Five States, Three Big Rivers, Seven Days...Part Four

State #5 and Big River #3 started the fourth day of our vacation.  Our first stop was an overlook in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to check out the Mississippi River. 

Panoramic view of the Mississippi

Gwen had prepared for this trip and had mapped out some sites she wanted to see as well as letterboxes she would love to find.  This led us to Trail of Tears State Park. 

There were a few different boxes here and we were lucky enough to find them.  The rest of us had given up on finding the last box but Jeff's persistence paid off and we were able to find it!

Everyone documenting their find!

We hated to cut the visit to the Cape short since there was still so much we wanted to see but we had a very SPECIAL appointment to keep!  Jeff, Tiff, and Madison split from the group to head back to Illinois for an hour horseback trail ride!!! That is all Madison had talked about that morning and asking, "When are we leaving to go horseback riding?"

Tiff and Fred

Madison and Thunder

Jeff and Snowflake

Grandma and ???

Just when you think the day could not get jammed back with more, we still had to get back to the hotel, cleaned up and back to the winery in time for dinner!  Oh my...

Dinner Saturday for Gregg and Andy was SUPER easy...just a walk across the field.  With a live band and all sorts of activities it was the perfect evening for just hanging out.

Dad, Tiff, and Madison checking out pictures

Aunt Alice, Tiff, and Madison

What a great evening!  It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.  And yet there was still more....