Look at the sign under Edward. Susan and Ted thought that it was a funny sign. We were on a walk around our campground in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Today wasn't too long a day of traveling. The drive went almost straight south all of the way. It was a change in direction after several days of driving East. Edward rode out of South Dakota, across Iowa and into Missouri. At times the road ran right along the Missouri River. When it did, you could see Nebraska. At Council Bluffs, Iowa, the downtown of Omaha, Nebraska was easy to see. St. Joseph is a bigger town with quite a bit of traffic, but there was time to explore the Pony Express Museum and take a walk along the River. The campground is nice and clean and quiet and it is nice to just have some time to rest up.

There are a lot of things that started in St. Joseph. It was the starting point for Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition. It was also the starting point of the Oregon Trail. Some of the people who traveled over the Oregon Trail turned north when they got to the Columbia River and settled in Washington. It was also the place where the Mormon Trail crossed the Missouri River and headed across Nebraska to Wyoming and on to Utah. St. Joseph is the place where the Pony Express had its Eastern End. The mail took the train to and from St. Joseph to the East Coast. Going west it rode in saddle bags with riders switching horses and riding a relay across the plains, deserts and mountains to California.