. Apparently these little critters like to meet untimely fates with the front ends of vehicles on route 44.

En route to Tulsa, we got off in Vinita and followed historic Route 66 from Vinita to Tulsa. Not a real noteworthy experience. The few small towns we went through were moreorless ghost towns with very few businesses open and even fewer that looked appetizing enough to even stop in.

Aside from those adventures we are looking forward to the rest of the trip. We are entering the midwest and really don't have any major stops in mind until the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest on Monday afternoon.

That's all for today.