Our hotel for our visit to Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge was in St. Joseph MO. After an afternoon on the loop at the refuge, we checked into our hotel and made the decision to go see the Holiday Lights at Krug Park rather than spending time going out to dinner!

It was another loop through a large park with lots of vegetation to act as a backdrop to lights. We got to the park shortly after they opened at 6 and waited in line for a few minutes for the drive through. It was a popular event in St. Joseph and has evidently been happening since 1981.

The next morning, I was impressed with the breakfast at the hotel because they used silverware and ceramic plates rather than plastic! Kudos to Holiday Inn Express! I had scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, and a blue berry muffin (as usual I raided the oatmeal fixings for a few walnuts and cranraisins).

We waited a little later than we originally planned to leave since the fog was so thick. Everything was very wet (note the pattern of moisture on my car window) as we left the hotel hoping that the fog would be less dense by the time we got to the refuge.

I remembered to have my husband stop on the road to the refuge where loess is visible….something left behind when the glaciers melted and the sediment dried out…and was carried/sculpted by wind.