Well we decided to get out of St Louis (if we can). Still not feeling good.
I did drive by the Chokia Mounds. These are ancient Indian Mounds that were built between 950 and 1250 AD. The largest mound is over 23 million cubic feet in size! This is almost 1 million cubic yards! To put this in perspective, at the tailings basin of Northshore Mining, one of the largest projects was building the West Ridge Railroad Grade which was over 1 million cubic yards. About the same size as these mounds. It took us over a year hauling 2 - 3 train loads per day, for a whole year to complete this project. These Indians did the same amount of work with no equipment. They didn't even have wheel barrows. They were only using baskets!! Unbelievable!
Well after this little side trip we drove about 150 miles and stopped in Sikeston. Doesn't sound like much, but feeling a poorly as we did - it was far enough.
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