Where are we going? A complete surprise came with this mode of transportation - this elevator made us feel like we were in a 60's science fiction movie. Labor day weekend we met up with Chad and Amy in St. Louis, MO to attend the temple and then go to The Arch! 
Wade and Kent in the parking lot on the beautiful temple grounds. (sorry no pics of the beautiful temple grounds : ) Chad attended on Fri night and then Amy, Wade and I went in the morning while Chad hung out with our children at our hotel. We made the session.... barely! That's 2 for 2 for us having adventures together - last time we went to Winter Quarters Temple and then to the Zoo in Omaha. We all benefited and had a wonderful time serving in the temple, learning and feeling of the sweet spirit there. Checked out of the Marriott and we navigated our way to the Arch. Entering into downtown St. Louis I couldn't believe how many tailgaters we saw! Filling the levels of parkades, tents set up and BBQ Mizzou colours everywhere and some Illinois fans weaving into the crowds. Big college football game. Seeing tailgating is a cultural experience for me. No one tail gated outside the Northlands Coliseum when I grew up, would that be part of the NHL experience if it wasn't ice cold winter time? Well there was a dense crowd of fans gearing up for the game and here we are in the thick of traffic attempting to find parking! Well we did no problem. It was neat to be back here. I had been here once before with my mom and Aunt Jo and Uncle Tom. We came at the time of the Nauvoo temple open house. Only difference is this time we went UP to the TOP of the arch..... 
Mia running along the walk with the Mississippi river on one side and the National park on the other
Eli about to haul up the stairs to Uncle Wade 
Mia, Chad, Amy and Eli
that's Wade at the top of the stairs overlooking the 'Sip and the amazing bridge 
can you see the tiny row of windows at the top of the arch? 
Narrow door to the elevator that seats 5 supposedly in that little time capsule.While traveling at a surprising speed up, banjo tunes were the elevator music selection
Thin warm air, lot's of people, I got a little queasy AND it was SO cool up there! : ) What a view! 
630 feet high in the sky 
Jane!
ReplyDeleteI saw that you had a blog through Rachael's blog. I hope it is okay that I check it. It is so easy to keep in touch this way. You do a great job! Reading this and seeing photos makes me miss you so much! This post is funny because we lived right there! We just missed you by two years. :) You are so cute Jane! You baby is adorable!
How cool! I always wanted to go there! I got a little seasick looking at the pics! How did KEnt do?
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