
So far, we have driven through (or past) Brazil, Cuba, Lebanon, Webster County, Bennett Springs, and Eureka.
We arrived at the Gateway to the American West yesterday evening. The girls in particular were excited about the horse-drawn carriages, the six-person bicycle buggies, cobblestone roads, and the elevated railway system. The riverboat casinos were pretty cool, too. Oh yeah, and we saw the Arch. It's a lot bigger close up than it looked from across the river. We went underground to the museum (they let me in even though I set off the metal detector three times), which was impressively large and had life-size animals from the history of American expansion. We missed sunset at the Arch, but instead drove to the sculpture museum to cook dinner in the parking lot. There is an awesome picture of a giant eyeball from there, but as it's out on my camera in the RV, you'll have to ask to see that one later.

This sounds like a fun trip; I'm a little jealous. You know, if you're going to the Grand Canyon, San Francisco's only another 16 hours away... :)
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hope you are going to see the real 4 corners:
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Morning Edition, April 21, 2009 · National Geodetic Survey officials say the Four Corners marker showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 2.5 miles west of where it should be. The only place in the U.S. where four state boundaries come together was first surveyed by the government in 1868. The survey was inaccurate.
We went to St. Louis at the end of our trip- we were there on the 18th, just a few days after you :). The Arch is one of my favorite national monuments. I actually got to go up in it this time...
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At the sculpture museum there was also a big mosaic cat sculpture.It was very pretty.
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