When I was in college, some nights we'd go for a slow ride up to Portage de Sioux to check out the Our Lady of the Rivers Statue. At night, with the lighting they have on it, it looks like a giant penis. Aside from that, there's a great view of the river.
My favorite aimless drive is down 94 from St. Charles to Hermann. Really gorgeous views, lots of little towns and good restaurants and wineries.
If you're into seeing and exploring neat places, I highly recommend you look into the fine sport of geocaching.
Hey Matt! Sorry to hear you're having connection issues. Sadly, I don't have any reasonable solutions for you.
I mean, the only thing I can think of to offer is by doing the math... if a 20 minute lecture has taken > an hour, and I think we figured you're ~30 minutes from me, you'd really only lose about 20 minutes by dropping by my place for your online classes.
For the obvious pros/cons... well, there'd be the travel time and gas costs and wear and tear on your car. Wait, I think I started with cons. For the pros... reasonably fast internet (just checked on fast.com and it clocked at ~300Mbps), comfortable setting, fully stocked kitchen and fridge, and certainly more than welcome to have your family be here to visit while you're working.
And I absolutely haven't forgotten that I owe you a brand new high-quality Tupperware container of your choosing (yeah, the one you loaned me got a little melty in the dishwasher - oooops). Seriously though, I'm good for that!
Take care, my friend. We should really get together again soon, I thoroughly enjoyed your company - and your food! But if you venture here next time, the food's on me.
Cheers!
I'm a huge fan of airbnb. Have you looked? Here is one very close to main street in st chuck and although they say only three guests i bet they would make an exception for your 3 yr old. Hope this helps! https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/20085608?location=Saint%20Charles%2C%20MO%2C%20United%20States&s=OY-NcuKW
Sure thing, I had a nighthawk but the costumer support and software have gone to hell so I just got a tp-link and it's the best router iv ever had by far, extremely easy to set up, never crashes and great signal strength. Here's the one I got if your interested https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-WiFi-Router-AX1800-Smart/dp/B085288G3M
Some interior photos, for persons interested:
https://nextdoor.com/pages/the-hostess-with-the-ghostess-resale-shop-st-peters-mo/photos/
Judging from their Facebook page, the shop has been open since early May.
Brown carpenter's paper is way better in every way. this stuff But try to find somewhere that will sell in bulk. found a 2nd link that's half the width but longer and less than half the price of the first link