We woke up in St. Louis this morning to frosty conditions: before we went to sleep we set the thermostat on 40 degrees just to see what would happen, and while the room never reached its full potential, it was certainly chilly enough to put condensation on the window. After a delicious lunchtime feast at what could realistically be considered the best Taco Bell in America, we went to take a free tour of the Anheuser-Busch plant across town. The tour was pretty similar to the Jack Daniels tour we took at the beginning of our adventure, except everything was much cleaner and it was a much bigger operation. Another plus was that we got two of the freeest, freshest beers of our lives at the end of the tour, whereas in Lynchburg all they gave us was lemonade. InBev or not, free beer wins out every time with these budget concious road warriors. Additionally, Hayden informed us that Alabama picked up a "big time 5 star commitment" while we were touring, making this officially Hayden's most productive day of the trip.
After the tour we headed over to the banks of the mighty Missisip and saw the famous Gateway Arch, which was about 10 times as big as any of us had imagined. As usual, we parked very illegally...in the lapping tide of the river...and ran up for a turbo charged photo-op before getting back on the interstate to head on down to the land of the delta blues for dinner. All told, St. Louis receives a B rating from the TSDA crew. Points were docked for generally poor street organization and the dirtiniess of the river, and points were given for exceptionally cool monuments, super friendly fast food workers, and free beer.
After yet another 300 mile marathon through staight, flat, and generally uninspiring farmland in Missouri and Arkansas we arrived at our much anticipated 2 hour detour stop for dinner: Rendezvous in Memphis. There was no wait for a table, and within 5 minutes of sitting down we were presented with our own pitcher of sweet tea, 2 slabs of ribs, and a bunch of bread, cole slaw, and baked beans. The food was great and so was the atmosphere--which included a particularly prophetic looking picture of Coach Bryant in the stairwell--and after about 45 minutes we were back on the road headed to Hayden and Barrett's cousin's house in Nashville, our final stopover of the trip.
Gasoline Purchased Today: 30 gallons
Sleeping Accomodations: Hayden and Barrett's cousin's house in Nashville
Tomorrow's Destination: Tuscaloosa
Potential Stops en Route: Lunch
Potential Problems: I'm going to pistol whip the next person to play a Taylor Swift song
Taylor Swift and the Hundleys are like PB and J.
ReplyDeleteWhen is the TBCOBS Reunion at OB 09'.Im getting some tank tops for all. A simple question remains: Wolf graphic tearing out of tank top or standard airbrush? Maybe a "Barrett and Hayden: Prop 8 4 Lyfe" or "OB or Bust 2009".