St. Louis, Missouri

Heading west from Bloomington, Indiana, we quickly entered Illinois.
Then we quickly left Illinois and were once again in our home state of Missouri.

We spent three nights in the historic St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, Missouri at the Sundermeier RV Park.

We drove by the famous St. Louis Arch.

We visited friends Matt and Jeff at their business, Four Muddy Paws.

A complete mutt store must include gourmet doggie treats...

resident dog food connoisseurs...

and self-service doggie wash bays.

We had a barbecue at our friends' mansion. It was a little bigger than our motorhome...

and the cat even had its own apartment!

The next day we took a bicycle tour of a new development nearby called New Town.

New Town features traditional homes, as well as housing inspired by cities in America and around the world, brought together in a small town community.

Row houses feature front stoops of yesteryear.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/july/sundermeier-rv-park/ , http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/july/visiting-matt-and-j/ and http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/july/visiting-friends-at/ .

To be continued...

Wylie House, Bloomington, Indiana

Today we visited the Historic Wylie House Museum.
Built in 1835, it was the home of the first president of Indiana University, Andrew Wylie.

Using an inventory taken in 1859, the house is furnished as it would have looked prior to 1860 with Wylie family heirlooms and other period pieces.

Take a look at some of the furnishings...

Space-saving trundle beds provide two beds which can be made into the size of only one when not in use.

Marlon decided he wouldn't fit it this chair. They must have been shorter and had smaller rears in the 19th century.

An herb garden dominates the Wylie House Museum's backyard.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/july/wylie-house-bloomin/ .

To be continued...

Lake Monroe, Bloomington, Indiana

Cedar Ridge Camping Resort is just down the road from Lake Monroe and its dam.

The man-made reservoir was completed in 1965 at a cost of $16.5 million.

According to wikipedia.com, musician John Mellencamp resides lakeside.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/july/blue-spring-caverns/ , pictures 109-123.

To be continued...