Good afternoon St Louis.....and all that Jazz...great music down by the Mississipi a bit of groovin going on. Our first stop was at the Gateway Arch. The countries tallest monument at 630 feet. The Gateway Arch celebrates TJ's & St Louis role in the westward expansion of this country, so rather symbolic. Now those that know me well know I have a fear of heights Inspite of my years trapsing around on constructions sites yes I really do suffer from vertigo. That being said I put on my brave face & went to the top, all the way to the top....did I say this baby is 630 feet high....to get to the top you gotta pile into this thing that reminds me of a clothes dryer, 5 at a time....Moth is sporting a rather large bruise right now...I did it, got to the top & immediately clawed my way to the front of the line to get the hell back down on to terra firma. I'll apologise to the grey nomads later. Had a wonder around the Mississipi river bank, Moth got himself another ice cream, great Dixie Jazz being played down by the river, we sat & listened for a while before the whistle sounded & it wasn't from the river queen....that whistle is gunna get lost tonight, reckon Tommy boy can be bribed to do the deed. We headed off for lunch, not at Walmart today but St Louis Union Station....Fried rice from Panda Express WTF was I thinking....no beer & I so deserved one after my morning getting closer to god. A new country a new life....by the end of the 19th century St Louis had become the Gateway to the west & it's new Union Station was the rail crossroads of America. Union Station sits on top of a honeycomb of caves that provided natural refrigeration for many breweries in the 1800's. Concrete time.....be back later peeps