Entering St Louis, MO
It's Sunday morning and St Louis, Missouri has a lazy, indifferent feel to it. We roll over a girder bridge crossing the Mississippi River. We thought this would be a special point in the trip; a kind of upbeat confirmation that we were in the Midwest proper. But it just felt like another city. A little rough around the edges. A little tired. And a little grey suddenly. The business centre appears ahead to the left. The Gateway Arch is just out of shot, also to the left. Around 3 million people live in greater St Louis. It's a major inland port and home to many major US corporations. But it feels like anywhere else.
Route 66 by Bobby Troup
If you ever plan to motor west It winds from Chicago to LA Now you go through St Louis, Joplin, Missouri Won't you get hip to this timely tip
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IT'S SUNDAY morning and St Louis, Missouri has a lazy, indifferent feel to it. We roll over a girder bridge crossing the Mississippi River. We thought this would be a special point in the trip; a kind of upbeat confirmation that we were in the Midwest proper. But it just felt like another city. A little rough around the edges. A little tired. And a little grey suddenly. The business centre appears ahead to the left. The Gateway Arch is just out of shot, also to the left. Around 3 million people live in greater St Louis. It's a major inland port and home to many major US corporations. But it feels like anywhere else.
The journey
1. Route 66: The Mother Road
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