started digging through his clothes until he finally found the clothes he wanted to wear than took them into the bathroom to change. Once Colton changed we all played a few rounds of Risk Colton had brought in case we got bored. Ali won the first two games, I won the third, Joseph won the fourth, and Colton won the last game. By the time we had finished playing Risk it was eight at night so we decided to go to an italian restaurant at the intersection of old Hwy 30 & 141 called Viviano's Festa Italiano. We got there at 8:30 and had to wait a little while before being seated. We got the menu and Joseph took a pene roma for 8.99, Ali got the ravioli with red sauce for $8.99, Colton had a tortellini for $9.49, and I chose the grilled chicken fettuccine for $8.99. When we finished eating those we ordered desert. Ali had not your mama’s chocolate chip cookies for $1.00, Colton ordered a sweet coco panini for $3.99, Joseph took the brownies for 2.29, and I picked a tiramisu for $3.99. When we got the bill we were shocked that we had spent $47.73. We went straight back to the hotel after we payed and fell asleep as soon as our heads touched the pillows because we were stuffed and to drowsy to do anything else. Ali woke up at 7:00 and decided to go and get a cup of coffee. When Ali opened the door, SPLASH! A bucket of sticky orange soda Colton had put on the door earlier that morning fell on Ali and drenched him from head to toe. The sound of the bucket falling and drenching Ali in orange soda woke the rest of us up in a flash. Joseph grabbed the bucket, went to the bathroom, filled it with water, then came out and tossed it at Ali. After Ali had changed his clothes we went down to the lobby to get some coffee and french toast. We ate breakfast in our room while watching Xmen Origins: Wolverine. At 10:50 we left to go to the Lewis and Clark Sate Historical Site: Camp River Dubois near Hartford, Illinois. We got there at five to twelve and went over to the "Camp Life" section where there were quite a bit of interactive exhibits where we had to identify the purposes of tools used by expedition members and try to make our own lists of supplies we would need for a journey like theirs. A partly made shelter
from Camp River Dubois showed how the men on the trip lived during a regular winter. We played a medical matching game where we gavse medicines to heal the acting sicknesses of the men. We also saw food from the trip's menu and learned its dietary implications. Then we went to the convergence theater which shows a 12-minute, high-definition video which uses high-impact visuals projected onto a 14 by 25 foot area of the theater wall. The video was about Ideas of what might have happened at Camp River Dubois during the time they were preparing for the trip. When we got out of the convergence theater we looked around and decided to go to "The Corps" exhibit. We got to test our skills against the men picked for the trip to see if we had the right stuff. We also got to pass judgment on members of the Corps who disobeyed the military code of conduct used in 1804, and see how our judgments stacked up with Lewis and Clark's. By the time we had finished at "The Corps" exhibit it was 5:30 when we heard Colton's stomach growl and looked at our watches. It was 5:30 and we had missed lunch! Since we missed lunch we took a vote of whether or not we would have lunch or dinner. It was unanimous that we just have dinner so we drove back to St Louis and went to Olive Garden. We had to wait for a long time but it was worth it. For appetizers we all had the smoked mozzarella fonduta which is oven-baked smoked mozzarella, provolone, parmesan and romano cheese served with tuscan bread for $7.35 each. Then for the main course Ali had the seafood alfredo for $11.50, Colton chose the chicken and gnochi veronese for $10.95, I took the grilled shrimp caprese for $12.50, and Joseph got the shrimp primavera for$10.95. Once we had stuffed our faces we started to order dessert. It all looked so delicious it was hard for us not to buy them all that is of course with the exception of Colton and his dislike for chocolate. At the end Joseph had the chocolate ciottoli cake for $6.50, I took the black tie mousse cake for $6.50, Colton got the lemon cream cake for $5.95, and Ali chose the chocolate gelato for $5.75. In all we spent a total of $100 dollars at Olive Garden. We have spent a total of $2,208.69 When we got back to the hotel it was 10:15. Ali took out his Electronic Monopoly game and we played for the next four hours before falling asleep at the table. Colton got up at 4:45 a.m. and cleaned up the table and Ali's Electronic Monopoly then got a jar and filled it with notes that talked about him and how he loved commanding the cute, cuddly, sweet, and muscular hun action figures he had. At 6:35 Colton woke us up then we went down to the lobby to get breakfast. At 9:45 we packed up, checked out of the hotel, and headed to the Gateway Arch in St Louis. We got to the Gateway Arch at 11:00 and went over to the place where they were giving helicopter tours an hour later and payed the fee of $35.00 per person. We had a big problem, the maximum amount of passengers was three and the minimum was two and there were four of us! We just decided on going two at a time, Joseph and Ali first and Colton and I second. The view was fantastic! We could see the slight waves in the dark blue Missouri River, people going up in the trams, people biking along the trails on rented bikes, and people commuting to the places that they wanted or needed to go to as the helicopter staff narrated the flight.We then went over to the north leg of the Gateway Arch, got our tickets for $7.00 dollars each, and rode the tram up to the top while listening to a recording. When we got off it was 12:15! We went over to the Arch View Cafe to pick up the box lunches we had reserved for $10.00 each. We all had turkey and cheese on a croissant with a brownie and coffee in our lunches. Once we had finished eating we went over to the Odyssey Theater got tickets for $4.00 each and watched a movie about Lewis and Clark on forty foot tall screen. When the movie was over it was 2:30! We left in a rush and barely made it to the airport in time! I guess this is where my trip with you ends. See you later folks!P.S. Don't forget to read about Rapid City, South Dakota. This trip cost a total of $2,432.69.
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