Thankfully, it was a relatively short 4 1/2 hour drive from Kansas City to St. Louis today, but it was hot! Around 100 in St. Louis but with the humidity it felt about 115! But no, no, it is not too hot to make Joe turn around and come back, so don't ask lol!
The countryside turned from flat cornfields to rolling tree-covered hills, although it was a little unnerving that we kept hearing banjos while driving through the rural Missouri countryside.
So the first thing we did when we got to town was go and tour the Anheuser Busch plant. Rhett figured that since we toured the Coors plant in Colorado we should at least see how the Bud tour compares :) It was a great tour. One of the first things we got to see were some of the Budweiser Clydesdales. They are the most beautiful horses, and huge!
After the tour we rode up to the top of the Gateway Arch. It is the most incredible sculpture. It's 630 feet tall, and you ride up to the top in these tiny, claustrophobic little gondolas that seat five people, barely. I mean by the time you get to the top, you're basically family. :) The view from the top is incredible. They say you can see almost 30 miles on a clear day. We certainly could see right into Busch Stadium where the Cardinals were playing the Astros today. Who needs tickets?? Just bring a pair of binoculars to the top of the arch and you're good to go!
Now, other than the aforementioned two locales, the rest of St. Louis is basically a bust. It's just not a very attractive city. We weren't impressed. It's very industrial, dirty, stinky...I mean we drove around for awhile tonight checkin' things out and finding food and such and so much of the city just looks really rundown. Maybe we were just in the wrong parts of town, but if so, then there's a lot of wrong parts of town!!
Bed, gym, then a 3-state sprint to Louisville tomorrow!!
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