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| Hockey Road Trip, Fall 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Week One - Southwest Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22 |
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| Today I visited the town of Saint Charles, MO. I visited the first State Capitol, strolled along the river front and town, and visited a Lewis and Clark Museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Week Two - Texas Sat, 10/23 - Fri, 10/29 |
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| Week Three - Southeast Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5 |
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| Week Four - Southeast Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12 |
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| Week Five - Mid Atlantic 11/13 - Fri, 11/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week Six - Long Island Sat, 11/20 - Fri, 11/26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week Eight - Midwest Sat, 12/4 - Fri, 12/10 |
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| Missouri's first State Capitol was in this building from 1821 - 1826. It was used while they were building the one in Jefferson City. St. Charles was chosen as the city for the temporary Capitol, basically, because it was pretty much free. The first two years, no rent was paid. The remaining years, $2 to $2.50 a month were paid for the usage of the second floor. Both the House and the Senate were on the second floor. Sessions were held from November to February (non-farming months). The building was owned by two brothers in the fur trading business. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I meandered through the streets and along the river front (Missouri River). Mostly there were quaint little shops selling lots of Christmas stuff. Not being much of a shopper, I didn't go in any. Instead, read the plaques about the buildings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I headed over to the Lewis and Clark Museum. I quite like hearing the story of these two gentlemen. They say the journey they and the Corps of Discovery made would be equivilant to a trip to the moon today. Watched a nice National Geographic film about their journey, then looked at the displays. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After that, it was well after lunch time. I headed back to town (walking distance) and found a nice place for lunch. Had ham and brie with apples (no mustard) on toasted french bread. Yummy, yummy, yummy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's where I had lunch, The Winery at Little Hills. They actually sold bottles of wine to go. Hadn't ever seen that in a restaurant before. Missouri, apparently, has a pretty big wine industry. Who knew? I would never have thought that. |
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