Downtown Under Siege

After the freedom fighters burned down the 7-Eleven the other businesses downtown got spooked and boarded everything up real quick.

Hikes and Bugs

Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park, near Wildwood, was created by his brother Jacob Babler. Babler, which is really fun to say, donated so much money that he is known as "Father of Missouri's State Parks".

I think that this is a horned passalus. It was real shiny.

This ant had a nice worm donut treat.

There was an odd.. structure right off the trail. Someone funny scratched the mysterious numbers from Lost, I think referencing the hatch from the show.

My cousin Caleb's 40th birthday arrived and they asked for videos to make into a covid birthday slideshow. I had to bring my A-game.

That's a big ol Babler right there.

7-Eleven Sent to Heaven

After the rioting last night we took a stroll around the neighborhood to survey the damage.

I got a new face covering. Could go either bankrobber or street vigilante at this point.

We're getting the whole nine yards disaster response. They called the national guard.

And issued a 9pm curfew.

At first glance the only evidence of a crime I could see was the apostrophe they put in "amigo's".

As we walked closer to the police station we saw some news vans. That's always a good sign.

They burnt down the local 7-Eleven. My understanding was that fireworks set off inside the building did the job.

Civil Unrest

There was a riot in downtown St. Louis tonight in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A phalanx of riot police marched down the alley underneath the apartment window. This was definitely a time where I was thankful that the apartment does not face Washington Avenue.

I could see some military vehicles.

There were a ton of characters creeping around that were giving me a bad vibe.

Helicopters circled overhead.

Wrapping it Up at Knob Noster

We packed up our weekend campsite at Knob Noster State Park and then took one last hike for good measure.

Back at the apartment Lydia was real jelly because my Peloton Century Club t-shirt I earned for 100 bike rides had arrived.