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| St. Louis - Gateway to the West |
Our odyssey
continues. We are now in North Carolina visiting our oldest daughter Tara,
her husband, Eric, and their family. We journeyed over 800 miles in one day to
do this. It was a long drive but the Burdge children were well-behaved
troopers.
We also got a 5:00 am start which helped make it doable. Pictures to follow in the next blog.
The St. Louis Arch.
Before we left, Adam - a 14 year old grandson - and I went to the Arch for a Boy
Scout merit badge project.
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| Adam is at the lower left hand corner of the Arch |
The Arch representing the “Gateway to the West”
symbol for St. Louis was finished in 1965. It is as tall as a 27 floor
building.
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| Side view |
It is one of the main tourist attractions of St. Louis.
Inside the Arch there are small capsule tram cars that take tourists to the
top.
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| Viewing area at the top of the Arch |
Adam went to the top and took some pictures with my camera. I had been to
the top before so I declined the $14 ride.
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| Looking across the Mississippi River into Illinois |
Here are some of the pictures Adam took from the top.
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| Same building from ground level |
Before and after, I had some fun taking pictures on the
grounds including one of an Amish family inspecting a horse and buggy ride for
tourists.
The Arch is one of the most distinctive architectural symbols in the
United States like the Statue of Liberty or Mount Rushmore.
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Depiction of four presidents' faces carved into Mt. Rushmore displayed in Visitor's Center
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| Grizzly bear inside of visitor's center |
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Work projects.
Adam and I cleaned up some invasive honeysuckle trees on some property owned by
the Barneys.
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| Adam with the downed honeysuckle trees |
Darlene and I also got involved with landscaping and gardening in
the Kesners’ backyard. Our grandparenting mission this summer is to be as
helpful to our children as we can be while re-involving ourselves with
grandchildren.
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| Aubree is to the left |
Aubree on stage.
Our 5 year old granddaughter Aubree had a dance performance where, of course, she
was the star of the show.
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| Aubree - fourth on the right - at the dress rehearsal |
There was a little drama beforehand as she applied (without
permission) lipstick to her face. It resulted in a highly visible clown face
quite distinctive from the other dancers. Our daughter Tawny swung into action
and cleaned up the mess prior to Aubree’s performance.
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| Aubree with her cousins, Annalisa, Juliana, and Elena |
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All's well that ends well
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