| St. Louis - The Gateway to the West |
| After spending the night in Tulsa, Okalahoma, we decided to drive the entire 12 hours back to Milwaukee in one sitting. That proved to be impossible, because we got quite restless. St. Louis sounded like a good stop, for it was right about halfway, and seemed like a good place to kill some time. I think by this time we had already decided to visit the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (commonly known as the Gateway Arch or the St. Louis Arch) and were treated to this Jell-o truck along the freeway entering St. Louis. Bill Cosby impressions and pudding jokes soon followed as we approached this National Landmark. |
| (Author's Note - I am writing this nearly 2 +1/2 years after I was actually there, so what I write now may differ from what I would have written then. I'm basically trying to remember what I was thinking, and when that doesn't work, I resort to making things up, much as I always do on this site. Enjoy!) |
| It seems like my timing is almost always near perfect. When we arrived at the Arch, it was close to sunset, as you can tell from the pictures. It was only January 2nd, so sunset began at about 5:00. We parked in an adjacent lot, which was right in the center of everything. In the picture on the left, you can see the Arch from the side (note - downtown is to the right and the Mississippi River is to the left.) In the picture on the right, you see our car, then behind it is the TWA Dome (now called the Edward Jones Dome, remember, when I was there it was 2 + 1/2 years ago. This come and go so fast in professional sports.) This is where the St. Louis Rams (boo) play "professional" football. |
| This is the fine city of St. Louis. I would have better things to say about it if it wasn't the home of 2 of the biggest rivals our state has ever seen - the St. Louis Cardinals and Anheuser-Busch. The first being one of the NL Central rivals of my favorite baseball team the Brewers, and the second being the rival of my favorite beer Miller. Boo St. Louis. But it did have one thing going for it that Milwaukee was lacking - a giant Arch on the western shore of the mighty Mississippi River. We can't even come close to that. |
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