Well, once again a quick trip-- to Missouri this time. Our family friend graduated, so we travelled to St. Louis-- and had a wonderful celebration! We tooled around the lake on a pontoon boat, a friend caught their first fish, and we went to the Meramec Caverns when the weather got rainy. Nice thing about a cave, you stay dry-- and amazed. This cave was were Jesse James would hide after a train robbery, and count his loot while apparently vanished! (true story!) The cave formations are beautiful, the rocks coloured by the minerals (uh oh! Mamma's starting to go rock nuts! And California has 183 rock and mineral trails! Oh, MY!) At the Meramec Caverns, there's a formation knick named "Grapes, and the Wine Table" These grapelike clusters are apparently only found in 2 places in the world... so I will paste some picures to share the cool things I saw....

the first picture are baby stalactites , named soda straws, and hopefully I can find a picture of the grapes...