After a long morning of vehicular repair and maintenance, Dad and I finally got on the road. We went down I-40 through Nashville, then north up toward St. Louis. Originally we were going to stop by my grandparents' house in Vandalia, Illinois, but they were in Chattanooga, so we went on the extra hour to St. Louis. Apart from on and off rain and hail storms, relatively rough road conditions, and a late night close call with a coyote, it wasn't a bad drive. The worst part was getting in at 2 a.m. to our hotel after about 10 hours of travel. However, we made it all right with the help of McDonald's coffee (though I swear mine must have been decaf.)
This morning we went to the Mini Cooper Service Center here in St. Louis to get my brakes fixed. We're just waiting around now until that gets taken care of. We may go by the arch museum or Harry Truman's home.
Tonight, we were going to go to Kansas City, but we may go on to Salina, KS to take a bit off the drive tomorrow. We bought Dodger's tickets for Friday night, so now we've got a deadline. It should be easy so long as we don't have any more trouble...
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