The Mini’s paperwork is all done and the little Beast is mine, except that I am having the dealer hold it for a short time. I drove it on Friday and wow – this is going to be fun. I feel a bit decadent, and several people (including my oldest) have called it my mid-life crisis. But crisis or not, it is a fun car that I plan to enjoy for many, many years. And it makes me smile, which in this crazy world is always a good thing!
As for the rest of the weekend, we mostly ran errands on Saturday, but on Sunday enjoyed a little bit of time in Historic St. Charles. We wanted to check out the Missouri River levels since we plan to paddle next weekend and add a bit more distance on to our plan to cross the state. The picture, above, shows how high the water is up, as well as all of the debris in this particular spot. I’d heard that further upstream they had changed water flow levels to alleviate flooding; this shows the effect on our area. We’ll keep an eye on it this week and with any kind of luck, paddle another 20 to 30 mile piece next weekend.
Have I said that I really enjoy Historic St. Charles? There are plenty of small shops, restaurants, and wineries. We found a new place yesterday called called Figuero's, a coffee and food shop. We strolled in accidentally, with the promise checking out their hot sauce collection. It was far more than we anticipated! They have something like 2,000 different hot sauces! Along with all sorts of other seasonings, rubs, salsas, etc. Very cool! Yes, we bought and yes, we even ordered some special stuff. Loved it.
And that was capped by a sampler at a local brew pub while we watched the Cardinals get beat up by the Royals. At least the beer was cold!
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