Meet Me In St Louis {Day 16}

So our third day of our road trip was spent in St Louis. The whole day! We planned to spend a day mostly out of the car and just exploring. Our first order of business was, of course, the Arch. We had to officially cross over into the West, you know? We climbed the enormous set of stairs and then ceremoniously walked through the Arch. Hurray!

















The Arch is kind of all by itself in terms of things to see. There was an old church that we ducked into - very unimpressive. And there was the capitol building, but most of it was under construction so we skipped it. We ended up just walking around the area, and stumbled onto the City Park. It's a cool park right in the middle of a bunch of buildings, with a ton of sculptures hidden in among the gardens. We checked out a few of them, along with the fun fountains they had. The kids took a few minutes to get the hang of it, and then Javi had lots of fun running through them. He ran most of the way through with his eyes closed though!







We grabbed lunch at Hardee's and then headed back to the hotel for nap time. After naps we googled a fun place for dinner, and found a place called Lewis & Clark's. Appropriate, right? So we headed out there and - surprise! Ended up in the historic Main St of St Charles and I nearly died from all the cuteness. Everything was a photo op. It was all obviously tourist oriented, but my goodness was there some beauty! I loved it all and couldn't stop snapping pics. After a busy few weeks, taking some time to create something pretty again filled up my soul. So needed.




















After we walked Main St a bit we grabbed dinner at Louis & Clark's, up on their balcony. It was a lovely night, the kids behaved really well, and it was a really nice time. After such a fun evening we headed back to our hotel to get a good night's sleep for our last leg - 11 hours left to Denver!