With only one full day in St. Louis…before we bid this city adieu…
We rose early and headed out the door…we had a lot to do.
When you’re on a road trip…you make this tentative plan…
you know you can’t see everything…so you do the best you can.
(Thank you to all our friends who gave us places we should seek…
but if we visited all the places you gave us…we’d be in St. Louis for 2 weeks!)
We started our day at the Gateway Arch…we were inspired we felt blessed
while standing by the mighty Mississippi looking at St. Louis through the Gateway to the west.
An early Sunday morning walk around the city…was filled with wonders…filled with joys
It’s like we had the city to ourselves…before the crowds…before the noise.
We read St. Louis was once called ‘Mound City’…mounds built by the Cahokia Indians that haven’t been destroyed…So we hopped in our car and crossed the Mississippi back into Illinois.
We climbed to the top of Monk’s Mound…with not the best agility…but with vigor…
If you’re looking for pyramids in America…you won’t find another one bigger.
Standing solemnly on top of the pyramid with St. Louis off in the distance…below
We wondered what life was like for the Cahokia…all those years ago.
Climbing up and down Monk’s mound left us parched…with a dryness in our throats…
So our next stop would be Fritz’s…for lunch where they make their own sodas for their floats.
Fritz’s is a famous restaurant in what’s called the Delmar Loop….
Each float was filled with ice cream…we counted them…4 scoops!
Our final stop…the Botanical Gardens…such a beautiful place to be…
where so many different species of plants…live together in harmony.
As we walked around the gardens…mesmerized…in a trance…..
we couldn’t help but wonder…why can’t people be a little more like plants.
Thus ended a wonderful day in St. Louis…we know we could have ridden to the top of the arch…or took a ride in a riverboat…
But we were happy with a walk around the city…a little history…some flowers…
and did I mention…Fritz’s floats.
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