St Charles

We pulled up at Susie's House early Sunday afternoon, and settled in after parking the camper in her driveway.  Bill and Susie treated us to steaks for dinner Sunday night.  Cardinals baseball monopolized our attention Sunday night with a win over the Cubs.  Monday was haircut day for me, getting  a buzz cut for the first time.  My hair is getting too thin and patchy to support the style I've worn for 40 plus years.  Our hosts took us to an Italian Restuarant, Calecos, for dinner.  I snacked too much earlier in the day, and could only handle a cobb salad.  Too bad, as the menu and dishes ordered by the rest of our party looked really good.  We watched the Cardinals win one from the Braves Monday night.  Tuesday was some shopping in the morning and then a trip to Alton, Illinois to Speedy Eddie's, a biker bar for lunch.  We got there at 12 noon, only to find that they don't open until 1.  We killed most of the hour by sightseeing around the Alton area.    The weather was perfect and we had a great time mingling with all the bikers.  We also spent some time trying to figure out why Susie's TV didn't have HD video.  After scratching our heads, we realized that the box and TV weren't connected with an HDMI cable.  A quick trip to Walmart to get a cable, and we could watch baseball in HD! Unfortunately, the Cards lost Tuesday night to the Braves.  Early to bed, as we plan to hook up and drive to Memphis Wednesday.