St. Louis Arch

Posing in front of the arch along the Mississippi river park--it was so cold along the river!

We got to the Arch a little after nine and we didn't get a ticket time 12:40. So pass the time we saw an IMAX movie about Louis and Clark, visited an 1800's mercantile store for a snack and then the museum of the visitor center. All this was underground beneath the arch.

In the Frontier Museum waiting for our ticket time.

This the replica of the pod we rode in to the top of the arch. There were six people in our pod. It was more than a tight and hot squeeze and it took 4 1/2 minutes to ride to the top. We got to know our fellow passenger very closely. No wonder there were so many claustrophobia signs posted. This is not for the faint of heart.

We rode in pod five.

These were the hatch doors top the pods that took you up the observatory.

Maddie on top of the world--it was really hot up there!

Standing on the keystone of the arch at 63o feet.

Looking out to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River

Capital Building and down town St. Louis

This tiny and narrow staircase is what takes you to your pod to go back down.

Standing underneath the arch looking up