"Meet me in St. Louis-Louis, meet me at the fair...."
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Don't you just hate it when a song gets in your head and you can't get rid of it? I've been singing that darned song ever since I started the telling of our excursion up the ARCH!
So as our journey continues on, Morgan and I made a stop in St. Louis on Thursday, October 14, 2010 to go up the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Arch Fun Facts
The Gateway Arch, known as the Gateway to the West was part of a govermental Westward Expansion Memorial project in 1963.
The measure 630 ft. wide at it's base and 630 ft. tall. It was designed by the architect Eero Sasrinen and his structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947. Construction did not begin until February 12, 1963 and ended on October 28, 1965. The official dedication occured on July 10, 1967. The monument cost $13 million dollars at that time ($89,638,095 today).
Resource: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch
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| The Tram |
The tram is literrally an "egg shaped" elevator that holds five persons. If you are claustrophobic or afraid of heights, I would highle recommend a good ole' "Vitamin V" (for all you non-hippsters...thats Valium to you) before you embark on the ride up. It is like being in a cocoon. If there are only two of you...then you ar in a cocoon with three other strangers. Just pray nobody has bad case of flatulence because that combined with the fear of small places could make for a miserable ride to the top.
Obviously Morgan and I suffered none of these maladies as evidenced by the joy on our faces here at the top of the arch. 630 ft. up! The view is phenomenal!
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| Stadium shot for road warrior relatives and die hard baseball fans! |
So, Greetings from St. Louis! Where do we go next?
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