I've never been so excited.... so giddy... to hang out at a truck stop.  To the uninitiated (read: me), I thought they were "gross".  No more thought beyond "gross", just "gross".  All that nonsense stops today.  These places are fascinating....

aka The St. Louis Arch.  Why the National Park Service didn't just call it "The Arch" remains a mystery to me but either way - it's pretty, it's an experience and it's something I have no intention of ever doing...

Last weekend we went to the Eje Cafetera in Quindio, Colombia with some of our very closest friends.  We had a ridiculously good time.  We got hooked up with an awesome 3 bedroom cabin on a commercial property that was formerly...