Picture 4/27: Day in STL

April 27

(year 4, picture 117)

Had an absolutely wonderful day with Dad and Mom down in St. Louis.

One of the highlights: walking from Illinois to downtown STL across the beautiful and majestic Eads Bridge.

1 pic I took from the Eads:

That upper-level sidewalk in the shot above is what we walked from the Missouri-side base of the Eads over to the Arch.

As you can see, there are 100's of brand-new trees all over the Arch grounds.  I look forward to taking this same pic in 10 years.  Those trees are gonna be stunning.

Other highlights of the day:

- it was a little on the chilly side, but the rain stayed away...... allowing us to do the outdoor stuff we had planned

- sun even made an appearance mid-afternoon

- visiting the Mississippi River Overlook (at the Gateway Geyser grounds)

- visiting the "Salute to Steel" sculpture up in Venice

- walking all around downtown STL

- seeing a great Cardinals win which ended in the 11th on a grand slam (NOTE: we left after the 10th inning)

- supper with longtime friends Ron and Nancy

Definitely a day for the memory book.

Out for now........

Matt