Kelly and Patricia always show us such a good time!

For our first outing in Defiance, near StLouis, Brian treated us to dinner at Hard Rock in the St Louis Union Station. The Whitings had never been to a Hard Rock Cafe before, and I think they really enjoyed all the memoribilia, especially Kelly. We loved having Cody and Mollie with us at Hard Rock and as we toured the magnificent StLouis Arch. The stainless steel arch is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide at the base. It's located on the bank of the Mississippi River and forms a perfect frame for the StLouis skyline. The arch is glorious at night, but the pictures I took were not. Sorry about that.

Kelly is a history buff, and one of his all time heroes is Daniel Boone. We learned what a remarkable frontiersman, statesman,and human being he was as we toured the estate of his declining years.
Kelly has a ton of work to do on their property. As he said, he'll be digging ditches for the rest of his life. But, he won't top the work Trish did to prepare for them to move in. She created a lovely home from a place that was trashed.