{"id":3672,"date":"2018-07-09T21:40:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T02:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2018-07-09T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T02:41:58","slug":"day-8-2018-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 &#8211; 2018 Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not too much today. Most of the day was spent driving from Iowa to St. Louis. We did pass two towns significant to MASH fans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_153734620_iOS_LI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_153734620_iOS_LI-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_153734620_iOS_LI-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_153734620_iOS_LI-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_153734620_iOS_LI-1024x666.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_183947663_iOS-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_183947663_iOS-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_183947663_iOS.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got checked into our hotel. On the way to find some dinner, we happened upon an interestingly named school (and road)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_221126314_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_221126314_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_221126314_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_221126314_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_221126314_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we went and got on the MetroRail&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_225500649_iOS-e1531190062784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_225500649_iOS-e1531190062784-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_225500649_iOS-e1531190062784-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_225500649_iOS-e1531190062784-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_225500649_iOS-e1531190062784-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went downtown to visit the arch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_232002072_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_232002072_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_232002072_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_232002072_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_232002072_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Us crammed into the little capsule to take us to the top&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_235928728_iOS-e1531190163502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_235928728_iOS-e1531190163502-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_235928728_iOS-e1531190163502-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_235928728_iOS-e1531190163502-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180709_235928728_iOS-e1531190163502-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000752265_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000752265_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000752265_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000752265_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000752265_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000637948_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000637948_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000637948_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000637948_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_000637948_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waiting for our capsule down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_001104203_iOS-e1531190301940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_001104203_iOS-e1531190301940-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_001104203_iOS-e1531190301940-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_001104203_iOS-e1531190301940-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180710_001104203_iOS-e1531190301940-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now back at the hotel. I am pretty wiped. Have driven over 1500 miles now. Ready for bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too much today. Most of the day was spent driving from Iowa to St. Louis. We did pass two towns significant to MASH fans&#8230; We got checked into our hotel. On the way to find some dinner, we happened upon an interestingly named school (and road)&#8230; Then we went and got on the MetroRail&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2018-missouri-iowa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmashburn.com\/travelblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}