Visited Cape Girardeau, MO - Lots of Pics

drobs

Spent 4 days in Cape Girardeau which is on right on the Mississippi River in SE Missouri. We rented a VRBO and stayed in the upstairs of The Kage House.

https://www.vrbo.com/207311

Had some great food, visited a few gun shops and antique stores, plus hit a couple state parks in the area.

One of the nearby antique stores had WWI Trench Art for sale. These are fired German and French artillery shells. Prices were reasonable $60 to $150.

One of the days we decided to explore the Mississippi River south of town. There is a Levee that that is maintained by the state of Missouri that follows the river. We drove down following gravel / dirt county roads and wound up at the River Ridge Winery. Where we had to do a taste testing with the owner.

https://www.riverridgewinery.com/

The town of Commerce Missouri which is just south of the Winery opted out of the Levee as they didn't want their view of the River blotted out by a dirt berm.  The town floods every year.

I attempted to get closer to the river and found a muddy vehicle trail. Made it all of 20 yards before becoming stuck in the mud. I put my 4Runner in 4wd low, engaged the locking rear differential, and was able to rock it back and forth, out of the mud hole. There was a large tree nearby to winch off of, if that didn't work. Decided to stick to the gravel roads from then on.

We also visited a couple state parks in the area. To include The Trail of Tears State Park (mostly closed) and Elephant Rocks State Park. Elephant Rocks was worth the drive.

https://mostateparks.com/park/elephant-rocks-state-park

Lots of driving but had a good time.

US Military Guy

drobs said:

How much for the clock?

I could make the drive.

RobOz

Nice

drobs

US Military Guy said:

drobs said:

How much for the clock?

I could make the drive.

That one was a little pricey - $3500.

Grasshopper

Been there several times. Course I am within 3 hours. Some darn good BBQ around there!! Nice pics.

Ricci.Wright

Birth place of Rush.

drobs

Grasshopper said:

Been there several times. Course I am within 3 hours. Some darn good BBQ around there!! Nice pics.

The Minglewood Brewery was right across the street.

https://www.minglewoodbrewery.com/beer-menu

They actually had some beers I like (can't stand IPA's) to include a good Hefeweizen, Stout, and even a Czech beer. Had the Pretzel with awesome German Mustard, plus a couple good pizzas.

Also ate at Broussard's Cajun Resturant.

https://www.broussardscajuncuisine.com/

Good Shrimp Etouffee and a really tasty Crabmeat Gumbo. Their oysters in the 1/2 shell were good too. Very fresh.

US Military Guy

drobs said:

US Military Guy said:

drobs said:

How much for the clock?

I could make the drive.

That one was a little pricey - $3500.

Hmmmm . . . . maybe I can just build one myself using .22 LR and 12 gauge shotgun shells? 

(smaller scale of course)

savage170

Took some classes at SEMO back in the early eighties had a lot of fun  in Cape Girardeau back then

asop

Used to stay there when we hunted the Olive Branch, Il. area. 

dok2u

Thanks for the stories and the pictures.  They are great!  I had an interview for a job teaching at SEMO about 1990.  It was a disaster.  Among the worst ever.  Told them thanks but no thanks.

mogley98

Great pictures thanks for sharing

discusdad

asop said:

Used to stay there when we hunted the Olive Branch, Il. area. 

then you also know the better "dives"  and "eats" places the area is quite well known for.  bwahahahahahahaha   me too

He Dog

They are somewhat proud of that wine.  Most of the Missouri wines I have had are too sweet for my palate, many are pricey, but we do like the dry whites from St. James Winery.

allen griggs

Great pics.  You must have a good camera.  Please, tell me those weren't taken with an Iphone.

mark christian

Dan, the apartment looks nice, and it appears to have a good view of the river. My girlfriend has been bugging me to take her to Memphis, so a side trip to Cape Girardeau may be in the offing. 

drobs

allen griggs said:

Great pics.  You must have a good camera.  Please, tell me those weren't taken with an Iphone.

Used my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 android phone. The phones these days are really putting a lot tech into their cameras. I figured when I came back to the USA for good I'd get a good phone.

I borrowed the pics of the Kage House from the VRBO website.

drobs

mark christian said:

Dan, the apartment looks nice, and it appears to have a good view of the river. My girlfriend has been bugging me to take her to Memphis, so a side trip to Cape Girardeau may be in the offing. 

I think you could find some things to do in the area.

There's just a short walk down to the river. Lots of younger folks (College kids) down there. Couple guys with Guitars, a small amount of Homeless looking for handouts, here and there.

