St. Joseph, MO:

Left St. Louis at 10:00 this morning and arrived at St. Joseph at 4:30—stopping once for breakfast. A pretty drive—especially from Kansas City to St. Joseph, once we got away from the city. We have always wanted to check out the Pony Express Museum here in St. Joe, so we’re staying here for a couple of nights. The Pony Express ran for less than a year, but it was such an amazing thing—delivering the mail on horseback from St. Joe to California. 92 degrees today. That’s what we’re talking about!