I love St. Louis.
After a little hooping with some interesting sculptures in Citygarden, I walked up to the Riverfront to see and go up The Arch - The Gateway to the West.
The museum was about Westward Expansion and I made friends with some California women in the tiny tramcar to the top of the arch. It wasn't life-changing, but it was really fun to see the city from so high in the sky. AND I played with a baby on the tramcar downward :D
It was hot but there was so much I wanted to see. I jumped in the car to find the Scott Joplin House and took a tour of his actual residence from 1900-1903. It was crazy to see his kitchen, his bedroom, the desk where he would write his music. The tour guide gave me a demonstration of one of his pieces on the player-piano. On the way out I met an adorable Aussie couple, whose female part was a music teacher in Hong Kong. Whoa!
I went to the Third Degree Glass Factory where supposedly I could see glass-workers at work. No dice. I saw the gallery which was beautiful and impressive, and with Zero 7 playing softly in the background, I definitely felt...cultured.
I went back downtown, but missed my turn and wound up taking an accidental drive down Great River Road which was beautiful enough.
Then I hit up the Wax Museum where I met some friends both dead and alive...everyone from President Nixon to Barbara Streisand to Yoda. There was a horror room which I had to talk myself into. I went half-way in and ran back to safety. That part was hard to do alone.
I took a walk and decided to eat/drink at "Joey B's on the Landing." It hit the spot.
Now I'm in my 5th McDonald's of my roadtrip having a diet soda and using the free Wi-Fi. Now I wait to see if my night will be on the town or on the couch. Stay classy, St. Louis.
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