Enjoy the next month.

[Chris]

Travis, you'll have to let me know how St. Louis was. I was there in October for a national recreation and parks convention and had a blast. That city has more bars and beer stuff than I knew what to do with! (prob bc Anheuser-Busch is located there). There is a part of the town called Soulard that was really cool- old style town with cobblestone streets and bars on every corner. We did a pub crawl with hay wagons around to all the bars. There is also a cool art museum (the city museum) where we had a big party with all the recreational professionals. They had buffets and bars all throughout the museum and the entire building was designed to be interactive. Everything from an indoor cave to a huge jungle-gym type structure at least a hundred feet in the air!

Links:
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The jungle-gym pics:
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Soulard with pub crawl and bars:
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I didn't get to any casino boats but the city was amazing. There was also the hottest bartender I've ever seen in my life but thats a whole different story...

Oh yeah, if you're out west still or near St. Louis- try and find a beer called Fat Tire amber ale. This stuff is amazing and is only out there I nursed the 12 pack I had for as long as possible...