Current Location: Florissant, Missouri
Today’s Song: Lazlo Bane – Superman (Theme from Scrubs)
I need you here with me
Cause love is all we need
Just take a hold of the hand that breaks the fall
Well I know what I’ve been told
Gotta break free to break the mold
But I can’t do this all on my own
I’m no superman
Yeah. I think too much sometimes.
This is the penultimate day of this road trip. I started the day on the outskirts of Kansas City. Through he power of Yelp (which is really served me remarkably well on this trip) I found a wonderful little bakery/restaurant in Overland Park called McClain’s Market. I fueled up with a granola parfait and an Americano (ever since I left Canada I’ve been hooked on Americanos – go figure).
This morning’s semi-healthy breakfast – a granola parfait. pic.twitter.com/TOyf4CPaCh
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 22, 2017
Then it was an uneventful drive across Missouri. It scares me that at this point anything less than six hours constitutes a “short” drive. If you do this long enough, I guess that’s what happens. Along the way I finished my second audiobook of the trip, this one also be T.J. Klune (The first was The Lightning-Struck Heart). This one was Wolfsong, which I have read before. It is an intensely emotional book and had me crying several times as I traced the relationship between Joe and Ox to mine and Dan’s. A tough listen, but so, so worth it.
I met up with Rama and K at Sugarfire Smoke House in St. Charles, Missouri for lunch. It’s a fun, quirky place with great BBQ sauces. After that we went back to their place and…didn’t do much. Rama and I sat around and talked convention stuff and watched some TV. It was lovely, and considering that it was 105 F outside it was a great alternative to venturing out. A big plus was that I got to pet Zoe, their 90-pound Great Dane puppy!
It’s a Zoë pup! pic.twitter.com/PAMMoeTZW0
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 22, 2017
But she’s so cute! pic.twitter.com/wOBPzDLm88
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 23, 2017
For dinner we went to Ferguson Brewing Company where I enjoyed my last beer flight of the trip, which had some unusually generous pours!
The last flight of the trip. pic.twitter.com/4qGngXjlv7
— Road Tripping Husky (@DuncanDaHusky) July 23, 2017
After a stop for frozen custard on the way home (because St. Louis), I quickly crashed for the night and slept quite well, with the exception of being woken up a couple of times by some very loud thunderstorms.
Tomorrow: HOME!
Miles Driven Today: 257 miles
Time Driving Today: 4:05
Total Miles Driven: 6,075 miles
Total Time Driving: 120:12