June 7, 2014 Kansas City to St. Louis and the Arch

 We have always passed by the Arch in St. Louis and not stopped.

 Today we stopped. This thing is huge. Parked right on the river bank.

 Our carriage was waiting. 

 The horse even had it nails done for us.

 As you look through the arch this building is shown.

 Standing directly under the arch looking straight up at 625 feet.

 It takes 3 minutes to reach the top in a capsule that holds 5 people.

 You can look out the glass door, but you just see steps and the inside of the arch pass by.

 There are 16 little windows on each side. When we got to the top a storm hit and you could feel it sway from side to side.

 This is the view out of one of the windows. Tweety and Frosty are on  the street to the left. You have to look close they are over 600 feet below and the rain is on the window. A barge is tied up to the shore with a helipad ready to take people for a ride. I think they should add a zip line to cross the Mississippi River

Ok I blew the previous pic up so you could see Tweety and Frosty.
Forth camper from the left.

 Becky is in one of the capsules that they had for display.

 Doug is standing at the base of the arch.

 You can take a river cruise from the arch and the museum under the arch was very interesting. I think we will stop by here again someday.

 

 This is our site for the night. Mulberry Grove, IL. This is  a real nice private campground called Timber Trails.

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