Trip to Saint Louis and honeysuckle running season

Hi folks!

I’m back from a quick trip to Saint Louis (and southern Illinois) and can’t tell you how great it felt to wake up next to this muppet this morning.

I love how he is so dramatic about the sun streaming in

I flew out to St. Louis on Thursday and had a few hours to walk around the city before driving to southern Illinois where my nephew was graduating from high school the following day.

Always gotta bring snacks for the plane…

This was my first time visiting St. Louis so I knew I’d have to walk to see the Gateway Arch and also check out Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals play.

It only took me an hour to find a spot that I could get me and the arch in the pic

My Altra Escalante sneakers are still awesome!

This is Laclede’s Landing.

There are arches everywhere you look

I didn’t actually go to the game. I stuck my phone through the gate to take this 🙂

They have this cool little area outside of the stadium with a huge Jumbotron so I watched the game while eating a burrito for lunch.

By 3pm I was on the road to southern Illinois. The family all met up for a BBQ dinner Thursday night at 17ST BBQ.

Ribs, hush puppies, cole slaw, fried pickles and a lemonade.

Praise the Lard! LOL!!!!

Friday morning I went for a run. It was really hot and humid but how could I complain? I ran! I found a road that had a bike lane which was great….didn’t see a single biker so I had it all to myself.

I also practiced some yoga poses in the hotel room and was happy to grab coffee in the hotel room lobby after my run

In the evening we attended the graduation and then went back to the hotel restaurant for a little celebration. I really had a wonderful time and couldn’t be prouder of my nephew.

🙂

He even hugged me twice…..unsolicited!!! My niece and I got to spend some QT together too. We shared a hotel room and even took a quick dip in the hotel pool.

And then on Saturday morning I made the 2 hour drive back to St. Louis to catch my flight home.  Mr. SOTSS came to scoop me up at the airport and there was Duncan in the front seat. He was pretty happy to see me. And I was pretty happy to see both of them. After a nice walk with the dogs Mr. SOTSS and I grabbed a quick bite and caught up on the last few days.

Yesterday morning I felt good enough to go running again. The honeysuckles were so fragrant! It’s definitely honeysuckle running season again!I’m still not ready to make any sort of structured running plans…Just hoping to run 1 or 2 times a week pain free. Once I get into mid-summer I’ll decide if I feel like training for anything. The rest of the day was fairly chill….and speaking of chill…we ended the night with his and hers ice cream treats! Mine was salted pretzel and his chocolate espresso.

I wish every day could end this way

And tonight I get to return to yoga! I miss it!

Have you ever been to Saint Louis?

Do you like road trips?

Any big milestones in your family? Graduations? New babies? Anniversaries?

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