This is a preliminary entry in a Liberty Bowl trip report.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Dec. 29 — If Missouri is supposed to be in the Southeastern Conference now, Mother Nature hasn’t gotten the memo. Heavy snow forced an early cutoff on the first day of travel, primarily using the Avenue of the Saints and I-55.
Outside the hotel in Ste. Genevieve, there was this semi-curious sight. Casey’s is a Midwestern gas station chain. Huddle House is a Southern 24-hour restaurant akin to Perkins. South of St. Louis, the two collide, showing a peek into the split nature of the state of Missouri.
Gas under $3! So sad that’s a thing to celebrate now.
This map from MapMuse shows a wider perspective. Blue squares are Casey’s, red squares are Huddle House. There is only one HH north of I-70. Notice how the Casey’s stores have a clearly defined border of the Ohio River. The Bootheel ones are the southernmost in the nation.
