Our lovely host Charla at the grill.

Paco, top rooster. We saw him get busy with the ladies, but didn't catch it on film.

City girl Barbara has close encounter with Okie chicken.

Cat finds excellent spot for a catnap... Jan-Erik's suitcase!

May not look much from the outside, but this place in Noel, MO serves the best pizza on the planet!

Charla's Kansas license plate. If you ask me, it ought to read "LVLYPPL".

Rock wall on the side of the road. It reached out over the road further down...

Dang! That's one huuuuge dam!

Now that's just cruel...

Weirdest fish I ever saw, a spoonbill. (polyodon spathula)

Fishing in the evening sun.

Caught one!

The St Louis skyline, as seen from our hotel 12 miles away.