The Arch

School started this week, so I am feeling a little pressure to blog about our summer!

If you haven't ever seen the St Louis Arch in person, well, it's WAY bigger than you think it is in person!! I am always surprised.


I had been before, but the kids hadn't. We made a reservation and it was great! It was at 7 in the evening and it was a cool, lovely evening. It wasn't hot in the little egg-pod you go up in either!





We really couldn't have asked for a better experience.



Even the museum underground was basically empty! And no lines!

I took this picture from the top. I knew the carriage was in the picture, but I didn't realize how clear the shadow of it was until I saw it later.


I zoomed in a bit and took the cars, and made it sepia toned for fun...





My niece is a big Cardinals fan, so I was taking pictures of the stadium on my phone and sending it to her!!




This trip included Disneyland, so the kids knew all about rides we were planning on going on. Max somehow included this on his list of rides mistakenly. When we got to the top, he said that this ride was pretty BORING!! (it is slow)



They enjoyed the view, however.




I thought it was interesting how wonky this street was...



And since they don't want to delay any departures, they don't want you to take pictures entering and exiting the egg pod. So, they set up a replica.


And, I didn't have the right lens for the photo I wanted, but I love these pictures anyway...






It was a great first day of a vacay...