St. Louis

Dusty and I went to St. Louis yesterday and had a lot of fun! First thing we did was visit the Gateway Arch. It was huge and so pretty! The Arch is taller than the Washington Monument and The Statue of Liberty! We went up in it and they way you get up to the top is this 5 passenger really small, closed in thing that everyone is sitting very close together ( a little stuffy and claustrophobic)! When we got to the top, there were little rectangular windows you could look out to see the city of St. Louis. So pretty, and it took your breath away a little, just being so high and everything! We stayed there for a little while taking everything in and also taking pictures. From there we went to a casino! First time for everything! I played the slot machines and Dusty played Roulette! Neither one of us made any money....:( But we had a lot of fun and it was a cool experience. After that we went downtown to have dinner. We had been craving Japanese, so we found a Japanese Restaurant downtown and it was not what we were used to, or really wanted. Our meal actually turned out pretty good, better than we thought it was going to be. From there, we stayed downtown and walked around for a little while and then drove to this shopping mall that was absolutely huge and sooo fancy! We were about to go inside and this lady stopped us at the door and said the mall was closing for a special event. So we left and I asked Dusty why she assumed we weren't with the special event and Dusty said everyone inside was in tuxes and evening gowns...whoops! Then we drove back downtown to another mall, and it was closed down or something, so we drove by the arch again and headed home! We had a great day visiting St. Louis and are so happy we had the opportunity to!

First look at the Arch!

Look of St. Louis from the top of the Arch

Here we are inside the Arch