The Arch

We visited the arch while my mom was visiting.  It wasn't too crowded or hot and it rained a ton, but only while we were inside.  So the weather worked out for us.  Except that a crazy storm came through later in the day delaying my mom's flight out of St. Louis, but everything worked out in the end.  Here is the arch from just below it.

 

 Matthew and Anna thought my mom should touch the arch.

 We looked around in the Museum of Westward Expansion under the arch.

 

While we waited to take the ride to the top of the arch the kids got to sit in this old fashioned balance.

Matthew is heavier.

At the top of the arch.  It wasn't as crowded as last time, but still quite a few people.  It was also raining while we were up there.

 Grant and Scott at the top

 My mom helping John see out.

 And back down at the bottom.  We saw a movie about the making of the arch.

And we saw a lot of displays in the museum.

The animals were favorites.  It was fun having my mom come visit us and see the arch again.  We took her to the airport after our visit and then headed home.  The storm came through after we got home.  But she eventually got out of St. Louis and didn't miss her connection.

On the way home we drove over a new bridge that has been recently completed between Missouri and Illinois.  Our GPS didn't know about the bridge yet and was freaking out.  It was kind of funny.  It showed us driving across the water and kept wanting us to turn around.  :)