The next day we went to visit the arch and zoo. Jim had obviously been in the arch but it was Jamie’s first time. It can be a little scary because you cram into a little car that carries you to the top but Jamie had no problem with it. It’s a beautiful view from the top and an engineering marvel so we enjoyed that. It was built to remember the people that traveled west for new opportunities so they also had a museum underneath that told their stories. Eh.

After the arch we went to the St. Louis park and zoo. It’s a free park and zoo and considering that you wouldn’t go there expecting much they were huge and beautifully done. The zoo was much bigger than I expected and had a great collection of animals from all over.

After the zoo we went to an area called Soulard, which we were told was a mini New Orleans with live music and great restaurants. It was pretty disappointing but we found a fun place to have a couple drinks and a nice place to eat.