Road Trip Day 2 - St. Louis, MO

Wow am I wiped out.  Today we explored St Louis.  We spent most of the day at the City Museum.  It was really cool!  There were 4 main floors  and then one section that went up to the tenth floor - and had a slide all the way back down!  Most of the museum is made up of tubes to crawl through, and slides,  and caves to explore, and holes to crawl into.  Madison spent a lot of time exploring.  I joined her a couple times and ended up winded and sweaty.  And now, at 10 pm as we sit in the apartment settling down and getting ready for bed, I am feeling sore muscles in places I didn't even know muscles existed!  Here's some pictures:

Then while Carl was still selling his stuff at the geocaching event, Madison and I went to see the main attraction in St Louis: The St. Louis Archway.  It's located right on the Mississippi River.  Did you know you can take a tram ride, inside the arch, all the way to the top?  There are viewing windows up there!  They're so small, they're hard to see from the ground, and don't really show up in pictures.  They pack 5 people like sardines into eight little space-like pods (the tram cars) and then it's a 4 minute ride up to the top,   Madison didn't like how high it was - 630 feet up there! - so we didn't stay very long.  And, as we were waiting for a tram for the return trip down, someone pointed out that you can feel the whole thing swaying.  That really didn't help!

And now for the funny story of the day.  We had left the arch, walked back to the car, and were making our way back to the City Museum to pick up Carl, because his event was over.  I thought I was in the lane of traffic that went straight (at the very confusing intersection) but it turned out I was in a right turn only lane.  By the time I realized it, it was too late.  There were cars next to me, so I couldn't change lanes.  So I followed the other cars in my lane.  Only to discover that this path I was on was heading across the Mississippi River, with no exit options.  So Madison and I accidentally ventured into Illinois, got off the highway, turned around, got back on the highway and crossed BACK over the Mississippi River, BACK into Missouri........That is why Carl drives when we're in the city. 

Tomorrow, we move on to Little Rock, Arkansas!  See ya then!