Road Trip to St. Louis, June 2022

Every summer for the past 23 years (!!), my dad's side of the family hosts a golf tournament/family reunion with a potluck afterward. My parents, sister, and Logan drove up for the Schumacher Scramble, and we decided to join in the fun! When we initially planned this trip, we didn't know we'd be moving to Alaska. Once we found out about the move, a big part of me wanted to cancel this trip. But Derek insisted we should still go, and I'm so glad he did! It was so much fun and a good warm-up for our big road trip trip to Alaska.

On the way to St. Louis, we stayed the first night in Texarkana then made our way to Crater of Diamonds State Park, which we wouldn't really recommend. Maybe it was because it had recently rained quite a bit, but it just seemed like a big field of mud. ;) After that, we made our way to Hot Springs National Park.

{Brady was pumped to find giant Smartees in Buccees!}

{Animal Show @ Grant's Farm in St. Louis}

{This picture is out of order, but I don't have the energy to fix it, ha! This is Tunnels Park in Little Rock..highly recommend!}

{our kids' first slushee & Taco Bell experience...they were big fans!}

{Selfies in rainy Hot Springs under the umbrella!}

I have sooooo many memories of going to Grant's Farm & Lone Elk Park as a kid, and it was such a full circle moment to take our kids to do these same things in St. Louis.

{City Park in St. Louis}

{Another full circle moment. My sister & I used to argue over who would get to walk my aunt & uncle's dog Sammy whenever we would visit. This time, Hadley and Brady were vying over Daisy's attention!}

{Shelby had the time of her life playing Euchre with my dad & his brothers, just like I used to!}

On our trek back to Texas, we stopped in Tulsa, Oklahoma and visited The Gathering Place...such an amazing place!!!

And our final stop before home was Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas!

It was such a fun trip, and our kids immediately asked when we could go again!!