{"id":13291,"date":"2026-09-12T14:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T21:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=13291"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:09:43","slug":"13291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2026\/09\/12\/13291\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Arch to Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today, we woke up in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We headed over to the St. Louis Arch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Checked out as much as we could before listening problems arose with the littles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We headed back out on the road, knowing that tonight we would end up in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Came across a few more touristy things, ranging from Pink Elephants, antique shops, to more Route 66 things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We came across big things in a small town (Casey, Illinois, is a small town off i70, known for its supersized roadside attractions and 12 certified Guinness World Records)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we kept on eastward, hitting Indiana (and a cool welcome center.. featuring a race car, but no safe place to stop for a photo) before arriving in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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