Columbia, IL

Thanks to Corrie and Dana for letting me stay, making me feel so welcome and showing me around. I've had a great few days in Columbia, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. It's also been a lot of fun to play with Iris, the adorable golden doodle (not a retrive-a-poo as I would have imagined a golden retriever / poodle cross to be called).

I have been embracing the American mid-western lifestyle by:-

-eating breakfast pizza

-watching sand volleyball
-Eating frozen custard at Ted Drews by the old Route 66 

And most excitingly shooting some revolvers and shotguns. I've never fired a gun before and it's not something I thought I would ever do but it was really fun, and turns out I'm not such a bad shot!