[mikester]

A couple of years ago the wife and I did the "planes, trains and automobiles" tour of Illinois/St. Louis.

We flew into springfield, rented a car and visited her dad. Turned the car in a few days later and took the train from Springfield to St. Louis. Flew home out of St. Louis. It was pretty cool and I would do it again without question. Gotta be wary of the train though - I hear in CA here it's not so happenin'