Gateway to the West

The famous Arch is unlike anything we have ever seen.  It is something else.  Joan did not like the tram ride or our time at the top at all.  She hung in there but did not enjoy it one bit.  I, on the other hand, loved it!  We sat 5 in a cable car and it was very tight both in the head room and leg space.  The ride up (inside the arch) took 4 minutes and was very shaky.  The ride down took 3 minutes.  We could stay at the top as long as we liked, but there were so many people, and the windows were small; so we only lasted about 10 minutes.  I would have stayed longer, but Joan was "done."
I was able to get a picture of the city and the St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium.  There is also a picture as the arch was being constructed.  As you will see, construction was started at both the North and South legs at the same time and one can only imagine the number of mathematical calculations that took place to have two towers curving at just the right place that they meet at the top perfectly......WOW!

We spotted the riverboat from the top and figured that would be a good thing to do next.  So we enjoyed being on the Mississippi for an hour.

Since there was still some time left in the day, we stopped at the Budweiser Brewery for a tour and free samples.  The tour conducted by a co-ed from Missouri U was fantastic....and the samples at the end weren't bad!