It's MO and we recognize all CCW licenses. Plus there is a sort of Constitutional carry (open & concealed) in place. I'm not sure if that extends to out of staters though. I pocket carrier my Ruger LC9 most of the trip. There's a large bridge over the Mississippi that goes to Illinois. We took a peek on the other side of the river - not much over there other than a strip club and more farm fields.

This part of town the floods every so often. There is wall between the river and the town with large gates that can be closed. I was happy to see that The Kage house was somewhat up hill from the river with 2 parking spots, also up hill.

Cape Girardeau is about a 4.25 hour drive from my house.

drobs

He Dog said:

They are somewhat proud of that wine.  Most of the Missouri wines I have had are too sweet for my palate, many are pricey, but we do like the dry whites from St. James Winery.

We grabbed a couple 7 bottles. 2 for the folks watching our house / feeding the cats. The owner was a pretty cool guy (about my age) gave us a discount. I picked his brain a little and mentioned that I tried making a Manhattan a couple weeks ago and failed miserably. He recommended Blood Orange Bitters. Seemed like a guy that knows his booze.

allen griggs

That is unbelievable that you can take pictures like that with a telephone.
I am an old time photographer, I had a Minolta outfit that cost $1200.  Telephoto lenses, wide angle  lenses, tripods, motor drive, flash.  Hell the flash was about as big as an Iphone is today. This was back when you opened the back of the camera and put a roll of film in there.  I'm sure some of y'all remember that far back.
I had a darkroom in my house.

I was a good photographer, but, you are getting as good pictures with a telephone as I could get with my Minolta outfit.
The Minolta outfit now sets in a box in the closet, you would be lucky to get 40 bucks for it.

Grasshopper

mark christian said:

Dan, the apartment looks nice, and it appears to have a good view of the river. My girlfriend has been bugging me to take her to Memphis, so a side trip to Cape Girardeau may be in the offing. 

Well, have you been to Memphis lately? Just saying, I went a a concert there some months ago and imo, decline but they have great music and BBQ. You would like where drobs stayed, my 2 cents. Make trips in that "area" couple times a year.

Aztngundoc22

OK : 
Did You by chance to eat @ Lamberts ??? if not : You really missed it !
Thanks !!!

drobs

Aztngundoc22 said:

OK : 
Did You by chance to eat @ Lamberts ??? if not : You really missed it !
Thanks !!!

Lambert's is a once in a lifetime experience. I've already experience it at the Ozark, MO location. I personally wouldn't go back.

I call that food they serve as Ozark fare. Most small family style restaurants here have the same menu w/o the throwed rolls. 

drobs

allen griggs said:

That is unbelievable that you can take pictures like that with a telephone.
I am an old time photographer, I had a Minolta outfit that cost $1200.  Telephoto lenses, wide angle  lenses, tripods, motor drive, flash.  Hell the flash was about as big as an Iphone is today. This was back when you opened the back of the camera and put a roll of film in there.  I'm sure some of y'all remember that far back.
I had a darkroom in my house.

I was a good photographer, but, you are getting as good pictures with a telephone as I could get with my Minolta outfit.
The Minolta outfit now sets in a box in the closet, you would be lucky to get 40 bucks for it.

This was a spendy phone - about $900 broken up into low monthly payments as part of the phone bill. Could be worth 1/2 that.

I've noticed that these phone cameras fail at taking pictures of animals at a distance and night time photos. Both come out real grainy. Dusk photos are interesting as the phone camera does a good job at pulling in light making it look like a daytime photo.

One of my justifications for an expensive phone is the ability to instantly upload videos and photos. Which could be helpful in a self defense situation. Paul Harrell did a video on this and made some good valid points.

Jump to 7min 20sec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNQPhVucVY

mohawk600

allen griggs said:

That is unbelievable that you can take pictures like that with a telephone.
I am an old time photographer, I had a Minolta outfit that cost $1200.  Telephoto lenses, wide angle  lenses, tripods, motor drive, flash.  Hell the flash was about as big as an Iphone is today. This was back when you opened the back of the camera and put a roll of film in there.  I'm sure some of y'all remember that far back.
I had a darkroom in my house.

I was a good photographer, but, you are getting as good pictures with a telephone as I could get with my Minolta outfit.
The Minolta outfit now sets in a box in the closet, you would be lucky to get 40 bucks for it.

I remember those days........inherited a Cannon A-1 from my dad with motor drive..........took an extension course through Amarillo Community College one summer where we photographed stuff around the campus and then developed our own film....that was a lot of fun.