We got into St Louis about 1am Saturday and met up with Kris. We went to the Gateway Arch and went inside of it. The capsule to ride in to the top was so tiny, you were leaned over sitting inside of it with four other people. It was not very comfortable at all. The trip up was only 4 min so that was a good thing I wouldn't had wanted it to be any longer. We also went on a Mississippi River Boat Dinner Cruise. This is definitally a tourist thing to do but since we were tourists it was fun and the food was great. We also went by the St Louis Temple. It is a little bit bigger than Fresno's but not by much. There was a Candy and Soda Pop shop that we had heard about while searching what to do in St Louis so we went there and it was in the hood. The buildings around it were all rundown and falling down. When we pulled up to the Shop there were two cop cars out front getting their dinners. By the inside of the store you wouldn't have been able to tell that it was like that. I am gload that we were able to meet up with Kris and Mandy. Ben has been wanting to see him for a long time. I think since we got married so we finally found the oppurtunity to go. Here are some pics from St Louis.
This Arch is 630 ft. It is dagum tall. Up at the very top is the windows that you can look out of and see on the Kansas side and see Missouri the Kansas side we heard is the hood so we didn't venture over to there.
Here is all of us. Kris with his girlfriend Mandy.
The Riverboat Tom Sawyer is the one that we went on.
The St Louis Temple. There was a Security officer in the Parking lot probabaly thinking "Crazy Mormons" since we were driving around there on a Sunday. He should be used to it though, members are probably taking pictures there all the time for engagments and weddings, Family photos and those Crazy Tourists.
Well that was St Louis in a nut shell. I'll write about Nauvoo and Kansas City later. Type at you all later!
Anna

