Our morning plan to rest up didn’t happen as we woke up early.  Robert decided he’d like to go for a morning walk to get us our mandatory glass collection and to get himself some Starbucks.  When he got back, he chucked our breakfast roomservice plan to go for a ride on the L.  It was cool, much smaller, but similar to the New York Subway.  After our short ride, we stopped by this place Wow Bao, that I heard about from my research in the Internet. It was a good brunch of express rice bowls and potstickers. We also picked up some baos for the road.  For those who don’t know what baos are, they are asian buns, they are white.  These baos have different fillings: some had teriyaki, chinese bbq pork, kung pao chicken or dessert one with either coconut or chocolate.  I have to say that they are darn good and well made for a to go place.  The only thing that did not agree with me is the pomegranate ginger ale.  It was like drinking all ginger and no other flavor :P  

Our drive is filled with corn husks and greenery.  We thought that the dark clouds will bring our first down pour or maybe a distant twister – but we drove out the storm system without any drama or adventure.  We momentarily left I-80 and now is on I -70 which will be our road of choice for the next few legs.  After tomorrow, all the legs will be long and probably very tiring. 

When we arrived in town, we checked in at our hotel, no getrting lost this time. Then we went to go and see the Arch.  We were very impressed at how serene the park that surrounds the Arch. Very nice place to hang out, with a lake and tree-line pathways.  Robert even ran a few blocks to get a good shot of the arch. The only thing we were kinda bum about is the heat. It is much hotter out here in St. Louis than in Chicago.  We saw a little shower in Chicago but when we were leaving the sun came back up and the sun was back again after our trip through  some storm clouds.

For dinner, we looked for our old standby – Hard Rock which is located in the old  Union Station which is now this cool shopping/eating/recreation place.  Really kudos to St. Louis for using sometihng that is not used into a really trendy place to go and hang out.  that’s all for now….  tomorrow, a short drive and bbq. YUM..

brunch: Wow Bao: P (rice bowl w/ mongolian beef with pork dumplings); R (rice bowl w/ chicken teriyaki with chicken potstickers)
snack:  mini baos 
dinner:  Hard Rock Cafe:  P (salad with garlic toast & french fries) R (chicken  club sandwich & french fries)

That’s all for today.. Our driver is alread out like a light and I should get some rest too….