This morning we spent a couple of hours on the tour around these huge caverns in Missouri - Meramec Caverns. They were advertised about every mile or so from about 40 miles away.
www.americascave.com



Further on we passed through a small town called Cuba which is famous for wall murals on the outside of public buildings. This one shows Emilia Earhart the American female pilot.



We found this stall by the side of the road selling grapes and bought a box - they are the sweetest grapes we have ever eaten. We may be eating them for a few days as you can see the size of the boxes.
www.mcc-llc.com/rosatiwineries



These figures were by the side of the road in Dillon and used to be a very common advert for burger bars, but these 4 are the last family set left - Momma, Poppa, Teen and Baby Burger.

This is a rare stretch of Route 66 4-lane highway. It is called Hooker Cut and crosses a river at Devil's Elbow. It was virtually empty of traffic and was very atmospheric.

Route 66 links up with Highway 44 in this area where they blasted through the limestone to leave these steep sides to the road.

We travelled well over 100 miles today through beautiful country with great weather and the usual high temperatures of 80+ degrees.