Gateway to the West

Sunday (July 22nd) was out last day of partying. :( However, we still made sure to have lots of fun. Our destination today was downtown St. Louis to see the famous Arch, or Gateway to the West as it is sometimes known as.




The day before we bought our tickets for going up to the top of the Arch at 9:20 in the morning. We all got up early and made our way to the Arch where we picked up our tickets, browsed the gift store, and wondered through a cool museum. The museum had things all about Lewis and Cark’s journey. It was fun to see quotes from them and pictures of the areas the visited. It also was awesome to see the places that they visited that we had been to. Of course, one of them is where Nathan and Natalie were born and another about and hour from where we grew up. After the museum we waited around a little bit then were able to be let through for our tour. After waiting around a little more our transportation arrived. Guess what it was. A bird? A plane? Superman?…nope just this little white capsule thingy that fits five people. It is not that big and has a tiny door to go through. lol. Soon enough we were up, up, and away. The cool thing is that the capsule has a glass door, so we could see the shaft. The view was basically stairs and cement. :D

Once the capsule reached the top we climb our through the tiny door and were met with people lining the stairs to head back down. We then have to climb some stairs, then you are in the hallway of the arch. on each side there are windows that you can look through. It was really cool seeing the view. Natalie even had a great idea of watching a baseball game from up there because there is a perfect view of the stadium. :D We hung out up there for while peering out different windows and taking it all in. Then we made our way to the other side and caught a ride down.

Ready to conquer the Arch!

  

We got busted trying to scale the outside of the Arch. :D

The view from the top of the Arch.

 

Barge traffic on the Mighty Mississippi

The Rams stadium is towards the bottom right corner.

 

So high!!!! At least they are not going to drop us. lol

 

The capital building with the Arch’s shadow

 

My AWESOME family!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

'Where the yucky Cardinals play!

 

 

 

 

Still pictures of the Arch…

 

After the Arch we grabbed a bite to eat, then headed back to Nathan’s place, packed up, and headed out. We made it home safely where we all crashed from the five days of partying. Thus ends the Great Adventure of Dad’s 60th Birthday!

“That’s All Folks!”