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Sunday, November 14, 2010

St. Louis/Kirkwood Trip

Well hello again everyone!  Last weekend I went up to St. Louis/Kirkwood to visit my friend Erin (who I hadn't seen in 2 years!) while she was home for a conference.  The first night I was there, we met up with our friend/former roommate Erica to go to Bailey's Chocolate Bar.  If you ever end up in Lafayette Square in St. Louis, I highly recommend this place for a little after dinner adventure!  It's pretty much a dessert bar, with sooooo many yummy desserts and drinks to choose from.  It was sooooo good!

The next day E-Mac and I headed out to Powder Valley.  Our tradition all throughout college was to take pictures of the fall leaves around campus.  Since we weren't on campus, we did the next best thing.  Here are some of the really cool pics we got.









After we got done at Powder Valley we headed off to the zoo.  Best thing about the zoo?  IT'S FREE!  We used her mom's parking pass to park really close and walked right in.  It was a glorious day for a zoo trip.  Most of the animals were out and about, and the weather was absolutely gorgeous.  Here's some of the furry little critters we saw.


















By far the cutest guys we saw were the prairie dogs.  They were working on their different burrows and tunnels, so there were a few with huge wads of straw and sticks in their mouths, like this guy.  They were squeakin all over the place at each other!  It was so cute.  I got a little video of them.



After the zoo we stopped at Sonic for Happy Hour, then I headed back to Springfield.  It was a short little trip, but it was a bunch of fun.  Thanks E-Mac!!  :)

I cannot believe it's already the middle of November!  The cold weather has finally hit, the leaves are gorgeous, and Christmas decorations are making their way into everything.  I have 2 short weeks of school and then it's back home for good food, good family, and good fun!  Hope everyone is doing well!