Then Cam informed me that his company would pay for my flight, so basically it would be a free trip, and since I had PTO to burn it seemed like a no brainer. The hotel we would be staying at was a new casino off the river and it looked really nice. Cam didn't have much to do during the day so we could spend time together and get to see parts of St. Louis. I agreed to go, it was better than spending 5 days apart so off we went to St. Louis.
The trip had a rough start, the hotel we thought we were staying at turned out to be the Four Seasons and was adjacent to our hotel, but ours was called the Lumiere and was not quite as nice. Not bad, but nothing compared to the four seasons, it was basically a re-modeled old Embassy Suites. They didn't have our room ready and seemed to be pretty overwhelmed by all the people checking in for the conference at 4pm on Wednesday. Everyday we were there both of our hotel keys would stop working. It was such a pain. I think the breaking point for me was when I went to take a water out of the fridge and realized when the cap didn't click that the water bottle had previously been open and was re-filled and placed back into the refrigerator!! GROSS!!
Cam ended up having work meetings during the day so I decided to explore St. Louis by myself. They had a pretty nice galleria, and had an H&M store so it was fun to go shopping. I was able to meet some friends of Cam's from back in the day so it was fun to hear old stories about him. The weather was amazing everyday, and I enjoyed the fall like weather. Since our hotel wasn't the best, a friend of ours gave me a key to his 2000 sq ft penthouse suite at the four seasons. It was awesome!! I went and worked during the day and watched TV in the suite instead of staying in our room. Cam got to come up there and meet me for lunch.
The Entry Way
The Main living area
(further down was the media room, office and another full bathroom)
The Office
The Master Bedroom
The Master Bath
The View
On Saturday we met up with my Uncle Steve and Aunt Jayne. They live in Highland, IL where my dad grew up, so we rented a Harley Friday afternoon and went riding with them and a couple of other people on Saturday. They took us to a bar called Fast Eddie's which evidently sells the most beer out of any bar in Illinois, even bars in Chicago. The place was packed! It was in the middle of no where but had at least 400 people inside. Getting to see the sights on the back of a motorcycle is such a different experience. Cam used to have a Harley when he lived in Austin, but sold it when he moved to Dallas. He loves riding motorcycles and it doesn't help my dad has a Harley and is constantly encouraging Cam to get a bike. Its fun to do once in a while, and it really is nice to go ride in small towns where you don't have to worry about traffic, but it is just so dangerous here. I would really rather him not own a bike, and just rent one on occasion when he feels the itch. So far that has been working for us.
It made the trip really fun, and we got to see some pretty areas of Illinois and Missouri. Luckily we got the bike returned in time, and then we headed back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. St. Louis has an area called the hill, where there are tons of homemade Italian restaurants. We met my family at an Italian place there and had the BEST homemade Italian food. I felt like I was back in Italy, it was so good. We really ended up enjoying our trip, minus the ghetto hotel and crazy homeless people (Another story). It is always fun to get away from Dallas, from responsibility and just enjoy our time as a couple. It worked out even better not costing much! Maybe next year we can plan a real trip away, but in the mean time it worked out perfectly and I am glad I got to tag along.
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