St. Louis

I took another fantastic trip, Saturday. Wasn't too much of it in Henry County, but I wanted to write about it, anyway. My destination was St. Louis, Missouri, and it is only a short four and a half hours from Paris. Whether you come up I-55 from Cape Girardeau, or I-24, then I-57 from Paducah, you pass through wine country, with small wineries dotting the very beautiful countryside. Once you get to the City of the Blues, there are lots of entertainment venues for your pleasure, including a free zoo, and a ball team steeped in legend. There is riverboat gambling, beautiful trees and flowers at Shaw Gardens, and every kind of cuisine you could want.
Paris is home to me. It has my home, my wife, my good friends, but it is nice to get away, once in a blue moon. You spend a little time on those freeways, you read about the crime in the papers, you check out some real estate prices, and it makes you real glad to call Paris home, though!!