Everything was so beautiful there. All of the pictures were made from these tiny tiles. There are 83,000 square feet of mosaic artwork, 41.5 million tiny tiles in over 7,000 different colors. Its so amazing!
Afterward we went to the Gateway Arch, it was over a 30min line just to get through security and into the building. Then it was another 2 hour line to get a ticket to go up to the top of the arch. Since we were on such a tight time schedule we decided we didn't have that long to wait around. I was really bumed because I wanted to see the view from the top of the arch. Instead we went across the street to the River boat tour of St. Louis.
It was such a fun boat ride! We road on this cute Ferry called the Tom Sawyer. We learned so much about the history of St. Louis on the ride and got to see a lot of the sites of the city from the Mississippi River.
When we bought our tickets for the boat ride we found out that we could also buy tickets to the Gateway Arch! So we didn't have to wait in a long line again! We bought the other tickets and went back to the Arch. The ride up to the top is so crazy! You ride in a small white compartment, about the size of an airplane bathroom and five people are sitting in small white chairs as you take a 5 min ride to the top. There are no windows on the ride and only a few small windows at the top! I don't know if I'd do it again...but now we can say we've been to the top of the Gateway Arch.
This is us in the small elevator.
Here we are at the top of the arch, you can see the small windows behind us.
This is the view from the top of the Arch. Even though it was a hastle to get here, the view was amazing. The Arch is 630 feet tall, the tallest monument in the United States! It was really cool to be up that high and see over the top of everything!
This is the view looking up underneath the Arch.
After we went to the Arch we hurried to get to the Cahokia Mounds. This is the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. It covers about 4,000 acres and at least 120 mounds! They have found artifacts here dating back to 700 AD!
Woodhenge was first constructed here in 1100 AD. It was used to determine changing seasons, kind of like stonehenge.
Since we were taking so many pictures and videos our batteries started to die! I couldn't go on knowing that we wouldn't be able to document everything! So we drove around trying to find a gas station that had an outlet to charge our electronics. Finally we found one! The lengths I go to in order to have pictures to blog about :)
After the 30 min detour to the gas station we drove to the historic Route 66.
"Get your kicks on Route 66!"
This is a picture at Old Chain Rocks Bridge, it's part of the historic Route 66 and is now the longest pedestrian and bike bridge in the world!
Next, we went on to the Loop. Which is one of America's top 10 greatest streets. It had lots of cute shops and restaurants. They also have a "Walk of Fame" with all of the famous people that have come out of St. Louis. Including Charles A. Lindbergh, T.S. Elliot, Dred and Harriet Scott, Nelly, Chuck Berry, and lots of others!
For our last stop in St. Louis we went to Ted Drewes famous frozen custard. It was voted in the top 100 american foods. It was really good and a great way to end such an awesome trip!
hooray amber, i just found your blog! looks like you two have been up to lots of fun things- hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great day! I never knew there were so many things to do in St. Louis
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