Here's the plan for St. Louis: Walk across the Mississippi River on the Chain of Rocks Bridge (see previous entry), the original crossing for Route 66 which is now a pedestrian walkway and bike path. After a quick car ride downtown, ride to the top of the Gateway Arch in a little egg shaped pod, where you wonder if the oxygen inside the pod will run out before you arrive. Once up there, you can peer through tiny windows to the city below. (I happened to be visiting the Arch during a thunderstorm, inside the biggest lightning rod in the world!) A Cardinals game is a must see, at almost brand new Busch Stadium, as is the Old Courthouse, where parts of the Dred Scott case were held.
The most important stop can be made as you head out of town heading west, for custard (known locally with all due respect as "concrete") or a shake at Ted Drewes. Ask them to hold the cup upside down for you. Nothing will spill out, I assure you.
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