Day 5 St Louis

It was a little cooler today – didn’t reach 90 until 1pm. We headed out at 9 for the Gateway Arch and were there before it got too crowded. We bought tickets for the 10:45 tram ride up to the top. While we were waiting we went through the Museum of Western Expansion. Parts of it were really good, but parts of it needed signage. The trip to the top was a little iffy for Bill, but we did it, got photos, and came right down. The Mississippi River was flooding the river road and parking in front of the arch. Rather awesome.

We had lunch at Hannegan’s mainly to cool off. Then it was back to the RV park to nap and cool off. I worked on some photos which is fun with all the new software – takes longer than usual.

At 5, Bill discovered a find in our book “Off the Beaten Path”. Just 3 miles from our campground is the Old Chain of Rocks bridge. It was built and used by Route 66 as a toll bridge. When the Interstate bridges were built, they converted this to a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. We walked halfway across the Mississippi River, and I got photos of us on the Illinois side and the Missouri side. We could see the arch in downtown St Louis, and the river was really high and wide. What fun!!!

We finally found a real grocery store and stocked up on some items. I found the ingredients for our favorite two melon salad which I made tonight to eat on the road.

We are off again tomorrow on the road.