Work in St Louis and Hill Country pics pt 2

So today is a week that I've been in St Louis for work.  Before I left home, I checked the 10 day forecast so I would know how to pack. Yall, the whole forecast Changed once I got here. Snow was NOT in the forecast, just some rain and temps dipping to 37 at night. So I packed a jacket and some gloves. It has snowed like crazy for a few days and I am not equipped with my warm winter coat, boats, and beanie hats.  I bought a scarf at Goodwill over the weekend.
Work has been crazy and I had to work on Saturday which is part of the plan for a conversion. What makes things nice is that I have a handful of good friends here so i'm able to have dinner with them.  I don't get to see them often at all and it beats hanging in hotel alone every night .
I have a team member that is also good friend of mine that got sent to Kansas City on this project. On Sunday, we both drove 2 hours each and met in the middle in Columbia, Missouri.  We had breakfast and did some retail therapy at the local mall. There was a Ronald McDonald display /fundraiser and there were lots of super cute gingerbread houses that we found out were all made from school kids. Some of them are so dang good!! It was such a fun day and I got to see a little countryside scenery on the way.
I am very ready to go home on Friday! I miss my husband and my 2 dogs like crazy. I am on a quick break so i'm keeping this short and I don't like to skip a week if I can help it.
Here are some pics from St Louis and also some more pics from our bike trip 2 weekends ago:

Captured the Arch from plane window as we flew in

Did you know that toasted ravioli's are a THING from St Louis? They're on every menu. Some are better than others

My setup they did for me here- card table stuck in the corner

These stripper shoes were on random bench in front of restaurant the other night. Cracked me up and I had to take pic

army caravan heading to border

probably close to 100 army vehicles

This was in our bathroom at motel. Don't see that everyday!

Fence with boots as memorial

Pray that my plane does not get delayed on Friday due to the snowstorm we're supposed to get tomorrow.  Have a great rest of the week!

Hill Country ride 2018

Hey there, so its about to get crazy busy so I thought i'd post now to get one in this week. Last Friday, Todd and i hosted a ride to one of our fave places in Texas with some good friends and new friends.
Todd has made some friends in his work industry that are riders and he rode to Georgia back in July and went on long ride with them. Theres a big work convention that takes place every year and this year it happened to be in Dallas. It changes every year. So since the guys were going to be in town , they also rented bikes and extended their stay to go with us including a couple that live near us and our very good friends of ours.  So there were only 6 of us total - 4 bikes which is a nice small group that is manageable.
We went on the same ride last April with a much larger group and we had so much fun but its hard to organize large groups on bikes- with gas breaks, eating , etc to be on same schedule.
We ride all back roads and stopped at one of our regular stops when we're in that neck of the woods for some awesome BBQ!  We also happen to come across a very very long caravan of army trucks, Humvees, etc heading to the border. In fact, it was so big, they also went long way on back roads because it would be a huge media storm if they went main highway. Todd asked them on one stop if they were heading to the border and one soldier replied he wasn't at liberty to confirm but he didn't deny. Then sure enough, it ended up on the news later that night that Trump had released 1000's of troops to secure the borders.
We HAVE to include a stop to Luckenbach when we're in town . Its soooo fun and i love the vibe of being there. Live music, beer and wine, fun atmosphere.
I have tons and tons of pictures so this may have to be in a few separate posts.
I really enjoyed the ride and it was perfect weather! Id much rather wear a jacket any day then ride in the hot hot sun.
I flew into St Louis last night and i'll be here for the next 9 days to support the conversion here. ( remember i just did a conversion support back in August in Salt Lake).  This is the last one for the year and for the company until we tackle our sister side in Canada.
So here is picture overload:

Salt Lick in Driftwood, TX

An old phone booth

Have a great day and i'll try to post again soon.

I'm MIA in STL

Hey y'all I miss you already! I am in St. Louis this week training new hire school from 8 to 5 solid.  I flew in this morning and literally began my day training. I didn't have time to post and I didn't get to read any of your posts.  I'm doing this post from my phone.  

I can't believe this happened to me tonight but I was with a friend after work  (Tina) and we went to a new restaurant that has opened recently since last year when I was here last. It's a BBQ place called Sugarfire that had patio seating.  I got out of the car which was parked in front row next to the entrance door and I saw the curb- somehow I missed and totally wiped out on my knee and then slid with arms straight out in front of me.  Thank goodness I was wearing a maxi dress! 

My back is killing me and I skinned my knee. I bounced up quickly and Tina and I laughed all night.  I know I'm going to hurt even more tomorrow. I'm not tall but  grown ups just shouldn't be falling down often. LOL! 

After dinner Tina and I hit up one of our favorite thrift stores so I did end my night on a better note. I stayed upright! 

I found the cutest nativity thingy that was only 3$. You can't have too many baby Jesus's you know! I also got a pair of denim shorts that had a hole in a very strange place once I tried them on at hotel.  There will be a patch in the future for those! I bought this sweet glass egg shaped holder with bird on it.  I really love it and hope it survives the flights back home in suitcase. 

This was my plane at 6 am.  Boarding was at 6:30. 

This was the sun coming up at 6:40.  So pretty! 

y'all I wanted to buy this cot so bad if I had a clue how to ship it to Dallas. It was only 25$ and would make such a cute daybed with tons of pillows.  I've been wanting one so bad and I wish I didn't see this one!  Oh well. 

This is the sun setting through my wind shield with rain drops. Let's just call this an artistic touch. Haha! 

I'm going to do my best to post tomorrow night too. I'm having dinner with a dear friend who just had his second kidney transplant last month.  I can't wait to see him! 

Hope your Monday was a good one and I'll try to read some posts tomorrow.