On the Road With Jess, Alyssa & Kyle

We’re getting kind of a late start today because Alyssa had to go to breakfast with her Aunt. We finally made it into St. Louis around 7pm local time after visiting our friend Grace at her place at Case Western in Cleveland. The drive was bizarre. We loved Indiana because the speed limit was 70 mph and there were no cops and you could just breeze on through. Illinois was so flat and boring. Miles upon miles of farms and huge 10 story crosses looming over the highway and billboards that remind us the only way we’ll reach salvation is by admitting that, “Jesus is real.” (I don’t think *any* religion purports he never existed so I never really quite got that sentiment. I’m only kind of joking.)

We met a couple at a gas station in rural Illinois who was also from Pennsylvania. They were headed back from the world’s largest no kill shelter in Utah called Best Friends. They had driven all the way out there to do some volunteer work with the organization. They also warned us that the state police in Utah are insane and not to go more than 5 miles per hour over the speed limit, so that’s good to know considering we already got a ticket, as evidenced by Kyle’s earlier post.

Last night we also got the chance to see Tropic Thunder with Alyssa’s cousin and other real Missouri folk. They checked our IDs for the movie! That has *never* happened to me before. On the plus side it was only $8, compared to New York’s $12.75.

Now we’re off to see the arch in St. Louis down by the Mississippi, and then we’re headed out to Oklahoma City for a night in a Motel 6.

-Jess