Arch!

When we went to St. Louis we had to stop by the arch on our way home. I don't know what it is about it, but I just love the St. Louis arch. It is exciting when it comes into view! We didn't go up in it this time (once really is enough) but we went down to the riverfront to check it out.

There are some good photo ops down on the river!

I have a TON of pictures from this little pit stop, and I bet in 75% of them at least one of us is doing an arch pose. Haha, nerd alert!

I love these shots so much! This was also the weekend of the "spice girls pose".

It was a gorgeous day, and we were having such a good time! These guys are like my family, I really love traveling with them. I'm hoping we can do a group vacation again next year.

This teeeeeny tiny puppy walked past us while we were having our photoshoot.

She was so precious! My brother just got a puppy and I can't wait to go meet her. I need my puppy breath fix!

We walked right up to touch the arch. Travis was over-joyed!

Look at the cute signage that was around the arch! The rainbow!

The City Museum: Part Two!

I had to split my City Museum post in two because that place it too amazing for just one! This post is mostly about the outside. The inside is fun, but the outside is even better! It is this crazy maze of tunnels and stairs and weird birdcage things to climb into.

Look at this giant ball pit! Marc and I were the only ones who were brave enough. It is full of little boys throwing balls really hard at each others faces.

You can also stand above it all and look town. And the boys will try to hit you with balls from down there. So violent!

I love that this place is in the middle of the city.

I was not brave enough to go through this tube. But I did go in the bus that is dangling off the edge of the roof. It isn't as scary as it looks.

It is 5 extra dollars to go up on the roof, but it is worth it! You can climb up the inside of this dome.

While waiting for your friend to climb it you can spin around in these weird things.

I was too scared to do this too! We called this "the hornets nest" because of the basket at the top. Thomas and Marc said it was terrifying to stand there and look down.

Once you emerge from the top of the dome you can ride a ferris wheel on the top of a 13 story building! AHhh! It is so fun and scary at the same time! We came back and did it again at night and it was even better!

I love this praying mantis guy. He is what is on top of that dome.

It was such a gorgeous day.

My favorite this was probably this big slide! It is SO FUN and I went down it probably ten times!

Oh yeah, there is also a big bug/taxidermy exhibit. Which I loved of course.


Gimme those charts!!

And I'll take this whole cabinet.

There is a large exhibit of architecture salvage, including this case of glass doorknobs. I have clear ones in my house, but I haven't seen the colored ones before! I want turquoise door knobs!

And lots of stuff salvaged by building facades! So many beautiful things!

We left again to get dinner. The best thing about this place was the sign sadly. Travis met us there, and then went back to the city museum. I left my camera in the car and we climbed through the caves and went down slides and rode the ferris wheel until they closed at midnight. It was such a good day. We got back to the hotel and I totally collapsed into bed.

And just so it is documented here, here are some photos of Travis from his Tough Mudder race, the whole reason we were in Missouri. The left is before, and the right is after. I'm so glad our friend Karina came and did it with him. He had a wonderful time! He is actually doing another one of them this coming weekend in Kentucky. Go Travis!

The City Museum!

We went to St. Louis in September so Travis could run in another Tough Mudder race. I went to the race last time he did one, and I learned my lesson! This time I got my best friends to come, and we went and did something fun while he did the race. We went to the City Museum. It was my third trip, but it was just as much fun as the first two times!

It is an incredible place! It is mostly a giant amazing playground. There are no maps and no signs so you really just have to explore. Also, I took way too many pictures here. It is taking me forever to go through them!

The most amazing part, I think, is when you are going through these dark man made caves, then suddenly you look up and see all the way up ten stories. It is so cool!

You climb all the way to the top to go down the ten story slide! Last time we were here the line was SO LONG we never did the slide. This trip we did it so many times! It made me dizzy and shake a little, but it was so fun!

There is Thomas going down!

The place was made by artists so there are all kinds of great touches. I always love this little hot dog guy.

There is a side show/circus/beatnik themed bar on the fourth floor.There are so many things in there I would love to steal and bring home with me.

Especially that hair sign!! Gimmie!

Buddies.

You can take the stairs, or climb up weird tubes. That rebar HURTS your knees! They rent knee pads in the gift shop for us geezers.

There are a few exhibits in the museum. I love this one that is full of stuff that a guy found in old out house sites. I love all the doll heads. There were tons of pipes and dishes too.

Another favorite part is the snowflake lady. You go in her littler room and cut out paper showflakes and she tells you stories. We got here to tell us ghost stories about the museum and got so freaked out!! It is so fun!

I did a bat this time.

Amazing! I have a kangaroo and a meerkat and a tiger from other visits.

Some of the walls are completely covered with letterpress blocks. Look at those deer!

I really love this three story slide! The best way to get to the bottom floor!

We took a break in the middle of the day to get something to eat. They have food to buy there but there wasn't much I could eat. I looked up this place with my Happy Cow app and it sounded good.

Little did I know it was also a human sexuality lending library! Haha. It is so funny to me that none of the reviews mentioned it. The theme continued with the menu.

I got the farmer's daughter and it was really delicious! Everyone liked their sandwiches, my only complaint was that they brought them out one at a time, with about 5 to 10 minutes in between. It was weird. But it was a great time to recharge before we went back to the museum and tackled the roof and outside area. And you better believe I'll be back to tell you alllllll about that!

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